Wally wrote:Not really there bud. A sawzall with the right blades, band saw, or my favorite a 14" chop saw cuts through very quickly. No one ever mentioned hack saw. I have used a torch to cut them but there are many other methods that are just as quick and don't introduce nearly as much heat into the steel. Hell with the band saw you can literally touch the just cut steel with your bare hands. As I said before if you only want a minor drop or slight increase in rate cutting the springs is a very viable option. It makes no sense to spend the money on new springs to get the same results you can get for free. IF you want to go low or increase the rate a lot you will need to get new springs because it's something you just can't do cutting stock springs.nicksta43 wrote:The most important thing is keep them as cool as possible, getting them hot will effect the temper of the steel and could cause them to break. Do not cut them with a torch! It gets the steel way too hot. Even a chop saw or sawzall is a much better option.
More internet lore. I've only done it with a torch. The ten seconds that it takes to lop off a piece of spring is not going to cause it to shatter into a zillion pieces or collapse under it's own weight. The time spent cutting a spring with a hacksaw would be better spent getting a second job to new springs.
EDIT; I am sure there are a lot of young guys lurking here and I think it would be a bad idea to give them the go ahead to just take a torch and whack away at their springs when doing it this way is just as easy.
