A couple camera building questions

[Jac@stafford.net]

Back springs - hacksaw blades cut to length.
So simple and effective.

[vinny]

Back springs - hacksaw blades cut to length.
So simple and effective.

and not stainless.
and not what i already have. I intend to use the parts mentioned in in my original post. I'm not looking for alternatives.

For the hell of it I put one of them in my vise, and bent it, finished it with a pair of pliers. Easiest thing in the world. thanks for the suggestions

[Colin Graham]

Off topic, but SS mud knives are a good alternative for easy-to-find stainless spring stock. It's a bitch to form, cut and drill- as spring stock generally is, but it's springy as hell.

For whatever it's worth, I ordered some 5x7 'Deardorff' springs on ebay, and it didn't seem like they were made from spring stock at all- it bent and creased a little the first time I checked the spring resistance. And I put nowhere near the force on it a bail back would.

[Tin Can]

That is good to know, perhaps he is selling defective stock...

Off topic, but SS mud knives are a good alternative for easy-to-find stainless spring stock. It's a bitch to cut and drill, but it's springy as hell.

For whatever it's worth, I ordered some 5x7 'Deardorff' springs on ebay, and it didn't seem like they were made from spring stock at all- it bent and creased a little the first time I checked the spring resistance. And I put nowhere near the force on it a bail back would.

[Bruce Barlow]

I'd ask Richard Ritter...

[vinny]

I'd ask Richard Ritter...

I've read about your mud knives, colin. Easy to come by.
Bruce, I've sent bruce unanswered emails in the past.

Not directed at Bruce-
I can figure out most things myself but thought I'd get some help from those that have more experience building cameras. Instead, I get a bunch of b.s. from guys who didn't read my questions.

[Colin Graham]

Well, you said it best yourself.

it's part of the experience.

[Jac@stafford.net]

Instead, I get a bunch of b.s. from guys who didn't read my questions.

We don't want you to fail, repeating our mistakes.