Fun video and cool machine but I had to laugh when you said somebody thought it was a good idea to pull the battery spring and then you go and pull the firing spring in the same manner to achieve the same task.
Thanks for watching. Yeah - I usually just fit new a new spring if it's rusty - but even though someone had stretched this one to the point where I thought it was ruined, I was able to reverse it to the point where it worked nicely again. I'm not sure if I put all the footage in, but I basically rotated it back together using 2 pairs of pliers to reform it and compress it back into a usable spring. Always worth trying the obvious stuff first. I know what you mean about the firing spring though. I do always stretch it slightly - but the trick is to feel it and add only a couple of percent, rather than just pulling it past its recoil position and deforming it, which is the usual mistake. Thanks again 👍
Fun video and cool machine but I had to laugh when you said somebody thought it was a good idea to pull the battery spring and then you go and pull the firing spring in the same manner to achieve the same task.
Thanks for watching. Yeah - I usually just fit new a new spring if it's rusty - but even though someone had stretched this one to the point where I thought it was ruined, I was able to reverse it to the point where it worked nicely again. I'm not sure if I put all the footage in, but I basically rotated it back together using 2 pairs of pliers to reform it and compress it back into a usable spring. Always worth trying the obvious stuff first. I know what you mean about the firing spring though. I do always stretch it slightly - but the trick is to feel it and add only a couple of percent, rather than just pulling it past its recoil position and deforming it, which is the usual mistake. Thanks again 👍
Nice restoration, enjoyed the video.
Thanks very much for stopping by. Please do check out more of my videos if you can - lots of videos in the library! Thanks again 👍
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