I'm thinking of making a rocking chair out of some of the spare bucket seats I have laying around. I was thinking using leaf springs for the rockers would be interesting. Any ideas what I should look for in the junkyard to dig them out from, or is there a cheap source of new leaf springs that I am not aware of.
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Sept. 8, 2011 10:46 a.m. psychic_mechanic Dork
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Sept. 8, 2011 10:49 a.m. N Sperlo Dork
Small pickup. Ranger, b series, s10. Either way, even big trucks have small leaf springs. Even the big ones, they just have more and bigger ones in addition.
You might just end up with a bouncy chair though... Hmm... Coils springs...
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Sept. 8, 2011 11:19 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork
when I was little.. the local playground had metal animals you could ride... they were mounted on truck coil springs.
Rather than a "rocking" chair.. how about a flat and solid base with some coil springs welded to it that support the chair? If done in pairs, it should move more back and forth than side to side
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Sept. 8, 2011 11:27 a.m. N Sperlo Dork
Be sure to record and post the testing phase. Should be interesting.
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Sept. 8, 2011 12:07 p.m. failboat HalfDork
some vehicles with rear air ride suspension have softer (coil) springs than the standard vehicles.
haha mad_machine I immediately thought of those playground rides. I have 3 pairs of coil springs under a table in my garage................hmm.........
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Sept. 8, 2011 12:10 p.m. DeadSkunk Dork
Trailer springs.
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Sept. 8, 2011 12:15 p.m. RealMiniDriver Dork
Corvette transverse leaf. Should be lighter?
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Sept. 8, 2011 12:32 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
N Sperlo wrote:
Be sure to record and post the testing phase. Should be interesting.
I forcast a million hits on Youtube
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Sept. 8, 2011 1:43 p.m. fasted58 Dork
Take a walk through the pick n pull, bring a rule. Like N Sperlo said small pickups. Larger trucks leafs may be wider and thicker. If you want new, a auto/ truck spring shop can arch whatever size you want. They're also likely to have old spring sets already broken down, look in the scrap bin.
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Sept. 8, 2011 5:12 p.m. oldopelguy Dork
Astros have those fiberglass ones, might be able to drill through the center and use countersunk bolts?
