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06-30-2014, 04:23 PM
Off to Springs tomorrow to see if I can pick up a couple of springs Rotfl
   
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06-30-2014, 04:26 PM
So tomorrow you spring into action? Chin
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07-01-2014, 08:13 AM (This post was last modified: 07-01-2014, 08:34 AM by DaveH.)
"Spring On, Fall Off"
The springs are a bit long - nothing the angle grinder can't put right. Just for interest the wire is 3mm dia (.118")
   
   

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07-01-2014, 09:48 AM
Starting to look the part Dave. So did you buy the springs or end up making them?
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07-01-2014, 11:21 AM
Darren, did you miss post #161
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07-01-2014, 12:08 PM
(07-01-2014, 09:48 AM)Mayhem Wrote: Starting to look the part Dave. So did you buy the springs or end up making them?

Darren, Steve keeps calling me a wuss, so true to form I bought them.
Winding 3mm dia spring wire isn't for wusses Rotfl Rotfl Rotfl
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07-01-2014, 03:15 PM
Now Dave, if you had welded the springs I'd stop calling you a WUSS.
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07-01-2014, 03:28 PM
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07-01-2014, 05:33 PM
Nope - I saw the post in which Dave said he was going to buy them but people do change their minds...
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07-02-2014, 06:11 AM
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