I have inherited a rather nice letter box.
However, the flap does not close properly
because the spring which is meant to hold it closed
is broken.

This is a small helical or cylindrical spring on a small rod.
I've looked around at a few hardware stores,
but not seen any such springs on offer.
Is it possible to purchase them on-line somewhere?

Or is there some other way of stopping wind
blowing through the letter box?

--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin

Timothy Murphy wrote:
I have inherited a rather nice letter box.
However, the flap does not close properly
because the spring which is meant to hold it closed
is broken.

This is a small helical or cylindrical spring on a small rod.
I've looked around at a few hardware stores,
but not seen any such springs on offer.
Is it possible to purchase them on-line somewhere?

Or is there some other way of stopping wind
blowing through the letter box?

Possibly buy a cheap letter-plate with a similar design of spring - and
transfer the spring over to the inherited one.

Cash

"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
...
I have inherited a rather nice letter box.
However, the flap does not close properly
because the spring which is meant to hold it closed
is broken.

This is a small helical or cylindrical spring on a small rod.
I've looked around at a few hardware stores,
but not seen any such springs on offer.
Is it possible to purchase them on-line somewhere?

Or is there some other way of stopping wind
blowing through the letter box?

--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin

I've used piano-wire or phosphor bronze to make springs if you can find a
cheap source.

In message , brass monkey
writes

"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
...
I have inherited a rather nice letter box.
However, the flap does not close properly
because the spring which is meant to hold it closed
is broken.

This is a small helical or cylindrical spring on a small rod.
I've looked around at a few hardware stores,
but not seen any such springs on offer.
Is it possible to purchase them on-line somewhere?

Or is there some other way of stopping wind
blowing through the letter box?

--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin

I've used piano-wire or phosphor bronze to make springs if you can find a
cheap source.


Spring from a retractable ball pen ?


--
geoff

"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message
...
I have inherited a rather nice letter box.
However, the flap does not close properly
because the spring which is meant to hold it closed
is broken.

This is a small helical or cylindrical spring on a small rod.
I've looked around at a few hardware stores,
but not seen any such springs on offer.
Is it possible to purchase them on-line somewhere?

Or is there some other way of stopping wind
blowing through the letter box?
I once had the oposite problem. I had to reduce the spring
tention of a brass letter-plate before it bit the postman's
hand off.


--
Graham.

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In article ,
Timothy Murphy wrote:
This is a small helical or cylindrical spring on a small rod.
I've looked around at a few hardware stores,
but not seen any such springs on offer.
Is it possible to purchase them on-line somewhere?

Modify an ordinary coil spring by unwinding part of it? Places like
Screwfix and even Maplin do selection boxes. Or you might be able to buy
just one from an old fashioned hardware store.

--
*Indian Driver - Smoke signals only*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

Hi,
You can buy these on Amazon.co.uk - just search for Letter Plate spring.