https://www.google.com/search?q=spr...AUICCgB&biw=320&bih=460#imgrc=5DnGqjgQC_YQdM:I'll check my collection of springs today. Counting the coils and spaces and comparing to length. I'm guessing that wire gauge is closer to 12 or 14 gauge.
Do you have 2 of the .410/.094/.017?On your spring, closest I could get was .410 length, .094 dia. and .017 wire dia.
Next size up I found was the correct dia. wire, but coils too close together, spring was a remnant of a longer spring, so no closed coil at each end and overall spring dia. was .138.
Just found the one.Do you have 2 of the .410/.094/.017?
Thank ya, Bill. I may try that to get this thing up and running.Shouldn't be too hard to wind one if you know the wire size and can get
a piece of piano wire in that size. Drill thru a rod a bit smaller than the thru
hole, then bend a 90 deg angle near the end of the piano wire, push the short
end through the hole, clamp in a vise - trapping the piano wire tail - and start
winding, using pliers to grip and pull tension on the piano wire.
Easiest to do in a metal lathe, but I have made reasonably good ones with a vise
by hand. Biggest trick is finding the right diam piano wire.
Bill
If you have 2 identical springs that are close in size, let me know dimensions. I can replace both springs and I don't think a lighter spring would hurt anything.1989toddm,
Sorry I had to go out of town for awhile; but I have been looking the past two days. I've got close in size but not in tension A bit lighter gauge then you need.
I still have another box in my shed & I will pull that out today to check
Jim