source of spring material

[Ron Klein <panorama@xxxxxxx>]

MSC industrial supply is a huge company that has a catalog with about 4,000
pages.  If you are a machinehead you are going to want the catalog.  They
sell rolls of spring material.  The last time I had a #10 spring out for
cleaning I believe I measured the thickness to be .012 or .013 inch by one
inch thick.  My guess as to the length of the spring is 25 feet since the
original spring is coiled and not easily  straightened.  MSC sells a 610
foot roll of .012 spring metal for $88.  That would be enough to do over 20
cirkut cameras.

http://www.mscdirect.com/PDF.process?pdf=2697

I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON TRY TO PUT A NEW SPRING INTO
THEIR CAMERA!!!  This can be tricky and certainly dangerous if it is not
handled properly.

Long before I would try putting a new spring in my camera thinking that this
would be the "solution" to all my banding problems, I would try cleaning and
polishing every part of the mechanism to reduce friction first.  A new
spring to replace a broken old spring, YES, but don't think it will be a
miracle cure-all for banding.

Ron Klein