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Author Message   Denverdad Tinkerer Username: Denverdad Post Number: 28 Registered: 05-2011 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Saturday, February 23, 2013 - 04:18 pm:    I have made a number of replacement torsion springs myself using music/piano wire. This site is a good reference for how to do it, and is in fact how I learned. It is arguable how important the heat treatment step is. Personally I have never gone to the trouble and all my springs continue to operate fine (so far at least!).