[SEL] More springs

[Dave Rotigel]

At 08:54 PM 12/6/2005, you wrote:

>Another spring question. An engine I'm restoring uses a barrel shaped 
>spring, looks like this, () or a handle on a chipping hammer. Anyone have 
>an idea on how to wind one? If you wind it on a barrel shaped form you 
>can't get it off after it's wound. The best idea I have so far is to stack 
>disc on a bolt and shape them, wind the spring and remove the disc between 
>the coils.
>J.B. Castagnos

Hi J.B.,
         How long does it take to wind a spring? If not too long then wind 
it around ice and then sit back and have a beer. If it takes a bit longer 
wind it around wax and then melt the wax. Or you could wind it around a 
piece of soft wood and then burn the wood out (balsa comes to mind.) The 
derivations seem endless, but hell, I've never wound a spring!
         Dave