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Alec,
You will
need to use Hard Drawn wire.
Brian
I found a website with really detailed instructions. Great stuff.
Alec,
Actually its almost that simple. I would recommend using your lathe to
do the winding though. You will probably have to experiment with
cylinder size to compensate for spring back but thats basically it . Any
decent machine shop text book will illustrate this method in the lathe
section. Or look at this book ," How to run a lathe 1942 " by
South Bend Lathe Works in the Lindsay catalog at www.lindsaybks.com . I highly
recommend this book , its a bargain at only $7.95. . I have made a lot of
springs using this method. Dan Lance
----- Original Message -----
Sent: 1/9/2010 6:53:55 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] How to make
a spring?
Hi all,
I'm needing
some stainless springs 3.5" in diameter, and my usual industrial suppliers
don't stock anything near as large. These would be quite soft springs
which will keep the Sofnolime in the scrubbers compressed so that free
flow paths don't develop if it settles (the scrubbers will be horizontal
tubes).
I know some of you have made your own springs
in the past. Any tips on how to do so?
Surely there's a little more to it than winding a stainless wire around a
cylinder?
many thanks,
Alec
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