I have a number of original locks on my house. Unfortunately today one
of the leaf springs inside one snapped.
Here is a picture.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...tim/spring.jpg

Has anyone got an idea where I can get a replacement.

Thanks
Tim

Tim Decker wrote:
I have a number of original locks on my house. Unfortunately today one
of the leaf springs inside one snapped.
Here is a picture.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...tim/spring.jpg

Has anyone got an idea where I can get a replacement.


Hi Tim

Have you tried Blakes Security in Strood?


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www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On 5 May, 00:54, Tim Decker wrote:
I have a number of original locks on my house. Unfortunately today one
of the leaf springs inside one snapped.
Here is a picture.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...tim/spring.jpg

Has anyone got an idea where I can get a replacement.

Thanks
Tim

It doesn't look particularly unusual. Have you tried a real locksmith?
Last time I bought one (for a lock of similar age) the "modern" spring
had excess length and was easily cut down/reshaped. In desperation,
I've also made them from blunt junior hacksaw blades and clocksprings
from the "it'll come in useful one day if I keep it long enough" box.

Chris

On Sun, 4 May 2008 15:54:22 -0700 (PDT), Tim Decker wrote:

I have a number of original locks on my house. Unfortunately today one
of the leaf springs inside one snapped.
Here is a picture.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...tim/spring.jpg

Has anyone got an idea where I can get a replacement.

If no off-the-peg option exists, it's worth tracking down a blacksmith.

Tim Decker wrote:

I have a number of original locks on my house. Unfortunately today one
of the leaf springs inside one snapped.
Here is a picture.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...tim/spring.jpg

Has anyone got an idea where I can get a replacement.

Thanks
Tim

IIRC I subbed a modern spiral spring for one once, fitting it in a
different place in the lock.

Occasionally a paperclip can be used as a small bendable spring
too, but I doubt it'd give enough spring force in your case.


NT

"Tim Decker" wrote in message
...
I have a number of original locks on my house. Unfortunately today one
of the leaf springs inside one snapped.
Here is a picture.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...tim/spring.jpg

Has anyone got an idea where I can get a replacement.

Thanks
Tim

Reclaimed salvage yards would be a source?

"Tim Decker" wrote in message
...
I have a number of original locks on my house. Unfortunately today one
of the leaf springs inside one snapped.
Here is a picture.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...tim/spring.jpg

Has anyone got an idea where I can get a replacement.

Get an old clock spring or an all hard hacksaw blade..
heat it to red heat on the gas and let it cool slowly..
cut it and bend it to shape..
heat it to read heat and drop it into water..
now the "hard" bit..
clean it so you can see silver..
heat it until it turns blue, no hotter (steel changes colour as it gets hot
and blue is the correct temp for annealing the steel hardened when you
dropped it red hot into the water)..
let it cool.
You can buy strips of silver steel to do it if you want.


Thanks
Tim

On Mon, 5 May 2008 14:06:37 +0100, "dennis@home"
wrote:

Get an old clock spring or an all hard hacksaw blade..

Hard hacksaw blades are HSS. You'll not anneal them at home.

If you want to try this (which is a lot of work for no real need) then
use one of those useless "school" hacksaw blades that isn't HSS and
doesn't hold its teeth.

Easiest way to fix it is to fit a new srping, bought from a shop. A real
hardware shop or real locksmith will have them. It shold be the right
width, trimming the length or re-bending slightly is acceptable.

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Tim Decker wrote:
I have a number of original locks on my house. Unfortunately today one
of the leaf springs inside one snapped.
Here is a picture.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...tim/spring.jpg

Has anyone got an idea where I can get a replacement.

Thanks
Tim

Get some spring steel about the right size from a model shop. You need
to find one that caters for real models not just plastic kits.

Alternatively ask at a steel stockholder.