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Posted By: Chantry Tool to compress leaf springs - 11/12/21 01:14 AM
Could someone provide a link where I can get a tool to compress a shotgun leaf spring?


Thanks
Posted By: SKB Re: Tool to compress leaf springs - 11/12/21 01:15 AM
A sidelock leaf spring or a boxlock leaf spring? They require different tools.
Posted By: Joe Wood Re: Tool to compress leaf springs - 11/12/21 01:35 AM
Here’s one similar to what I use for leaf springs on bar action side locks:

https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/115/1/TOOL-VISE
Posted By: Borderbill Re: Tool to compress leaf springs - 11/12/21 02:59 AM
SKB, I'd be interested in what you use for boxlock spings. Thanks, Bill
Posted By: SKB Re: Tool to compress leaf springs - 11/12/21 03:29 AM
I can post a pic when I return from hunting. It is a Tool I made in Gunsmithing school copied from the Ithaca SKB manual. Flat stock with an angle cut in it to capture the hammer.
Posted By: Stanton Hillis Re: Tool to compress leaf springs - 11/12/21 10:33 AM
I have one that looks very similar to the one Joe provided a link to. It works very well for sidelocks. I think I remember reading in some very old very old writings that it was at one time called a spring cramp (with a "r"). Can anyone confirm that? I probably read that in one volume of the JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL ARMSMAKING TECHNONOGY.

I'd like to see that tool too, Steve.

SRH
Posted By: JohnfromUK Re: Tool to compress leaf springs - 11/12/21 12:58 PM
In the UK, can be got here https://www.peterdyson.co.uk/acatalog/Mainspring-Clamp--nlr--S227.html#SID=70
Posted By: mc Re: Tool to compress leaf springs - 11/12/21 02:45 PM
A box lock spring tool can be made out of wood mine is aluminum
Posted By: BrentD, Prof Re: Tool to compress leaf springs - 11/12/21 02:59 PM
Originally Posted by JohnfromUK

Ouch! Quite the price difference in the Track vs Dyson versions.
Posted By: Chantry Re: Tool to compress leaf springs - 11/12/21 03:05 PM
Originally Posted by SKB
A sidelock leaf spring or a boxlock leaf spring? They require different tools.


Sidelock
Posted By: Chantry Re: Tool to compress leaf springs - 11/12/21 03:05 PM
Originally Posted by Joe Wood
Here’s one similar to what I use for leaf springs on bar action side locks:

https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/115/1/TOOL-VISE


Thank you!
Posted By: eeb Re: Tool to compress leaf springs - 11/12/21 03:14 PM
Small vice grip pliers can be used in a pinch. No pun intended
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