How to make tiny springs

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The Weevil Genius

Күн бұрын

This video shows how to make tiny springs using a drill motor and a small lathe.
#makingsprings

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@no.7893 Ай бұрын

God bless you man. Used the wisdom of this video to make a spring for a camera that I'm repairing and it's actually brought the camera back to life. Thank you!!!

@Danilo8208SS 8 ай бұрын

This is incredibly useful. I repair vintage electric pianos and synthesizers. They all use a small springs at the back of each key that allows the key to return to the up position. These springs are very easy to lose and very hard to replace but this tip will probably save me many times from here on out. I'm about to try this now for a keyboard I'm working on.

@jayrose6312 10 ай бұрын

When I heard “lathe,” I was thinking “but how? Too fast!” The manual approach worked well! I definitely got a lot out of this video! Where were you last year when I needed a single custom spring?! 😂 It never crossed my mind that it could be done so easily! Thank you! 👍👍

@davedennis6042 Жыл бұрын

Guitar string? I would never have thunk, and I play guitar. Brilliant.

@jakev1341 Жыл бұрын

Using a drill had never occurred to me! Thanks for the tip!

@takethegun 3 ай бұрын

Thanks bro I always loose these spring when working with electronics so good idea

@lardbarth5180 8 ай бұрын

I had a feeling when I started this video that it would give me the information I needed. Thank you very much for this, I love the channel

@FrankerBanker 2 ай бұрын

This is great, thanks!

@writerjmd 6 ай бұрын

Nobody mentioned that if you turn the Dremel the sparks will fly away from you. Very nice video! I've been using transfer punches to make springs lately. Sets of those can be had pretty cheap at Harbor Freight. Also, the small bolt cutters make pretty good wire cutting tools for bigger wire.

@livelove6arelyhuman 8 ай бұрын

I may have broken a mechanical pencil and I will try to make the spring that i lost, so this is a helpful tutorial

@jonathanyoung5780 Жыл бұрын

5 ⭐ video...straight to the point and very informative.

@keithlapere7650 2 жыл бұрын

I like to say this is a very helpful video and much appreciated. Being a train hobbyist and with expensive parts being on the market I'll save money. I'll be able to make these for the brushes in my locomotive motors, since some are buggered or just dropped and hard to find. I can purchase wire to have it on hand. Great video and thx!

@GaryCunningham-yi4qe 12 күн бұрын

Great video 😊

@solveronicaconcepcion6930 Ай бұрын

Thank you so very much! Perfect! 🤩

@tatsuyafukuda 2 жыл бұрын

I repair old typewriter. Your infomation very hood.))))

@joegorton5787 2 ай бұрын

do you have typewriters for sale?

@dutu000 Жыл бұрын

really awewsome! You saved my project! :) THANKS

@Akamo. 2 ай бұрын

thanks man! Will try this later today

@A.I.N.A.C.. 2 ай бұрын

Superb! Thank you!

@HoZKiNZ 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the video. Something I never thought I'd like to know!

@jessejohnson159 3 жыл бұрын

This is the second video on making springs I've watched. Loved it! I have a '57 F-100 that needs some retaining springs for the door lock mechanism. Oh, great.... another project! ❤

@valeriecaicedo9852 2 жыл бұрын

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@stemmentor9700 Жыл бұрын

I am going to have to give this a try. I need to make a small 1/4-1/2” spring for a laptop latch release and not having much luck cutting existing springs. This might do the trick

@lacefreak Жыл бұрын

So very helpful! Thank you for posting this video!

@yurigoryunov 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! This is amazing!!!

@TLSGarage 3 жыл бұрын

This will be very useful for my channel, as I make model cars that need springs. Thank you!

@tarakinak 3 жыл бұрын

This one save me thanks for the video

@FantasticDiecaster 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much sir. I am surprised why there are very less views on your video. It is pretty informative.

@TheWeevilGenius 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm not buying views or subscribers as many do. As a result views and subscribers build very slowly.

@mariekedanniau2610 4 жыл бұрын

Ugh, tiny springs are so annoying, thanks for the video! Very informative!

