Clipping recoil spring coils?

[SharedShots]

Cut a coil, give it try.

When you cut coils you actually increase the spring rate. Think about a thin metal yardstick. If you fling it it will bend pretty easily.

If you cut it down to 12 inches, it's pretty stiff.

A spring it just a coiled yardstick. It works the same way.

Where did you learn that?

I always thought torsion springs, coiled springs aka compression springs and extension springs performed different. IOW, doesn't a torsion spring perform different and for different reasons than a compression spring when it's length is changed?

You are comparing a compression spring to a torsion spring and a flat one at that. How does that work in your explanation?














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[ysr_racer]

Where did you learn that?

I always thought torsion springs, coiled springs aka compression springs and extension springs performed different. IOW, doesn't a torsion spring perform different and for different reasons than a compression spring when it's length is changed?

You are comparing a compression spring to a torsion spring and a flat one at that. How does that work in your explanation?

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Yes, thanks