Thanks Meredith, I will check.  Perhaps some old fashioned hardware =
stores or scrap metal dealers.  If I find some I will make it available =
to all who wants some.  Again, thanks for all your help and advice.
James Allen
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: meredith lamb=20
  To: psn-l@.................
  Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 9:26 PM
  Subject: Re: SPRENGNETHER 201 LONG PERIOD VERTICAL SEISMOMETER


  James,

  Phosphor bronze cames in a variety of hardened conditions; I think the =
stuff I have (and just checked) is perhaps 1/4 or 1/2
  hardened; i.e., it can be fairly easily finger bent permanently out of =
a straight flat spring condition....real hardened stuff
  doesn't go out of shape "that" easily.  I would NOT be doing you any =
favor with that stuff.  This stuff is meant to be shaped
  into whatever.  It used to be....that one could buy hardware store =
long strips of the really hardened stuff; which was used to
  help limit air flow around doors space areas; but whether thats still =
true is unknown.  If you're only going to go only with
  phosphor bronze you might call or visit hardware stores first and see =
what they have, or don't have first...it "could be" the
  cheapest route.  If....a hardware store has such....do a finger bend =
of the material and see if its tough to permanently bend.

  Again...my first choice would be the mechanic/machinist =
feeler/thickness gauge material, and a distant second blue tempered
  spring stock.

  Take care, Meredith

       =20


  On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 10:35 AM, JAMES ALLEN  =
wrote:

    Meredith:
    Would you consider mailing me a small strip of your phosphor bronze =
to use as a hinge.  Haven't been able to find it locally.  If so, my =
address is:
    13230 Aclare Street, Cerritos, California 90703.
    Or, it you know of a supplier I could purchase some.
    Either way, I very much appreciate your help and the guidance you =
have provided to me directly and through reading your postings to the =
list over the years.
    James Allen








Thanks Meredith, I will check.  =
Perhaps some=20
old fashioned hardware stores or scrap metal dealers.  If I find =
some I=20
will make it available to all who wants some.  Again, thanks for =
all your=20
help and advice.
James Allen

  
----- Original Message ----- 
  From:=20
  meredith lamb 
  
To: psn-l@.............. 
  
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 =
9:26=20
  PM
  
Subject: Re: SPRENGNETHER 201 =
LONG PERIOD=20
  VERTICAL SEISMOMETER
  


  
James,

Phosphor bronze cames in a variety of =
hardened=20
  conditions; I think the stuff I have (and just checked) is perhaps 1/4 =
or=20
  1/2
hardened; i.e., it can be fairly easily finger bent permanently =
out of=20
  a straight flat spring condition....real hardened stuff
doesn't go =
out of=20
  shape "that" easily.  I would NOT be doing you any favor with =
that=20
  stuff.  This stuff is meant to be shaped
into whatever.  =
It used=20
  to be....that one could buy hardware store long strips of the really =
hardened=20
  stuff; which was used to
help limit air flow around doors space =
areas; but=20
  whether thats still true is unknown.  If you're only going to go =
only=20
  with
phosphor bronze you might call or visit hardware stores first =
and see=20
  what they have, or don't have first...it "could be" the
cheapest=20
  route.  If....a hardware store has such....do a finger bend of =
the=20
  material and see if its tough to permanently bend.

Again...my =
first=20
  choice would be the mechanic/machinist feeler/thickness gauge =
material, and a=20
  distant second blue tempered
spring stock.

Take care,=20
  Meredith

      


  
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 10:35 AM, JAMES ALLEN =
<jcallen1@...........> =

  wrote:

  

    

    
Meredith:
    
Would you consider mailing me a =
small strip of=20
    your phosphor bronze to use as a hinge.  Haven't been able to =
find it=20
    locally.  If so, my address is:
    
13230 Aclare Street, Cerritos, =
California=20
    90703.
    
Or, it you know of a supplier I =
could purchase=20
    some.
    
Either way, I very much appreciate =
your help=20
    and the guidance you have provided to me directly and through =
reading your=20
    postings to the list over the years.
    
James Allen