What size Piano Wire?

[brstevns]

Does anyone know what size piano wire is use to make the trigger spring for Remington rolling blocks?

[Coffeecup]

I've always used nominal .049", but never actually mic'd it.

[brstevns]

I've always used nominal .049", but never actually mic'd it.

Thanks just what I needed to know.

[brstevns]

Will the wire have enough spring to it or must it be tempered?

[Coffeecup]

I've never heat-treated one, the wire is already spring temper. use caution cutting it--it is hard enough to notch most cutters. Works best if the finished spring doesn't have any scratches or notches from the ppliers used to bend it (I use smooth-jawed needle-nose pliers, when I remember where I put them).

Use a heavy paper-clip for practice, and to get your pattern. Bend the loop for the screw, then bend the spring arm. Easy-peezy. And if you mess up, well, the stuff is cheap and comes in long rolls--who will know if it took you 4 or 5 tries to get it right? ;-)

[brstevns]

Coffeecup Thanks for the information. Cheaper then buying the spring kit and I will have enough to work with.

[doc1876]

if you use a small file to grove around the spring, and then kind of snap it, it won't ruin your cutters.

And that is why they call them a spring, they are heat treated to a specific required hardness, if you heat it, it will most likely be done for.