does anyone know how to make springs

[Admin]

does anyone know what do i need to make springs?

[betty.k]

some springy wire, drill and a drill bit. place the bit in the drill, the diameter of the bit will determine the diameter of the spring. attach the wire to the base of the bit (somehow!) and SLOWLY turn the drill, while keeping tension on the wire. try to keep the coils close together as you can stretch it out later, but not squash it down. or you could save a lot of trouble and ask ph2t to do you some custom springs!:smiley2::8ball:

[micro_Amps]

Ph2t is your man for this one Maxi.

[oldtamiyaphile]

Springs need to be annealed (heat treated) after they are wound or they’ll just colapse, around 80- degrees should do I think.

[twizm]

on the topic, are tomy slot car springs ok to use?

[betty.k]

tomy slot car springs are fine, although they are as stiff as you want to go. you also need to cut them in half to fit, so you get 4 springs per set. but ua is right, ph2t’s the man. all the front springs on my bits are from him, they work good and look good too:8ball:

[ph2t]

twizm, pm me if your interested, I’m sure we can work out something…..

ph2t.

[Super Max Power]

If you want really hard springs pull apart a mini bic lighter and use the spring under the flint or for soft springs the AFX tomy slot car ones are perfect.

Make sure you cut them a bit longer so that they are compressed 20% under no load. This way you will have a constant spring rate as they compress.

[oldtamiyaphile]

Unless you have variable rate springs (and lighters don’t), spring rate is always constant.

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