Leaf springs

Dick Morris wrote on Chaski.org:

In Jeff Smith's arch bar truck thread I asked how the eyes are made on the end of elliptical springs and was referred to a December, 1997 Gail Gish article in Modeltec. Gail silver soldered a rod on the lower spring. To the upper spring he soldered a tube which was later slitted. No heat treating was specified after the silver soldering.

I dug through my library and found a drawing comparing two styles of ends. This came from an old text.