~  -----Original Message-----
~  From: owner-oldtools@l...
~  [mailto:owner-oldtools@l...]On Behalf Of
~  Tom Johnson
~  Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 11:33 PM
~  To: oldtools@l...
~  Subject: Bending chuck springs: HELP
~
~
~  Greetings GG's,
~  In a clumsy attempt to tweak the spring on a chuck so that the jaws
~  close evenly, I broke the spring (hung head here).  I still have
the
~  pieces, but am wondering what the correct process is for getting /
~  bending spring steel wire without MORE broken bits of wire.

I've seen a magazine tip that involves feeding music wire round a
lathe mandrel through a tube. Presumably the tube helps the holding of
the wire and might have some relevance to George's earlier advice
about the need to straighten the wire.

The lathe is rotated by hand of course.

I imagine that correctly shaping the ends must be one of the greatest
difficulty in galooterising springs.

Jeff