Get by with a little help!

[grantman]

G.T. You can buy spring steel flat stock from many suppliers and cut a strip to your desired size. Heat treating this material is fairly simple.

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Grant

[G.T.]

Hi to all, Thanks to all for the suggestions and tips. All have given me food for thought... The problem is, it is hard to get someone with the proper tools, to do the task cheap enough to make the whole project feasible? I know how to do the work, I just don't have the tools?
Take for instance a bench shear found in most job shops, it is so over used and abused that the metal slides down between the jaws and it doesnt cut. Or, you have a jewelers bench shear that is accurate, but hasn't the capacity to handle the thickness for steel.
And the most important factor, cut them in enough quantity so you don't feel like you're killing your family pet ever time you screw up! I did take Ron Woods advice and cut one with a dremel tool and it went ok, wasn't quick or easy. Bottom line, I'm after making springs, not spring blanks! Again, thanks to all, til.....lat'r....GT

[Ron Wood]

Originally Posted by G.T.

Hi to all, Thanks to all for the suggestions and tips. All have given me food for thought... The problem is, it is hard to get someone with the proper tools, to do the task cheap enough to make the whole project feasible? I know how to do the work, I just don't have the tools?
Take for instance a bench shear found in most job shops, it is so over used and abused that the metal slides down between the jaws and it doesnt cut. Or, you have a jewelers bench shear that is accurate, but hasn't the capacity to handle the thickness for steel.
And the most important factor, cut them in enough quantity so you don't feel like you're killing your family pet ever time you screw up! I did take Ron Woods advice and cut one with a dremel tool and it went ok, wasn't quick or easy. Bottom line, I'm after making springs, not spring blanks! Again, thanks to all, til.....lat'r....GT

G.T.
Glad it went "ok". Unfortunately, quick and easy aren't in my skill set.
Ron