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Bigaggie, in your example of a 4 inch long compression spring that has a spring rate of 4 lbs per inch you put 4 lbs on it and it compressed 1 inch. Say that the 4 inch spring was compressed 1 inch and the spring stayed compressed while the weight was lifted off, then the spring was released...

Thank you very much, I've been wondering about this.

I think this is in the right section, sorry if it's not. First off, I'll apologize again for not knowing any terminology dealing with springs so I hope you understand what I'm wanting from you. Which is, say you have a circular compression spring that can hold 2 lbs without moving, what amount...