As a retired springmaker if coiling on a lathe after turning the amount of required coils you should wind the lathe slowly backwards to release the spring tension. So that when you cut the wire it won't spin backwards and damage you hand.
It’s 2 AM. I’m in my kitchen eating meatballs when I see RU-vid recommends me a video on how to make springs. I watch the video. I learn something new. I’m satisfied. What a time to be alive. Thank you for this.
@@V0YAG3R WOW you must be a big strong man to be able to talk like that to another person on the INTERNET! It's okay we'll shut up now. HAHAHAHA! But seriously,( if you're not just a troll) when someone does that in the comments they're really saying "I found this part funny, what about you guys?" and the like button is used as a quick way to agree/disagree, and the reply function allows others to comment on that part or share what parts they liked. It's just like when you're with your friends (If you have any)and one of them repeats a line from a show/movie you're watching/have watched (Do you scream at them?) It's a normal, socially friendly thing to do, So if anything your comment says more about you than the original commenter (Mike 888) (I NEVER READ MY COMMENT REPLIES SO IF YOU ARE A TROLL, GOOD LUCK TRYING TO UPSET ME)
"Springs were made to fill the gaps between winters and summers" At that moment I knew I was watching a good video. "General-ly speaking" I had to like the video.
I just wanted to say that this is the video that started it all for me. This video is what first got me interested in machining. Thank you Tony for your helpful, interesting, and entertaining videos over the years. So, from a young guy with zero knowledge and zero experience that has been repeatedly lost in the seemingly ever-deepening rabbit hole that is hobbyist machining, thank you for pointing me down the right road :)
Helpful tip from a spring maker, (Lee Springs) When grinding the spring make sure you have at least 75% of the circumference ground on each end coil. This will reduce the deflection, and ensure proper loading. Heat treatment is done prior to preset and shot peen. Have a good day. 😊 PS: hey Tony, when is Boss going to let you put a manual Torin in the garage..I'm sure you would have a great time figuring out the cams. 😂
Hey long post after, but where do I find the spools of stock material to keep on the shelf for this? I've got the lathe already so I'd like to have it around for when I inevitably need it.
@@joeburns91 it's called music wire, it need to be heat treated after coiling like all springs. It can be found many places. I would add that the time labor and materials needed even just for a couple spring will be high compared to just buying one from the catalog. A spring makers catalog has thousands of springs available. Just call and tell them what you are looking for. Compression extension torsion ect.
This was the 1st to video I ever saw. A few days ago I needed a spring for a project and the knowledge I gained all those years ago helped creat a functional spring. Thanks Tony for putting out content that is relevant to so many people!
Somehow this guy managed to fit his spicy humour in every 10 seconds of the video yet still manage to keep it educational and engaging. Bravo. That was easy
Thank you so much for this beautiful piece of art!!!! I find it a crime that in 6 months of -stalking- going through your catalog this is the first of this kind I have found!
"Available in all shapes and sizes...except the one you need." True for springs, screws, nuts, bolts, wrenches, screw drivers, taps, dies, and pretty much anything else you currently find yourself needing
This even applies when you decide to visit the hardware store for it. "No we don't have that one in stock. We used to, but there was no demand for it."
My compliments on a really good video. Thank you many times over. I'm a machinist and have been making springs a long time, but your video has made this operation much easier. Again thank you
Your now bobs nephew, had me actually laughing out loud cause bobs your uncle. Loved the how its made theme and everything about this video. Been missing this old Tony so it made me look back at this video. A classic for the ages
I smash the like button on your videos much like a do the nacho cheese dispenser at a gas station: an irresponsible amount of times and with incredible force. Sadly, on RU-vid this produces only one "like" and no cheese, but you should know the outcome is equally satisfying. Keep it up, good sir!
The first ToT video I watched.. I watched the whole thing, bought the spring I needed, and used the time I saved to watch every other video Tony has done.
Love the “how it’s made” theme. Also, best quote I ever heard about springs. “They come in many shapes and sizes except the one you need” nothing truer
I knew a guy once who was into those home made, sit and ride, mini steam trains. He was pretty anal about making every single little part for them, all the way down to tiny screws. Despite being a hobbyist, (retired welder) he looked like a godlike machinist to me. He made spring forming look like an art form. Sadly he passed away in 2006.
