Duo-Art Expression Box Springs
By David Snelling
Although it is a long time since I rebuilt my Duo art Grand my
understanding is that the springs are of the same strength and that
it is the settings which vary slightly.
Making new springs is a doddle. Just wind them out of steel piano
wire, of the correct gauge, on a lathe over a length of round steel
or brass rod of a diameter which results in the right spring diameter
when the tension is relaxed.
Their extension characteristics can be checked by hanging a suitable
weight from them and measuring their normal/extended lengths. To check
whether springs are of the same strength by inspection just join them
in series and hang a weight from them.
David Snelling - Isle of Man.
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