I broke a spring today

[a. palmer jr.]

I didn't think something like this would happen but I was sharpening a chain for my Super 2 and the spring broke on the grinder, just about tearing up the chain before I got it off it. This grinder is made in Italy and was given to me by a neighbor before I moved so I have no idea where it came from or who sells them. Maybe a local hardware store might have something like this but I doubt it. I can't even remember the name but I think it has 4 or 5 letters in it.

 

[Jasonrkba]

Take a picture. Is it efco?

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

Which spring broke?

 

[a. palmer jr.]

It's the big spring shaped like a coil with the ends sticking out. When you push the disc down with the handle it's the spring that pushes it back up. I'll try to get a pic if I can hold it up and get a pic at the same time. I don't think it's an efco, I'll check it out again.
Even if I find a spring I'll have to figure a way to get that big pin out of the thing, maybe a big drift pin or something. I didn't see any set screws or anything of that sort.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

The brand name is Emak. Type FL136. I got a photo...the left end of the spring which is broken off goes between the two raised spots below the spring. I used a medium drift and managed to push the pin out a bit so that shouldn't be a problem..

 

[a. palmer jr.]

I guess I panicked too soon, just put in an order for a spring for a tecomec grinder, (website said the Emak and Tecomec are the same as well as most any made in Italy). Anyway, they had several different ones, I just ordered one that looked like mine. Hope it works!
Guess I was wrong thinking these don't break often, they had tons of them for sale!

 

[The Shooters Apprentice]

I’m curious as to why it almost ruined your chain if the spring broke. The stop should prevent that

 

[a. palmer jr.]

I’m curious as to why it almost ruined your chain if the spring broke. The stop should prevent that

The stop on this thing is adjustable, with the black knob on top. Since I've never broken a spring before I didn't know about the adjustment, which was too low and just kept grinding as I was trying to figure out what happened and then raising the grinding part up. It's adjusted now!

 

[Wood Doctor]

The stop on this thing is adjustable, with the black knob on top. Since I've never broken a spring before I didn't know about the adjustment, which was too low and just kept grinding as I was trying to figure out what happened and then raising the grinding part up. It's adjusted now!

Now you know why I made this contraption to use while the new spring is in transit. I call it my Gravity Spring:

It works like a charm. Cheers!

 

[Rbohlin]

I didn't think something like this would happen but I was sharpening a chain for my Super 2 and the spring broke on the grinder, just about tearing up the chain before I got it off it. This grinder is made in Italy and was given to me by a neighbor before I moved so I have no idea where it came from or who sells them. Maybe a local hardware store might have something like this but I doubt it. I can't even remember the name but I think it has 4 or 5 letters in it.

Teco or Tecomec is the manufacturer. Probably Jolly Star Grinder 120V

 

[a. palmer jr.]

I went to a local small engine shop today and asked the owner if he'd ever broke a spring on the chain grinder and he told me he broke several of them and showed me his spare springs. None of them looked like mine and the spring I ordered didn't look exactly like mine so I looked through all the springs and found another one that looked more like mine and ordered it too.

 

[Patrick62]

quick and temporary "fix" is to loop a bungee cord to the wall.
it will get it going until the new spring gets there.
I have broken one spring too, like that.

 

[a. palmer jr.]

quick and temporary "fix" is to loop a bungee cord to the wall.
it will get it going until the new spring gets there.
I have broken one spring too, like that.

Yeah, I may hook up a temporary spring. Right now I don't have any chains to sharpen so maybe the spring will get here before I need to use it..