Ken wrote:
Looks like it will work Bob, but you could have taken an Acet/Oxy
torch, heated up a spot and bent it 90 degrees to the coils to form a
new "end" on the spring. I've done that and had no problems.

Boy, that would make me _really_ nervous. I'd worry about changing the
metallurgy & weakening it. But you've "had no problems", so maybe I;ll
try it next time. Do you do anything special about cooling it?

Thanks,
Bob