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Springs. They have crossed my path many times. You only have a few choices:
#1. Buy what you need - if you can find or afford it,
#2. Make your own (small) from piano wire, guitar strings, or such - see: https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Springs/
#3. Use some other existing springy material - elastomer, fibreglass, titanium, etc.,
#4. Get someone to make what you want for you, or
#5. Make your own from scratch through hardening, and then tempering steel.
Can you do #5 yourself? Many things on the Internet say you can - or someone can do it for you. It requires heating mild steel to a critical temperature (check by colour or lack of magnetic attraction) and then plunge it into warm oil - see:
for one video. It is something I have never tried, but have only thought about when I needed something different. I usually end up changing the design and the need goes away. Would be ideal for making a transverse leaf for front suspension.
Anybody fiddled with making their own springs using #5?
#1. Buy what you need - if you can find or afford it,
#2. Make your own (small) from piano wire, guitar strings, or such - see: https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Springs/
#3. Use some other existing springy material - elastomer, fibreglass, titanium, etc.,
#4. Get someone to make what you want for you, or
#5. Make your own from scratch through hardening, and then tempering steel.
Can you do #5 yourself? Many things on the Internet say you can - or someone can do it for you. It requires heating mild steel to a critical temperature (check by colour or lack of magnetic attraction) and then plunge it into warm oil - see:
Anybody fiddled with making their own springs using #5?