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Originally Posted by ChrisB  I saw someone post an idea of wrapping the springs in leather. A actual gaurd may make more sense. |
That was me. I've seen it done on a couple of hamers, & apparently it's a fairly common solution. Heavy leather is used, not book-binder's stuff. As I understand it the idea is that with the spring wrapped, if it fails the pieces aren't going to pick up any momentum in order to punch their way through & should therefore be contained within the wrapping.
However this is what I've been told, so I can't take any responsibility for the experiences of others.