tutorials:custom_springs
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You can make custom springs of any size on the lathe with music wire (piano/guitar strings)!
D'Addario brand solid high carbon steel acoustic/electric guitar strings are available from Tommy Lee Music for $1 each (#16=0.4mm, #20=0.5mm, #24=0.6mm).
For 0.8mm and up you're looking at piano strings, which are apparently hard to buy in Canada (you have to be a licensed piano tuner!). They can be purchased from AliExpress however, or from most hobby shops as 'music wire' - see the suppliers wiki page for links.
Toms Techniques has a great video on the process involved.
tutorials/custom_springs.1499555012.txt.gz · Last modified: 2017/07/08 23:03 by rsim