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HO Knuckle Couplers Miniature Springs
Richard is hoping someone else in the hobby can help him:
“Are there any suggestions toward a slick, easier way to insert and set replacement miniature springs in the knuckles when the old spring has dissapeared and flown away into the great unknown (invisible to old eyes)?? So far my elder fingers have not been able to do this with any success. Haven’t found any effective literature on this topic and I would like to be able to salvage and use couplers that have gone spring-less making that coupler useless….piles of them.”
If you can advise Richard, then please add your suggestion below.
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Hi Richard,
I have a pair of magnified glasses similar to the watchmakers monocle but better as it has 2 one for each eye.
Have a Stanley knife, better still a smaller one.
Place spring on white paper and insert the tip of the knife in the top end of spring.
Need some patience now. Insert the lug in the other end of spring Compress the spring and insert the other lug in spring where the knife is.
Withdraw the knife slowly. I place some glue at one end of spring.
Hope you can follow my instructions.