Is it the subject matter, Marbury? You recently replied to an
off-topic post crossposted to, of all places
(24hoursupport.helpdesk).

alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y,uk.rec.cars.maintenance,rec.woodworking,24hoursu pport.helpdesk

Subject "Bending 3mm metal puzzle"

Your reply about an aluminum kitchen saucepan had nothing to do
with woodworking, car maintenance, or the chock-full-of-trolls
helpdesk group.

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"Mike Marlow" mmarlowREMOVE windstream.net wrote:

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From: "Mike Marlow" mmarlowREMOVE windstream.net
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Subject: 160 pound spring for a 1/2 inch gap?
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:57:07 -0400
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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
John Doe jdoe usenetlove.invalid fired this volley in
news:4f67b801$0$860 $c3e8da3$9b4ff22a news.astraweb.com:

I want to put a spring under the heel of my inline skate. But
there is only a 1/2 inch clearance, and it needs to be a
heavy-duty spring. Should I consider using a spring steel flat bar
or similar, instead?


Belville washers. You can stack them to any height you wish, and get
them in anything from mere foil to structural thicknesses.

LLoyd

You guys seem to have an interesting conversation going on, but why are you
cross posting it to all of the irrelevant groups? I've stripped
rec.woodworking out of this reply, and would have stripped others but I
don't know from where you are generating this discussion. Please be
considerate and post/reply only to the relevant groups. This whole thread
which was started by "John Doe" was abusive of usenet protocols, so why not
reign it in and keep it within your own area of interest/conversation?

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