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What Type of Spring is This And Where Do I Get Them?
2016-05-22 01:39:39 Post No. 996815
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What Type of Spring is This And Where Do I Get Them?
Anonymous
2016-05-22 01:39:39
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Hey /diy/ I've been working tirelessly the past few days, trying to hand carve one of these artist's mannequins in the bottom picture. The one I'm making isn't a human model though. I bought a cheap one and took it apart to see how the joints worked, and found out it uses these neat little springs (top pic). The right side is a hook wound into a spring with a taper on the end, and the left side is a hook that has one end bent into a tiny loop. The looped end is inside the tapered part of the spring. This allows the two ends to be twisted around, independently of each other, without breaking the spring. Now my question, what are these types of springs called, and where can I purchase varying lengths of them? Googleing various searches turned up nothing. These are pretty much essential to this project, since the joints need spring tension and the ability to twist. Thanks for any insight you guys can give.
