Need a spring for a spring feed

noxx55 · 03-01-2007, 07:20 PM

I am creating a 20-30 round spring feed for one of my guns. Any clues on where to find a spring that will work? I cant find one at the local hardware stores and I know that some of you guys make your own so I thought you might have some suggestions. Thanks.

c6quad · 03-01-2007, 07:23 PM

paintballwannab · 03-04-2007, 10:49 PM

I've never done this but I've heard of it, the spring from a spiral bound notebook. Hassle to get all the paper off but would leave a nice spring for you.

Al Ray · 03-04-2007, 11:55 PM

Its piano wire wound around a dowl rod. Ive made a few, but was unhappy with them. Best to call PPS

noxx55 · 03-31-2007, 06:13 PM

For anyone that is interested or cares, I ended up ordering one that is 18in long from PPS and it was $24. Worked perfectly.

Azzy · 03-31-2007, 08:43 PM

Get a dowel rod, and tightly wrap the piano wire of the proper thickness around it.

clip and bend the ends with pliers.

Might take you a bit of trial and error, but in the long run you can make as many as you need and even offer them to your friends.

Jaan · 03-31-2007, 08:58 PM

I never made a spring for a feed, however when I worked in a shop that repaired and customised large format cameras, we were always making springs from piano wire and it worked well.

Rainman229 · 04-01-2007, 03:45 AM

I usauly make my own on my little sherline lathe. Set the speed to extremely slow and go. Fun part is figuring out what size rod make what size spring.

Duckster · 04-01-2007, 10:41 AM

so.... what size rod does make what size spring?

Rainman229 · 04-01-2007, 02:12 PM

when doing them on a lathe a 3/8's rod makes a spring thats around 1/2" dia. which is about right for a spring feed

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03-31-2007, 08:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
Azzy Mod-O-Rator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finleyville, PA	Get a dowel rod, and tightly wrap the piano wire of the proper thickness around it. clip and bend the ends with pliers. Might take you a bit of trial and error, but in the long run you can make as many as you need and even offer them to your friends. __________________ Bryan "Azzy" Spiegel Riverside Renegade Paintball / C.C. S.V.S. Plankowner - LPPC#6 "It is my right to be uncommon—if I can. I seek opportunity—not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act for myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say, “This I have done.” - Dean Alfange

03-31-2007, 08:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
Jaan MCB Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: People's Republic of Massachusetts	I never made a spring for a feed, however when I worked in a shop that repaired and customised large format cameras, we were always making springs from piano wire and it worked well. __________________ “The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.” - Leonardo da Vinci

04-01-2007, 03:45 AM	#8 (permalink)
Rainman229 Airsmith to the Gods Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: nj	I usauly make my own on my little sherline lathe. Set the speed to extremely slow and go. Fun part is figuring out what size rod make what size spring. __________________ Email lastone75@aol.com Making paintball fun again feedback http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/s...ght=rainman229

03-04-2007, 11:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
Al Ray GWC Lifetime Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Grand Junction, Colorado	Its piano wire wound around a dowl rod. Ive made a few, but was unhappy with them. Best to call PPS

04-01-2007, 10:41 AM	#9 (permalink)
Duckster Active Member Join Date: Jul 2006	so.... what size rod does make what size spring?

04-01-2007, 02:12 PM	#10 (permalink)
Rainman229 Airsmith to the Gods Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: nj	when doing them on a lathe a 3/8's rod makes a spring thats around 1/2" dia. which is about right for a spring feed __________________ Email lastone75@aol.com Making paintball fun again feedback http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/s...ght=rainman229

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