On 01/11/2013 11:58 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings; > > Actually, thinking of the springs out of old 1" wide 15+ foot tape > measures. > > Has anyone done this, and taken a pix of how you anchored the ends of the > spring so that there was enough pivot available so that it didn't force the > spring out of shape with potential dirt leaks as it telescoped? It seems > to me that solidly anchored ends would encourage its warping as it > telescoped. I am inclined to machine a hub the right diameter for each end > but doing a knob only the springs thickness high to fit a hole in the > spring may be beyond my machining ability even with EDM. > > Thanks for any URL's I can plagiarize. > > Cheers, Gene The commercial ones seem to be tapered, ie. the strip is wider in the middle, and narrows at the ends. I'm not sure that is necessary.
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