06-25-2013, 04:51 PM
Here are a couple of programs for designing springs. I haven't run them yet so I'm not familiar with them.
http://www.myvirtualnetwork.com/mklotz/f...andrel.zip
"If you wind your own springs, you know that sizing the mandrel for winding is generally done by guesswork. Kozo Hiraoka, writing in HSM, has produced a formula for calculating the required mandrel size that should help to get you close. I coded his formula to make it easier to use."
http://www.myvirtualnetwork.com/mklotz/files/spring.zip
"My good friend, Gene Rutkowski, up in Seattle, wrote a spring design program while building his locomotive. I've converted it to C and am making it available here."
They could be good supplemental information to Tom's nice video.
Ed
http://www.myvirtualnetwork.com/mklotz/f...andrel.zip
"If you wind your own springs, you know that sizing the mandrel for winding is generally done by guesswork. Kozo Hiraoka, writing in HSM, has produced a formula for calculating the required mandrel size that should help to get you close. I coded his formula to make it easier to use."
http://www.myvirtualnetwork.com/mklotz/files/spring.zip
"My good friend, Gene Rutkowski, up in Seattle, wrote a spring design program while building his locomotive. I've converted it to C and am making it available here."
They could be good supplemental information to Tom's nice video.
Ed