Re: Flat Leaf Spring Stock (96.10.14)
By Robbie Rhodes
Try McMaster-Carr company in Santa Fe Springs, CA, tel 213-695-2323. They handle "Blue Tempered and Polished Spring Steel (also known as Clock Spring Steel)", in thicknesses from 0.002-inch to 0.125-inch, per AISI standard C1095.
For thicker sizes, up to 3/16-inch, also try Pacific Metals, 2187 So. Garfield (Los Angeles?), tel 213-685-8142.
Caution #1: You said you need replacement springs for a barrel organ cart, and you need thickness 0.194-inch. This is the thickness of the spring-leaves of my big old truck! Could the size 0.194-inch be in error?
Caution #2: If the barrel organ cart springs are mostly flat, as in a leaf-spring, the auto spring shop probably can form the "clock spring" material as-is. But if the finished spring must have drilled holes, or if it has a nice big curl like a baby-buggy spring, then the fabricator might rather use annealed metal, which he will temper after forming and drilling.
Please let us know what happens -- you have an interesting project!
Best regards, Robbie Rhodes
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