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flourish dude Inner circle from ? But I know where I am going! 1195 Posts |
Anyone know what steel to use? I can't find the size and tension I need.
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hugmagic Inner circle 7655 Posts |
Use regular piano wire and then heat treat it.
richard
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BSutter Special user Sitting on a pile of 582 Posts |
Spring Steel is a unique, and variable material. You must first define the desired charactistics and proceed from there.
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On 2006-05-19 09:08, hugmagic wrote: After you get an education in metallurgy. |
flourish dude Inner circle from ? But I know where I am going! 1195 Posts |
Thanks Richard.
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Comet Loyal user 235 Posts |
I know this sounds silly but I just buy the spring snakes in a can and take the plastic cover off. Then I'll just make a cloth cover for them. I've been using the same snakes now for several years. just store them in the sprung or open position.
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flourish dude Inner circle from ? But I know where I am going! 1195 Posts |
Comet,
I have treid that and like I said in the first post, all the ones I have found are not right. They are too strong.
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sepaternoster New user 62 Posts |
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On 2006-05-19 09:09, BSutter wrote: Sounds fascinating. I would love to know how to make my own springs, especially if I could control the strength. Further, I'd like to understand how and why a spring is damaged, as well as what can be done to avoid it. Can you suggest a good starting point for that education? Seth
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BSutter Special user Sitting on a pile of 582 Posts |
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Sounds fascinating. I would love to know how to make my own springs, especially if I could control the strength. Further, I'd like to understand how and why a spring is damaged, as well as what can be done to avoid it. Can you suggest a good starting point for that education? http://www.techsavvy.com/industry/file/n......w05.html That is only a begining, for more detail refer to "Machinery's Handbook" at: http://www.machinerys-handbook.com/ Bill |
sepaternoster New user 62 Posts |
Bill, Thanks! I have an effect, on which I've been working for years, that I would like to be able to complete. It has always suffered from the lack of the "right" spring. I keep trying different variations of the effect to compensate for the weak mechanical design. Then, I abandon it again, because I'm not getting what I really want (something that actually looks magical). The blue tempered "clock spring steel" may be just the sort of thing I need, precise, long-lasting, and with repeatable accuracy.
So, now I have a little reading to do between slights. Seth
Seth E. Paternoster
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