Seat Spring...

[Lewis's Friend]

A quick question for you knowledgeable types...

Does anyone know what this type of upholstery spring is called. I would like some longer ones (to sit lower in the seat), but am not sure what term to search.

Thanks

[phillpot]

Rather than new springs I wonder if something like some split rings could be fitted between the springs and that funny string stuff?


Thinking about it, if you put something longer in will it not become slack (when you're not sat on it) and fall off/out unless actually attached to the stringy stuff rather than just hooked around it



Interesting Fact: Redditch (what is where I live) is famous for manufacturing two things, needles and springs!

Edited by phillpot on Wednesday 21st September 15:41

[glenrobbo]

And I thought Buxton was the famous place for springs....

[Andy Lynch]

isn't that Springfields?

[v8s4me]

Andy Lynch said:

isn't that Springfields?

No, that's guns.

Phillpot is on the right track. Check out hog rings. Those might be what you need.

[greymrj]

I am amazed to seat a seat support in anything like that good condition! When I got mine it was so bad that it was actually hard to work out how it had been constructed. The drivers seat base was a bin bag full of newspapers....wet newspapers, honestly. So if you think yours is bad.....

I finished up making up my own arrangement and going to Rochdale Springs for some suitable ones from their vast range. I have pics somewhere.

Mine now has a steel pan (stainless, Phillpot will be envious to hear!) suspended from about 12 springs if I remember rightly with two different foam densities above it.

Rochdale Springs are still going: http://www.rochdalesprings.co.uk/ and can probably supply exactly what you want.

[Lewis's Friend]

Thanks for the feedback as always chaps...

I think probably a better idea is to get not so much a longer spring, but a weaker one. I shall have a little shop around.

[greymrj]

I did a fix on another classic using springs for a camping chair, the local outdoor shop had spare ones.

[sonnylad]

That will be a Tension spring

[phillpot]

greymrj said:

I did a fix on another classic using springs for a camping chair, the local outdoor shop had spare ones.

One like this?





I'm beginning to think you live in some sort of time warp Richard, garages that lend out tools, local outdoor shop that's not been wiped out by Go Outdoors.... and they keep spares for a chair that only cost about £2.99 in the first place!

[Top Gear TVR]

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Andy Lynch said:

isn't that Springfields?

[glenrobbo]

phillpot said:

One like this?





I'm beginning to think you live in some sort of time warp Richard, garages that lend out tools, local outdoor shop that's not been wiped out by Go Outdoors.... and they keep spares for a chair that only cost about £2.99 in the first place!

Welcome to oop norf. It's like that oop 'ere. It just is. That's why I like it!