Still relevant after 7 years. Thank you Sir. You save my day. As helpful as instructive and using less overkill welded montages shown in so many youtube posts. Your solution is the smartest IMHO. Thank you Jack.
For those who need really small springs, (needed one for my car keys, lost it when changed battery), you can use springs in pens, they are good material and can be rewound to make smaller ones. Worked like a charm, just need a right size steel bar (used my precision screwdriver kit).
God bless you.! I wish you realize how helpful this was to me. I had almost given up on restoring a 103 year old Remington rifle until I came across your post as a last resort. My trigger mechanism is missing the main spring and its not available anywhere. I will have to use a thicker gauge cable but if it works I will post my first ever video to show that it works.. Thanks again, this is what youtube is all about.. Cheers.!
One philosophy I've adopted is that if it's possible for something to be made in the first place, it's possible to remake it. Might take some experimenting and practice, but there's a way, there's a way, and I'll find it.
oh thank you for this. I am repairing a 130 year old doorbell and the last bit is a simple return spring for the knocker & didnt really know how to handle it. this was super easy to follow and i think i can wrap up my project!
Glad that I found your video. I am making some wild bird seed hoppers and have been looking for the right size springs to help keep the roof closed. Now I shall just make my own. Never knew it would be relatively simple to make for myself. Thanks for taking the time, helped me out a great deal.
OMG, fantastict! I'd been looking days for some small springs to complete a guitar project with no luck. Little did i suspect I'd have made the perfect set of springs from a leftover high E-string in 15mins using a drill bit and a Makita cordless drill! Unbelievably cool. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you!! clutch spring broke on old motorcycle and it would have cost $45 to replace. This was quick and easy and only cost me a few bucks, plus I learned a new skill!
Had a heck of a time trying to find the right spring to fix some nice vintage shears, and I have other practical uses where it'd be easier to just make a spring than try to source one, so thanks for showing how easy it is with common tools that any hobby machinist or woodworker or even "average dad" has around!
My 5 year old son wanted to make springs for his legos and asked to see a RU-vid video on how to make them. We found your video and he is very excited! He can’t wait to get started (with help). Thanks!
A bit late to the party here, but great video! Thank you. I cannot recall how many times I would break or lose a small spring that would make a mechanism inoperable. This opens a world of possibilities without buying large machinery!
Very good demonstration there Jack. I naively would have thought you needed to heat treat to make a spring, now I'll do some further research. Great bit of knowledge to toss onto the top shelf for reference. Thanks.
Dear Jack, thanks for video, time to time we also use piano wire to make a springs, but we did it by hand, so now we can do it much easier.... Thank you very much!
I never thought of making my own springs before. I don't know much about "spring theory" but I think it would be interesting to see which types of wires and gauges of wire produce the best of each kind of spring. I just might start experimenting a little with this idea. Thanks!
You are awesome! I notice that you have some issues with your hands, but you don't let it slow you down. Sir you are an inspiration, and take the excuses away from those who say woe is me!!!
Brilliant! I can never seem to find the right spring when I'm building something. I'm going to keep piano wore in hand to make my own springs from here on out!
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Neat tricks Jack. For me it's not that the springs are so expensive it's that I never seem to have the right one when I need it. Maybe I should invest in a roll of piano wire instead and follow your example. Thanks for sharing with the rest of us whose brains are less creative. :)
Thank you for the video. I had seen one where the guy has a very sophisticated equipment and thought: "Damn! I will never be able to make a spring!" But you showed me it is quite possible.
Dude dude dude BLESS YOU!, I am going to start building my own fishing floats out of corks and springs. I was looking at big bucks buying springs from China, now I can make my own (Try making some out of piano wire) THANKS
der münsterländer Hallo Jack! Danke für deine tollen Videos! Obwohl ich kaum Englisch verstehe, ist das alles für mich sehr gut verständlich! Ich freue mich über jedes neue Video von dir! Alles super gemacht! DANKE!!!
Thanks.The way you make springs, was really simple. Now, I will try to make a small special spring using some of scrap parts. I have had no luck finding it for my tool. A similar spring, unknown if it will work, is costly for the tool over 10 bucks plus shipping. I will let you know how it comes out.
Great Video ! To others - NiChrome wire is the best. It is heater wire like the element in electric heaters. It can be annealed. I buy it in bulk as it is hard to find. Try ebay.
Thanks, nice tip! Perhaps drilling a hole instead of cutting a slot in the dowel would be easier and would hold the wire more securely as well as maintaining more dowel strength too.
Damn, that's a clever hack. I was playing around with a leg for a puppet with a simple open/close mechanism for movement and I needed a torsion spring to play around with. Unfortunately all the springs that would be the right size are super heavy duty and would rip apart the leg. I'm going to give this a go with some light gauge wire and cross my fingers.
pretty good.... Wished you would have put this video out last month...... Oh Well, now I know how to make my own springs whenever the need arises again. Thanks
+Jack Houweling I have already did, and gave you credit for that on my DIY lathe videos. Also many times when I need an answer to a problem my mind finds a solution and then I realize that something I saw before triggered that answer. I think that makes the sharing of ideas awesome!
Which wire would I use that would provide a 40 lb compression resistance over 15" length? Tapered Compression spring, top 6" to 4" to 3 " to the bottom 6" tapered in a few placed.. only one piece? Great great idea so smart.
Jack, Love the videos I'm wondering if you have a jig to center a hole on the end of a wood dowel accurately without having a lathe. I want to know how to do this. Thanks
