Handy man's workshop and laboratory . wound with alathe.—26 HOME-MADE SPRING WINDERNot long ago the writer was called upon to replace a brokenspring in a machine. It had to be done at a moments notice, asthe work could not be held up. The supply of springs was ex-hausted. The writer was given a piece of No. 60 wire, but noone had such a thing as a winder, so he was obliged to make one,and had a spring within a half hour. In a junk pile was found a piece of soft steel, 4 by 1^4 by ^inch wide, with a y2-mch hole in one end. A *^-inch lag screwwas placed in a brace, a pinhole was drilled in the g
Handy man's workshop and laboratory . wound with alathe.—26 HOME-MADE SPRING WINDERNot long ago the writer was called upon to replace a brokenspring in a machine. It had to be done at a moments notice, asthe work could not be held up. The supply of springs was ex-hausted. The writer was given a piece of No. 60 wire, but noone had such a thing as a winder, so he was obliged to make one,and had a spring within a half hour. In a junk pile was found a piece of soft steel, 4 by 1^4 by ^inch wide, with a y2-mch hole in one end. A *^-inch lag screwwas placed in a brace, a pinhole was drilled in the gimlet end ofthe screw, then putting the screw through the hole in the steel,which was held in a vise, the spring was easily wound. This suggested the construction of the spring winder illus-trated herewith. A piece of soft steel, 4 by 1 *4 by % inch, formsthe body. A y2-mch shank, fitted with a chuck taking from o HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY 71 to Yi inch, was run through the hole at the top and provided witha crank Fig. 79—Home-made spring winder An assorted lot of lag screws serves for the open springs, androds are used for the close springs and springs of oval or oddshapes.—14 SUBSTITUTE FOR ROD THREADER For a rod threader for quick and accurate work from1/16 to 3/8 inch in diameter, all one needs is a bench or black-smiths drill, with a three-jawed chuck. Clamp the rod to bethreaded in the chuck of the drill. Place the die in the holderas usual, hold the die against the end of the rod to be threaded,and turn the drill at slow speed. Those who try this methodwill find it a much quicker and better way than threading by handin the usual manner. HOW TO MAKE A SCREW AND NUT WITHOUT THE AID OF ASCREW-CUTTING LATHE When the nut and screw in the handy mans hand vise are wornout he can repair them as follows without using a screw-cuttinglathe: First file the old spindle smooth. Then take two pieces ofsoft square iron, a and b, the size of the thread, a
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