You're welcome.karl_a_hall wrote: Thanks ...
I'm glad.karl_a_hall wrote: ... quite familiar with spring characteristics...
My limits are the little I recall from physics classes.
Too long ago. Had to look up proper terms. 8^7
A spec that was probably never published.karl_a_hall wrote: ... not used to is not knowing initial conditions.
Have you contacted Visacrem?
They may have some data, I doubt the springs were made especially for them.
That was what I wanted to say when I pointed out it would not fit.karl_a_hall wrote: ... overall compressed length will be too long ...
You can most probably compress it to assemble the head but you may hit a physical limit when bringing down the lever.
I guess you'll have to try and see.
What?karl_a_hall wrote: ... what I get for buying a machine that ..-
You'd miss out on all the fun! 8^D
Edit:
Check this page at DVG, it lists nine different springs in use in quite a few machine brands and models (with dimensions).
Maybe they have one with the same/similar dimensions as your original springs.
This page may also be of interest to you.
Cheers,bidoowee wrote: This is a problem if you are me and want to make new groups, or, if you are not me, repair old ones. So I took the dive into spring design and started to think a bit more carefully about a part that I had presumed was going to be "off the shelf".
CIV
