Pop safety valve

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BClemens
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Re: Pop safety valve

Post by BClemens »

Major diameter - 'Dm'; Overall length - 'Lo'. Sort-of intutive or obvious too by the dimensions given for each term and the decimal equivalents of the metric dimensions given. I would not be surprised if Tom wound his own spring since the combination of dimensions for his spring do not directly convert to anything commercially available - at least in my search.

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BClemens
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Joined: Sat Oct 08, 2016 10:04 pm
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Re: Pop safety valve

Post by BClemens »

"Dm" is the center diameter. Dm + d = spring outside diameter. Or: Ø8mm + Ø1.25mm = Ø9.25mm = Ø0.364in. We chose Ø0.360" since it is very, very close. Sorry for the mistake on "Dm".
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