How to Cut Coil Springs

[Eye of the Tiger]

Okay you ignorant fucks. Let me Google that for you.
See, I'm not even going to explain anything myself, because then I'll just be accused of making shit up. Shortly after, the Ignorant Fuck Bandwagon will overload and break an axle.
Oh, but if I don't explain it, it must be because I don't know...? Too late, asshole. I already have, and I'm not doing it again. If you don't believe anything on the internet, I will tell you that coil spring cutting predates the internet by a fuck ton, so feel free to ask your local mechanic who is over the age of 50.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+to+cut+coil+springs
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Until you have a single fucking clue what the hell you are talking about, dont even fucking post.

[shp4man]

  

The moving GIF is nice.

Also, no picture of an Alabama hot wrench.  What's up with that?

[Rupert]

Huh, turns out that was a pretty good burn.

[Cookie Monster]

That had so much potential to be a wicked burn...

Huh, turns out that was a pretty good burn.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

Cutting coils is for fools. I make my own out of recycled rebar and a pipe bender.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Look what happens to every coil spring when it is made at the factory:

https://youtu.be/z8OohfgDG84

When the winding is complete, the spring is CUT. This is a brand new spring, and it is a CUT spring.
In fact, every coil spring must be CUT, or it would be infinitesimally long. All you ignorant fucks are.riding on CUT coil springs.

[BENZ BOY15]

dangerous

[Eye of the Tiger]

You suck at this

[280Z Turbo]

My springs were machined out of a solid billet of German spring steel.

All of this cutting business sounds like a risky way to lower your vehicle. You get what you pay for. The abrasive cutoff wheel induces stress in the spring, making it softer and more brittle.

You'll be bouncing off of the bump stops until your spring cracks in half and you roll over and die. When you're pinned in your vehicle upside down and on fire, taking in your last breath, you'll wish you had listened to me and paid the extra money for billet steel springs.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Ok

[Soup DeVille]

Man, are you really taking something Benz said about mechanical stuff seriously; the guy who didnt know a fast blinker meant a burned out bulb in that exact thread? 

Be careful, or I'll make my four year old daughter sing "Let it Go" to you.

[Soup DeVille]

Look what happens to every coil spring when it is made at the factory:

https://youtu.be/z8OohfgDG84

When the winding is complete, the spring is CUT. This is a brand new spring, and it is a CUT spring.
In fact, every coil spring must be CUT, or it would be infinitesimally long. All you ignorant fucks are.riding on CUT coil springs.

I think you mean infinitely, not infinitesimally. Beside which, the stock going into the winder isn't going to be infinitely long...

[CALL_911]

This needs to be stickied

[Soup DeVille]

Why is the eutectic line on the phase diagram shown at 738 degrees instead of 727? 

[Eye of the Tiger]

I think you mean infinitely, not infinitesimally. Beside which, the stock going into the winder isn't going to be infinitely long...

No, I meant infinitesimally. 

[Eye of the Tiger]

Man, are you really taking something Benz said about mechanical stuff seriously; the guy who didnt know a fast blinker meant a burned out bulb in that exact thread? 

Be careful, or I'll make my four year old daughter sing "Let it Go" to you.

I don't know that song.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Why is the eutectic line on the phase diagram shown at 738 degrees instead of 727? 

Dude. I have no idea what alloy of steel that is for. There, you got me.

[Soup DeVille]

I don't know that song.

I do.


Dear god, I know that song.

[Soup DeVille]

Also, thanks to your pictogrammaticals there, i now know I have a dearth of wood planers and should not attempt to cut coil springs until I rectify that situation.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Dude, I have a wood planer, and it has already paid for itself

[Soup DeVille]

Dude, I have a wood planer, and it has already paid for itself

I have one, it was my grandfather's. I may have used it once.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I have one, it was my grandfather's. I may have used it once.

You should try building more door jambs.

[Soup DeVille]

You should try building more door jambs.

Repairing is more likely. Its on the list, somewhere...

[FlatBlackCaddy]

In one of the suspension design/setup books I have there is a whole section on spring cutting. However they also talk about spring dynos and other stuff with relation to the cutting process, I also think there was a heating step in there too. Either way, it was a bit more complex then some kid in his garage with a Sawzall trying to slam his civic.

[GoCougs]

Why not just get shorter springs?

[Rupert]

Also, thanks to your pictogrammaticals there, i now know I have a dearth of wood planers and should not attempt to cut coil springs until I rectify that situation.

There are so many wood planers. You need like ten just to built a shelf.

[AutobahnSHO]

Man, are you really taking something Benz said about mechanical stuff seriously; the guy who didnt know a fast blinker meant a burned out bulb in that exact thread? 

+1   

[giant_mtb]

FYA

[Eye of the Tiger]

I'll burn my LAND down, I fucking swear.

[giant_mtb]

I'll burn my LAND down, I fucking swear.

Raze it to the ground.

(Which I thought was a fucked up statement the first time I heard it because I was hearing it and not reading it and not knowing what the word "raze" was...cool story, huh?)