11 replies to this topic

[Famine]

Can anyone recommend stores or nation-wide chains to check for compression springs? The Home Depot's only carry expansion springs, the Loews near me was forced to close, and the auto-parts shops don't seem to carry anything that small. Suggestions?

[uche-uche]

I could get you some but I would need sizes. But it would hardly be worth my time for a $1 or $2.00 profit anyway. But tell me what you need.

[CrazdMonkey]

This may not be of much help, but try looking in your phone book for local hardware stores. The only place near me that sold them turned out to be a small, family owned store that I had never heard of.

[Famine]

Yeah, I've been slowly making my way throughout neighboring towns checking out their small hardware shops. We'll see how it goes. Thanks for the offer Uche-Uche but if I have to get one shipped I'll just custom order it off of a website.

[uche-uche]

OK good luck finding one

[Gamefreak]

My dad works at Home Depot, and I know that they sell compression springs...

[Famine]

In what department and what size?

[xedice]

Home Depot carries 2 sizes of compression springs, extra fucking large, and extra fucking weak. I checked at 3 stores, Lowes has practicaly the same inventory. Your best best is for bungee cords or extension springs.

[rawray7]

i found a wide variety of bad springs at ACE hardware, and OSH hardware. i don't know if either of those are nationwide. they had a lot of compression springs, most a bit too high gauge for mods. i'm still yet to find one that'll work well for an xbow.

Edited by rawray7, 31 March 2004 - 12:59 AM.

[Namm]

I got two compresion springs at home depot, they were short and very strong, and a little wider than a TT spring. I found them in the same department as the expansion springs. They arent all that useful though sense they're too short for rifles, and to strong for pistols, but suprisingly enough i managed to put one in a nightfinder, i didnt do anything to the catch either. They're really good for NFs but not much else.

[IronRhino]

OSH around here has a great selection, and I believe that's where Cx gets his too. I think that might be just CA, though.

[Gamefreak]

OSH? Famine they were in hardware, the ones i got where small but strong im sure you could get larger ones though.