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Britcheflee
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 Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:32 am Post subject: OT question about springs |
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My Brother in law is a chiropractor - they use a spring loaded device called an Activator which is placed on the spine usually and you pull a trigger which causes it to 'click' and impact the joints to loosen them up - he has a number of them which were not working - gave them to me to mess with to see if I can get them going - they have a simple method of working but took me a while to figure that out - so far have fixed 3 for him.
The latest one I got has a spring which has snapped - obtaining a new spring from the company which makes the activators will be expensive.
The spring is about 1 1/2 inches long, has a diameter of about 3/4 inch and has fairly loose coils - it must be made of a strong metal as even so it has a fairly strong pressure.
The spring looks fairly common - is there a way to get a new one by counting coils, length, width etc? There are so many out there must be a way to id them?
Lee
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TheOldHokie
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:04 am Post subject: Re: OT question about springs |
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| Britcheflee wrote: | (quoted from post at 11:32:20 02/25/13) My Brother in law is a chiropractor - they use a spring loaded device called an Activator which is placed on the spine usually and you pull a trigger which causes it to 'click' and impact the joints to loosen them up - he has a number of them which were not working - gave them to me to mess with to see if I can get them going - they have a simple method of working but took me a while to figure that out - so far have fixed 3 for him.
The latest one I got has a spring which has snapped - obtaining a new spring from the company which makes the activators will be expensive.
The spring is about 1 1/2 inches long, has a diameter of about 3/4 inch and has fairly loose coils - it must be made of a strong metal as even so it has a fairly strong pressure.
The spring looks fairly common - is there a way to get a new one by counting coils, length, width etc? There are so many out there must be a way to id them?
Lee |
It's a medical device - buy it from a medical supplier.
TOH
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souNdguy
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:04 am Post subject: Re: OT question about springs |
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ditto what TOH said... it's medial. repalce with exact part.. otherwise I see a liability claim.
IE.. patient clams injury ( paralysis? / pain ) form malfunctioning device..e tc.
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Good one..John,PA
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:16 pm Post subject: Re: OT question about springs |
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My office gal called her doc. complaining of some leg pain. I took her there for the appointment. He precribed morfine for PAIN.
2 days later, I took her to the ER at the local hospital. The summation was first: blood clot in the right leg.
So moral to the story: The medical staff was ready to write-up the doc. for negligance.
Becareful of Proffessional Mal Practice between the Professionals!
Later the diagonisis was pneumonia. She is on sick leave for the past 2 weeks.
John,PA
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Mike Groom
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:05 pm Post subject: Re: OT question about springs |
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Spring rate is determined by the diameter of the wire and the diameter of the coil and the length.You can mic. the dia. of the wire and the diameter of the coil and count the # of coils and come real close to the proper spring rate on any spring.
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ScoutB
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Britcheflee
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| Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:02 am Post subject: Re: OT question about springs |
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| Mike Groom wrote: | | (quoted from post at 20:05:38 02/25/13) Spring rate is determined by the diameter of the wire and the diameter of the coil and the length.You can mic. the dia. of the wire and the diameter of the coil and count the # of coils and come real close to the proper spring rate on any spring. |
thanks, this spring merely returns the finger pull handle back to its original position - you pull up on it until the main spring inside is released then this spring just pushes the handle back down - my father in law found one real close in the napa store - came from a carb kit for $2!
Lee
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