10 SWG spring steel strip

10 SWG spring steel strip

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29 May 2020 at 10:31 #10266
Peter Simpson 1
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29 May 2020 at 10:31 #475828
Peter Simpson 1
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Hi All,

Does anybody know a supplier of 10 SWG x 3/8" spring steel strip. It's for the springs on my 5" gauge tender Reeves do it but only one inch wide ?
29 May 2020 at 11:42 #475851
Clive Brown 1
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Hi Peter,

Are you sure that you need 10swg? That's ~1/8". Much thicker than the 5" g. tender that I'm building.

Clive
29 May 2020 at 13:08 #475869
Bo’sun
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I know it sounds obvious, but have you tried the likes of "Springmasters".

http://www.springmasters.com
29 May 2020 at 16:39 #475909
Peter Simpson 1
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Sorry guy's senior moment it was 0.0120 not 0.120 should have gone to spec savers of a drive to Barnard Castle !
29 May 2020 at 17:46 #475925
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Posted by Peter Simpson 1 on 29/05/2020 16:39:32:

Sorry guy's senior moment it was 0.0120 not 0.120 should have gone to spec savers of a drive to Barnard Castle !

Satirical humour on the forum – I like it!
29 May 2020 at 21:08 #475948
Meunier
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Lucky you were not inputting figures into a navigation system !

DaveD
30 May 2020 at 19:35 #476194
The Novice Engineer
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A while back I recovered around 9ft of spring steel [0.012" x 3/8" ] from the

Mains Cable Retract mechanism of a Lidl Hair dryer that died !

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