And because of what he enjoyed and the dedication he had to it. He's still remembered long after he's gone. What more can someone ask for when they are gone but to be remembered fondly
I've scrolled all through these comments and I seem to be the only one that really appreciated the "Bob's your uncle" joke. It was said as "You're now Bob's nephew" but it reminded me of my mum who used to say "Robert's your father's brother".
Excellent. Thank you. This is a prototype of how an informative video is made. Your style reminds me of that TV show, "How It's Made", but with a bit more humor.
Seamless, clear, concise; executed with precision, and… entertaining! Impressive, in all respects! Potential for positive impact on impressionable minds??? Stunning! Grateful for your gratuitous efforts, to freely share pearls of wisdom with any that will listen! Brad
The eye shooter... The finger slicer... ... and The meat grinder. Over the years, children have been using all sorts of objects to endanger themselves. Until recently within the past two centuries, they would use rocks or sticks to poke there eyes out when playing. Now days they use BB guns. BB guns are toy mock ups of real firearms, except without the fire. A BB gun uses a stout spring or compressed air to propel a BB into the eye of the child looking down the barrel. When the trigger is pulled, a mechanism releases the spring or compressed air to propel the BB.
This is really interesting, always wondered about how springs were made.I,m surprised I thought you had to bring up to heat in forge,then quench to set the springs.I,ve got a lathe and am building a old Indian motorcycle,which needs lots of different exspensive springs.Great video cheers
out of all the people and videos i watch on here, i think youre my new favorite. i havent laughed and enjoyed content like yours in a while! keep doing what youre doing, its working!
Always enjoy you videos. Just made my first spring using your technique. Success came on the third attempt, on the first attempt the mandrel was too big a diameter, the second attempt I ran out of wire, its surprising how much it takes so should have calculated it beforehand, never mind I'm sure that shorter spring will come in handy one day. I used your idea of the tool holder with a piece of delrin (acetal) sheet to provide the friction. I haven't read all the comments so I don't know if this has been raised before, but I found that it was worth adding a few extra non-functioning turns at each end because the start and finish turns were not wound as tight as the rest and were a larger diameter. I then trimmed the extra turns off. All in all a perfect spring for my modified screw-less milling vice.
Love the attitude of this video. I didn't know I had to be a math wizard to make springs. But for real, the laithe is the computer of the industrial revolution.
@@HenryPiffpaff If you need to move out of the way of the mandrel on each rotation, you probably have too much run out on the mandrel. Otherwise, it doesn't matter much. Imagine the mandrel being 30cm off centre. 😉
This saved our coffee maker today. I made a new spring clamp using the lathe and spring steel from a windshield wiper, to hold a hose on its nipple that is apparently known for slipping off. Thanks ToT!
Wait... am I watching an episode of Discovery Channel's _"How it's made"?_ Even the narration is done in Tiny Hirst style! And the intro with the product on a platter! Even the electro-music matches!
just how in the devil did this get thumbs down remarks????? it says what it does, and it does what it says very very good. this is an excellent video. thank you very much for such an excellent teaching video..
Actually, I watch instructional videos for instruction and on a more complicated subject than this might have been confused by Tony's humor. This subject and the humor were simple enough not to be very confusing. Thumbs up on this one. Bob's your mothers brother.
I've actually been guilty of giving a thumbs down to videos that I really liked - A case of not watching what your hovering fingers are doing over the keyboard. ( Probably too engrossed in the video).
Good stuff. I’ve been feeling a little down lately. This has helped me put the spring back in my step. Watching old people fall after stepping on a spring loaded stair really cheers one up.
Something that needs to be done after forming the spring is to stress relieve it. When you form the spring you are stressing the metal beyond the point where it is able to return to its original shape. That stress remains trapped in the metal and it will allow it to change shape more easily. Every time you cycle the spring, it will continue to change shape. In the case of a compression spring it will just keep getting shorter and shorter over time. To remove the stress, after the initial forming, the spring needs to be heated to allow the grain structure to return to its original shape within the part. Music wire needs to be heated to 450 degrees for about an hour to do this. A rather strange side effect of the stress relieving process is that with music wire , the coil diameter will get smaller. Hard drawn wire does that also. Oil tempered wire does not move. Most common stainless wires are stress relieved at 650 degrees and the coil diameter will grow larger from the process.
I watch most of your videos multiple times to get the most out of them. What's sad is that some school or such SHOULD pay you a fortune... Because you wouldn't mind watching this 5 or 6 times!!! Like seriously!!!
