[SEL] Making a spring

[cgandree at mchsi.com]

Hi Dave and all list,
Forgot to mention I don't own a lathe so looking for a method using some sort 
of hand tools.
thankyou,
Curt


> Curt
> 
> One way is to have a screw thread bar held in the chuck with a cross hole to 
> take the end of the
> spring wire.  Set the carriage feed to the same pitch as the thread.  In the 
> tool holder have a
> piece of steel bar with a hole drilled through it the same size as the spring 
> wire so that the
> wire is fed through in a controlled manner onto the screw thread bar.  Put a 
> grub screw down
> through the wire feeder to press against the spring wire and adjust the pressure 
> to keep it tight.
>  If you are being posh, the grub screw could have a brass slug so that it is 
> brass rubbing against
> the steel instead of the hard steel.
> 
> Wear stout gloves - that wire will cut through your hand with consummate ease.
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> Dave
> Saudi-Arabia-On-Sea
> 
>   
> 
> --- cgandree at mchsi.com wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Ron but did you use some sort of jig to help hold the wire while trying 
> > to coil it?  Would like step by step details.  I do know about sources for 
> > spring wire stock as well.
> > Curt
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi Curt.
> > > There are a couple of ways that I know of.  First is get the spring wire
> > > from a hobby shop, I think they come in lots of diameters and two or
> > > three feet long.  bend it to the shape you want.  The problem is it
> > > springs back so you have to made it smaller diameter than you want in the
> > > end.
> > > The other is get wire from an Orthodontist (sp) it can be bent easily and
> > > doesn't spring back.  When you get the size and shape you want, heat it
> > > to a dull red and let it air cool, I don't think I quenched it, and you
> > > have a spring.  The trick with the dental wire was more than thirty years
> > > ago (time flies when you are having fun).  Good luck.
> > > 
> > > Ron Haskell
> >
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 10:03:02 +0000 cgandree at mchsi.com writes:
> 
> > > > Some time ago someone posted an article on how you can make your own 
> > > > springs.
> 
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