Any suggestions where I can obtain a tiny compression spring cheaply? It
needs to be between 3-3.4mm diameter, the length is not hugely important as
I could cut it down to size.

I see RS do such things but postage makes it impractical without ordering
other items. Would a model shop sell such a thing?

Maybe someone could suggest an everyday item that could be disassembled and
a spring robbed?

TIA

H

HLAH wrote:
Any suggestions where I can obtain a tiny compression spring cheaply?
It needs to be between 3-3.4mm diameter, the length is not hugely
important as I could cut it down to size.

I see RS do such things but postage makes it impractical without
ordering other items. Would a model shop sell such a thing?

Maybe someone could suggest an everyday item that could be
disassembled and a spring robbed?

TIA

H

A pen spring?

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:20:49 +0100, HLAH wrote:

Any suggestions where I can obtain a tiny compression spring cheaply? It
needs to be between 3-3.4mm diameter, the length is not hugely important as
I could cut it down to size.

I see RS do such things but postage makes it impractical without ordering
other items. Would a model shop sell such a thing?

Maybe someone could suggest an everyday item that could be disassembled and
a spring robbed?

A plastic clothes peg - I'm forever finding little springs around the place
when they break.

--
the dot wanderer at tesco dot net

"The Wanderer" wrote in message
...


Maybe someone could suggest an everyday item that could be disassembled
and
a spring robbed?

A plastic clothes peg - I'm forever finding little springs around the
place
when they break.


That's a torsion spring not a compression spring.

--
Mike W

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from "HLAH" contains these words:

Any suggestions where I can obtain a tiny compression spring cheaply? It
needs to be between 3-3.4mm diameter, the length is not hugely important as
I could cut it down to size.

Cheap biro.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

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A pen spring?

Sodding spring-rays!

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Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:26:44 GMT, VisionSet wrote:

"The Wanderer" wrote in message
...


Maybe someone could suggest an everyday item that could be disassembled
and
a spring robbed?

A plastic clothes peg - I'm forever finding little springs around the
place
when they break.


That's a torsion spring not a compression spring.

Depends on how the peg is made - the plastic ones tend to have compression
springs. It's obvious you're not acquainted with pegging the washing
out....

:-)

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the dot wanderer at tesco dot net

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from "VisionSet" contains these words:

A plastic clothes peg - I'm forever finding little springs around the
place
when they break.


That's a torsion spring not a compression spring.

Many now have compression springs.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:26:44 UTC, "VisionSet" wrote:


"The Wanderer" wrote in message
...


Maybe someone could suggest an everyday item that could be disassembled
and
a spring robbed?

A plastic clothes peg - I'm forever finding little springs around the
place
when they break.


That's a torsion spring not a compression spring.

On some, but not others. Particularly plastic clothes pegs...they often
have a compression spring just 'behind' the pivot.

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HLAH wrote:
Maybe someone could suggest an everyday item that could be disassembled
and a spring robbed?

Bayonet bulb holder?

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Guy King wrote:
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from "HLAH" contains these words:

Any suggestions where I can obtain a tiny compression spring
cheaply? It needs to be between 3-3.4mm diameter, the length is not
hugely important as I could cut it down to size.

Cheap biro.

Aka pen,biro's don't have a spring.

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

HLAH wrote:
Any suggestions where I can obtain a tiny compression spring cheaply?
It needs to be between 3-3.4mm diameter, the length is not hugely
important as I could cut it down to size.

I see RS do such things but postage makes it impractical without
ordering other items. Would a model shop sell such a thing?

Maybe someone could suggest an everyday item that could be
disassembled and a spring robbed?

TIA

H

You'll definately find one you're after in a scrap video recorder. ;-)

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

In message , HLAH
wrote

Maybe someone could suggest an everyday item that could be disassembled and
a spring robbed?

Battery compartment of anything that takes a AAA or AA size battery ?

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Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

HLAH wrote:
Any suggestions where I can obtain a tiny compression spring cheaply? It
needs to be between 3-3.4mm diameter, the length is not hugely important as
I could cut it down to size.

I see RS do such things but postage makes it impractical without ordering
other items. Would a model shop sell such a thing?

Maybe someone could suggest an everyday item that could be disassembled and
a spring robbed?

TIA

H


I wind mine. Once you have the wire its pretty easy. Put a drill in a
cordless screwdriver about 80% of the final spring size, bend the wire
over and jam it between the chuck jaws, and wind away.

Ultra small wire is guitar strings, and for the rest the model shop
generally has something from about 0.5mm (20 thou)upwards.

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:58:28 UTC, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

Guy King wrote:
The message
from "HLAH" contains these words:

Any suggestions where I can obtain a tiny compression spring
cheaply? It needs to be between 3-3.4mm diameter, the length is not
hugely important as I could cut it down to size.

Cheap biro.

Aka pen,biro's don't have a spring.

They are not common these days, but there *are* (or have been)
retractable Biros.

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"The Wanderer" wrote in message
.. .



That's a torsion spring not a compression spring.

Depends on how the peg is made - the plastic ones tend to have compression
springs. It's obvious you're not acquainted with pegging the washing
out....

:-)

At the moment I'm very aquainted with it, alas.
But I've only got upmarket wooden ones.

--
Mike W

HLAH wrote:

Any suggestions where I can obtain a tiny compression spring cheaply?

Here? http://www.leespring.co.uk/

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Andy

HLAH was thinking very hard :
Any suggestions where I can obtain a tiny compression spring cheaply? It
needs to be between 3-3.4mm diameter, the length is not hugely important as I
could cut it down to size.

I see RS do such things but postage makes it impractical without ordering
other items. Would a model shop sell such a thing?

Maybe someone could suggest an everyday item that could be disassembled and a
spring robbed?

The spring from a ball point pen springs to mind - sorry.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

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from "The3rd Earl Of Derby" contains these words:

Cheap biro.

Aka pen,biro's don't have a spring.

I wait, with bated breath, for a letter from Biro's legal department
requiring me to cease and desist lest I devalue their trademark.

I shall put it in my outhouse, which being a generic portable building I
shall not call a Portakabin.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

"HLAH" wrote in message
...
Any suggestions where I can obtain a tiny compression spring cheaply? It
needs to be between 3-3.4mm diameter, the length is not hugely important
as I could cut it down to size.


Cheers everyone for the suggestions.

In the end I managed to use the cassette door return spring from an ancient
Clarion car stereo. Funnily enough it's not really a compression spring but
spiral wound torsion. Just under 3mm in diameter and perfect for the job
once trimmed. The ancient Blaupunkt player I ahem "disassembled" appears to
use extension and plastic leaf springs for everything.

H