I need to be able to measure the spring pressure and rate of tiny compression springs. Picture the spring that goes in one of those old pens with the clicker on the end. It would be something very simliar to that.
For those who need to know, these springs are used in carburetors, for the power valve... and I want to be able to match an OE spring to the ones avail in the aftermarket.
I ass-u-me that I would need some sort of super small measuring device to measure the force of the spring at a certain height, then compress it and read the force again, then do some math with the distance I compressed the spring. Or... ????
I am familiar with the type of spring raters used in the automotive world for valve springs, and suspension springs... now maybe that has tainted my mental picture of the way this needs to be done with the small stuff.
thanks in advance to any helpful folk.