[Jewelry making - Article 00097] - Re: [Orchid] [Source] Spring Hinges

[Bonnie Cooper]

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Maureen,

    I'm still a novice when it comes to jewelry fabrication, but I just
    completed Alan Revere's Fabrication 5 class. One of the projects I
    selected was a carabiner clasp, which required a spring mechanism. I
    can't imagine purchasing a ready-made spring, as it was so easy to
    make. I used steel wire (guitar wire, actually) and wrapped it
    tightly around a steel rod, with a diameter slightly less that the
    pin used for holding the spring (it will loosen somewhat when you
    take it off the rod). You start by placing the wire perpendicular to
    the rod and clamping them tightly together, leaving a tail at the
    end. Wind tightly around the rod, to make the required width. Then
    leave a tail at the other end of the spring (both tails need to
    extend in the same direction). Slip it off the rod and you are done! 

Bonnie Cooper
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