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Old Mon 25 January 2010, 07:34
blakekoehn
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Macon, MS
United States of America
What springs to buy?

I must be missing it because I have searched the forum several times... What size springs do I need to hold the motors up and where is a good place to order?

Thanks
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Old Mon 25 January 2010, 07:50
domino11
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Cornwall, Ontario
Canada
I think this is what I had ordered from www.mcmaster.com
9654K324 for the tension springs. Double check it to be sure though.
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Old Mon 25 January 2010, 08:07
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
M310100K Springs for loading motors against the racks
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Old Mon 25 January 2010, 21:37
hennie
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Roodepoort JHB
South Africa
Blake I used the springs from self closing flap hinges that one uses on your kitchen doors,does the job.
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Old Mon 25 January 2010, 21:49
Kobus_Joubert
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Riversdale Western Cape
South Africa
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I used springs that keep the RADOME cover of a microwave dish in place.
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Old Sat 22 October 2011, 17:54
IN-WondeR
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Randers
Denmark
Has anyone ever thought of using a gas spring for the motor spring?
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Old Sat 22 October 2011, 23:41
KenC
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Klang
Malaysia
$$$
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Old Sun 23 October 2011, 00:56
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
Or a blade spring, or a rubber spring, or a polymer spring, or many other types of spring . . . . . .

We have a very small movement distance and rubber/polymer should be the simplest cheapest.
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Old Sun 23 October 2011, 01:17
KenC
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Klang
Malaysia
it can even work without a spring if you can orientate your motor & other weighty stuff to generate enough counter-reaction force/moment.
Edit. but I'm a simpleton miser... Spring works.

Last edited by KenC; Sun 23 October 2011 at 01:23..
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Old Sun 23 October 2011, 17:49
Red_boards
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Melbourne
Australia
You have seen the spring details in the plans, right?
A spring maker will have no problem producing these if you can't find similar off the shelf.
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Old Sun 23 October 2011, 20:47
Gerald D
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Cape Town
South Africa
These things also do the job - has been proved by more than one MM builder who are all too shy to show their pics
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Old Sun 23 October 2011, 22:28
KenC
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Klang
Malaysia
SERIOUS!!!! Cable tie!!!
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Old Mon 24 October 2011, 02:30
IN-WondeR
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Randers
Denmark
It was only a question, I have built more than one machine now, and I'm planning a new build once again.
Offcourse I have seen the plans, I have had them all since 2007 and every revision released since.

I was just wondering if anyone actually had used something like those before..
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Old Mon 24 October 2011, 11:07
smreish
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Orlando, Florida
United States of America
...Okay, I'll confess, I used rubber bands for about a week or two until I got my springs in. It worked just fine!
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Old Mon 24 October 2011, 15:21
Alan_c
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Cape Town (Western Cape)
South Africa
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Doesn't a gas spring only push, or are they available in pull type? If only "push" is available then the motor mount will have to be re-engineered...
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Old Mon 24 October 2011, 23:27
hennie
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Roodepoort JHB
South Africa
Ok, Gerald you probably saw me using them I used some on my machine and still have a couple next to the machine,I hooked the z-axis motor on with some and the ( can`t remember the part but the one with the bearing that runs on the y-car.).I couldn`t find springs in my valley so I used the ones you get on the self closing flap hinge that you use in your kitchen.Had no problems yet.
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Old Tue 25 October 2011, 03:02
KenC
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Klang
Malaysia
Wonder when some one will tie some balloon as make-shift Z gas-spring....
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Old Tue 25 October 2011, 04:13
Alan_c
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Cape Town (Western Cape)
South Africa
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Tried that already Ken, doesnt work so well as the balloon keeps losing helium and it intefered with my dust extraction pipe...
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Old Wed 26 October 2011, 23:03
KenC
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Klang
Malaysia
Lmao!!!!
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