wrote: (clip)it takes 4.8 pounds to compress the
spring one inch. Where am I going wrong.
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I don't see anything wrong with a spring constant of about 5 lb/in on a
spring like that. We're talking about a coil spring in compression or
tension, right? You don't state the diameter of the coil, or the turn
spacing, but it seems reasonable to me that if you compress a spring about
3% of its length, you might expect to exert about 5 lb.


TIA.

Jack