But the springs always won and getting it back together working was usually impossible. Take apart a 1950s windup alarm clock. Oil it up. And see if you can get it back together working. When I had a camera I took pictures as I took the thing apart. Yet the spring always seemed to win. SPRONG!
So on the North Carolina Piedmont I'm now working on a 1922 Southern Rwy Coach that was full of mahogany. The only mahogany left are the two end doors between the passenger compartment and the vestibules. I removed the multiple layers of paint. Found the original color of the varnish. Stained them that color and put on three layers of top-of-the-line spar varnish. They look 90-years-old-beat-up wonderful.
About the spring. The spring shown by the red arrows in the photo below disappeared when I took the mechanism apart. Don't lecture me about being careful. I've done that to myself enough.
How do I replace it? Make a new one? Get you to find or make a one?
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