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Jordan wrote:
I need some flat spring steel and wonder where I could find it, maybe
off some old equipment.
Needs to be 1/2 inch wide, 1/16 inch or so thick, and only a couple of
inches long.

Hmm ... MSC sells steel spring rolls in various widths and
thicknesses. You might have to buy a 100 foot roll for your two inches. :-)

I know that gunsmith suppliers offer packs of short flat springs
of various widths and thicknesses.

That's wider than any clock spring I've seen, and have been trying to
remember if I've seen anything like that, I could scavenge?

I've see the old wind-up style phonographs with springs at least
1" wide. It may not have been 1/16th inch thick, however. Since I last
saw this back in about 1956 or so, my memory is somewhat faded by now.
Any one in repairable condition should be treated as an antique by now,
however.

Do those "recoil start" lawnmowers have such a spring?

Probably.

Good Luck,
DoN.
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