Just made an 8x10 back. Now I need spring shackles and glass

[Tim Meisburger]

Still looking for shackles!

[HMG]

I used some rock polishing compound - because I had some. Seemed to work OK, but I have no experience with other materials.

[Michael Roberts]

Tim,
I know you said you made the gg frame to fit flush. This isn't a perfect solution, but it works.

You can just use machine screws into the wooden shackles.

Michael

[Jac@stafford.net]

[...]You can just use machine screws into the wooden shackles.

Good idea. Extending the DIY, a member here once cut and drilled hacksaw blades for the springs. They worked well.
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[Tim Meisburger]

Yes, hacksaw blades are the standard. I would have used those (ground to shape and stripped of paint) but I already had the Deardorff springs I bought a few years ago on a whim.

[Tim Meisburger]

Michael, that looks like an elegant solution, but I think I have it figured out. I'll know by this time tomorrow, as I will cut them out tomorrow after work.

[David Karp]

I think someone posted some for sale here recently.

[Tim Meisburger]

Yes, but just two. I need four.

[David Karp]

Ah. Sorry.

[brandon allen]

FWIW, I made my own out of brass strips bent into a shallow omega-shape with a piece of brass rod silver soldered into them. It took a good bit of trial and error to get them right, but they turned out fairly nicely.

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