@TheWeevilGenius 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@shipsofscale 5 ай бұрын

Very good demo. I just need to find some .25mm wire. Any ideas?

@svbarryduckworth628 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative. I just ordered a guitar string assortment to make an unobtanium pawl spring for the pull starter mechanism on my new to me Evinrude Sportwin 3hp outboard motor made in a 1952. What yoy can't buy anymore, you have got to fabricate yourself to keep the vintage machines running.

@TheWeevilGenius 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Happy you found the video useful!

@svbarryduckworth628 3 жыл бұрын

I surely did. The spring I lost is simply unobtanium these days. I just practiced your method using some stainless steel tie wire and was amazed at how well it turned out. Stainless wire probably isn't as good of a spring material as a nickel steel guitar string, but I was quite impressed anyhow by the end product. I can't wait until my guitar string assortment gets here.

@ausielad1 3 жыл бұрын

I have to do the same here for a 1963 3hp Johnson.

@garyr7027 9 ай бұрын

Pretty clever ideas... but what to do if the drill bit shank isn't long enough for the given diameter used?

@SamsungCarper 3 жыл бұрын

This is going to come in handy

@TheWeevilGenius 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Happy you found the video useful.

@Ryyyaaaann 8 ай бұрын

"multi-directional direction modifier" killed me lmao

@giftcp82 2 жыл бұрын

is the largest wire made out of guitar string as well?

@pianotorious47 3 жыл бұрын

"Handheld multidirectional dimension modifier" ;)

@TheWeevilGenius 3 жыл бұрын

Ha! I've been waiting a year for someone to comment on that. Thanks for watching! If I had a prize you would win it!

@ChiTown955 Жыл бұрын

Hi can i stretch a pull spring and use it as a compression spring?

@dennisleavell3580 2 жыл бұрын

Hi there, this video is exactly what I need to make a broken spring inside an old Kodak shutter. You recommend a certain gauge from McMaster-Carr, but I don't see that on their website. Can you put a link to the exact type of wire? Thanks so much!

@TheWeevilGenius 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Dennis. Here is a link to Mcmaster carr. www.mcmaster.com/spring-wire/lubricated-1080-spring-steel-wire/ Type of wire is commonly called music wire. Hope this helps.

@mortonbeard2240 4 ай бұрын

I knew you were talking about a hammer. Direction modifier.

@user-tx8om1kg1q Жыл бұрын

thanks from Ukraine!

@TheWeevilGenius Жыл бұрын

Happy I could help!

@jonathandawson785 Жыл бұрын

So will this work to make one that can work for an automatic knife by chance?

@D.heARTist 9 ай бұрын

What type of wire is this? I know spring wire but a company name, gauge?

@chrisduin3060 Жыл бұрын

Tnx

@johnwilliams1223 Жыл бұрын

What kind of wire did you use to make the spring with your lathe? I need a spring about that size. I just don’t know what wire to use.

@TheWeevilGenius Жыл бұрын

Its K&S music or piano wire. I got it at ACE Hardware but any big box store will have it in the metals supplies section. You can also get it in just about any diameter imaginable from www.mcmaster.com/music-wire/

@johnwilliams1223 Жыл бұрын

@@TheWeevilGenius Thanks so much for the immediate response. I have a couple of mouse traps, and that is about the size of wire I need. All I am repairing is a pair of stainless steel tongs that I’ve had forever. I hate to just trash them, especially if I can fix them.

@ninji66 2 жыл бұрын

Finally found.

@scarcesmith4151 10 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

@hatakeudin9732 Ай бұрын

You Use a drill? But i'm a kid!

@iyeetsecurity922 2 жыл бұрын

_BOI-OING-OING-OING!_

@vivashanglai6759 2 жыл бұрын

What type of wire is used

@fsmith45 11 ай бұрын

He says at the beginning of the video

@jonathanyoung5780 Жыл бұрын

Always see em making the springs but never using them.

@ricardohenry2160 7 ай бұрын

Certain coil able hard alumium etc metal i knew

@jimjackson4256 2 жыл бұрын

I love your video but my stomach knotted up when i saw you take the drexel to the wire but you had no gloves.I’m still going to like and subscribe though.