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Where to find springy metal strips?


I have a project that requires a few strips of springy metal about half inch
wide by 12 inch long.
The same black metal used to make metal binder clips would be perfect:
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Any idea where to buy such material?
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james
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-- Winston
Reply to
Winston
Pallet strapping. Gotta be in a hundred dumpsters in your area, or uline.com if you must buy it.
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Richard J Kinch
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Hacksaw blades???
Reply to
Jim Wilkins
I'll second that -- that's exactly what I used when faced with a similar need recently.
Reply to
Doug Miller
Feeler gauge stock is .001 thru .125 thick, 1/2" wide, and comes in 12" lengths and long rolls. See McMaster p.2273
Reply to
Ned Simmons
There's meters of such metal inside every brokedown tape measure (of the spring-rewind type).
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whit3rd
a.k.a. "negator spring"
Best regards, Spehro Pefhany
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Spehro Pefhany
Dull band saw blades. Takes very little time to grind the teeth off. Many of the guys here have the 4 X 6 bandsaws that take a 1/2" wide, .025" thick blade that is 64 1/2" long. The banding material discussed by others will stay bent if stressed very far. These band saw blades are a lot closer to to a "spring", I'd say.
You could probably go to any fab shop and ask politely for a used, dull band saw blade. The commercial ones are wider and thicker, but there is often a small band saw someplace around.
Pete Stanaitis ---------------------------------------------------
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