Making a spring

plowhand · Mar 20, 2021

I need to make a small spring is there a special wire for this or something else that will work?

Glen SW Wi · Mar 20, 2021

Probably have to find some spring steel. Has to want to return to it's original position to act as a spring.

TimWafer · Mar 20, 2021

Music wire.

Eagle Beagle · Mar 20, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xG48zI51ak

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wore out · Mar 20, 2021

Go to www.mcmaster.com and enter "music wire" or "spring wire" in the search box.

While you are there take a look at the wide assortment of springs they list for sale, you may not have to make one for your needs.

Crazy Horse · Mar 20, 2021

Glen .... my best friend's last name when I was growing up was Springsteel ..... his dad was a handy guy but whether he ever made a spring or not I don't know. I do know that the regular hardware-store springs you buy nowadays are of pretty poor quality as compared to a similar-looking spring you might find on a brand new car or in an appliance, etc, not even close.

showcrop · Mar 20, 2021

I have a number of times gone to my locally owned hardware with the old one and gotten the closest to my broken or worn through spring and adapted it.

PJH · Mar 20, 2021

Small can be different for different folks. I have made a few springs out of 12.5 gauge high tensile fence wire. One was a torsion spring for a JD belt pulley brake. One was the lever return spring for a JD powertrol valve.

SVcummins · Mar 21, 2021

I had to modify a hardware store spring to make a shift collar detent spring in a transmission one time worked good it was as strong as the original even the right diameter just had to cut it too length

Making a spring

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