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Posted by Chris Case [75.36.34.164] on Thursday, April 05, 2012 at 18:39:16 :
In Reply to: Door latch springs- wind my own? posted by Chris Case [75.36.34.164] on Thursday, April 05, 2012 at 12:22:22 :
I dug through the bin of springs, and found something. A spiral chime from a mantle clock. Sure worked nice. Springs and a bit of lube really worked wonders. So I decided to lube up the other latch. Some grease, work the handle, and SPOING! The easy-to-get-to handle return spring busted. So I wound up another spring. Too bad it took me two tries, now I'm out of bonger.
Turns out both springs were spirals, like a clock spring. 1/16 x 3/16 flat spring stock. They are usually wound after tempering, so I dove in.
And I always though those needle-nose pliers with two round jaws were for electical wire. Now I'm convinced they are spring winding pliers. ;^)
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