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Using a lathe to wind springs?
- Thread starter HMF
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1 Set the screwcuting to the pitch of the spring
2 guide the wire through a tube in the tool holder
3 put wire drum on a horizontal spindle to your rear
4 tension the wire using thick leather gloves
5 anchor the first end by drilling a cross hole through the winding spindle.
I have done this lots of times, by having the wire drum a long way away, you can stop the lathe when tings go wrong, use a low speed.
Drawfiler
2 guide the wire through a tube in the tool holder
3 put wire drum on a horizontal spindle to your rear
4 tension the wire using thick leather gloves
5 anchor the first end by drilling a cross hole through the winding spindle.
I have done this lots of times, by having the wire drum a long way away, you can stop the lathe when tings go wrong, use a low speed.
Drawfiler
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- Sep 23, 2010
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drawfiler is right on. I did hundreds of them years ago in trade school but the only difference was i used a spring winder in the tool post to keep the wire tight. I finally tracked one down a few years ago and will get a pic of it...Bob