> On Jun 30, 2015, at 11:32 , Kirk Eppler  wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Don Schwartz  wrote:
> 
>> MAking a spring has worked satisfactorily for me. It would be helpful for
>> you to know the wire gauge and length of the spring. Perhaps someone can
>> post a photo and provide measurements for that model brace
> 
> 
> http://www.bob-
easton.com/blog/2009/963/
> 
> Bob has a thing on winding your own springs here.  Seems like George's
> Basement had something on stealing them from Ball Point pens, but I can't
> find that link anymore.

Pretty sure I got it from a post by Ed Balko in this thread:

http://swingleydev.com/archive/get.php?message_id=70703&submit_thread=1
">http://swingleydev.com/archive/get.php?message_id=70703&submit_thread=1

There's a bunch of stuff in the archives about music wire vs.
piano wire vs. arn wire that I don't pretend to understand;
my local hardware store has some stuff labeled "music wire"
that I've used for brace springs, though. Worth a check if you
don't want to do the McMaster order like Scott mentioned!

> 
> Kirk Eppler in HMB, who got another baby step done in garage cleanup last
> night.  997 more to go.

This is what I do between projects. It gives the illusion of progress
without the pressure of a deadline.

Adam