So. Many. LEAVES!!
TR springs have what, 3 leaves??
Somebody, please tell me this took place over more than just 24 hours. That's how long it would have taken the experts around here to come back with "okay, here's how we're going to fix it..." But that's also how long it would have taken me to clean out my shorts and figure out who to call to get me out of that mess, so I shouldn't criticize.
Safety equipment tally --
Goggles: None (one handheld face shield and one shielding his face with just his hand)
Steel-toe boots: None (spotted one pair of sandals and one pair of designer loafers though)
Gloves: ONE.
I used to have a stick welder but I threw it out because the best I could do was leave a glob of metal sitting on top of my workpiece. Second-best was to make the stick a permanent part of the workpiece. To do anything that remotely resembles actual welding with a machine like that is absolute wizardry to me.