Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 20:32:06 -0600
Subject: Re: PUPT: Piano wire and hints on use.




On Sat, 02 Feb 2002 23:12:37 -0500 Fred Greenspan
<greenspan-AT-earthlink.net> writes:

 The only time I need to bang it in the vise - I have 
> an
> old beat to heck vise just for this - is when I need a bend very 
> close
> to the end. And I am talking about banging the short piece on the 
> end
> while the main section is held in the teeth of the old vise. This 
> will
> chew up the jaws on the vise, but that's what I use it for.

A trick to get around this....., is to make the bend first (with a longer
piece of wire), then do the cut to make the short piece on the end. If
you plan ahead properly this can be done without any waste either (just
make the wire is a lot longer than you need when doing the bends; then
the part that is cut off can be used for something else). It's just a lot
easier to bend when you have some length to work with.  The piano tuning
knots I mentioned earlier were always done with longer pieces of wire,
and cut after the knot was tied. Otherwise it would have been impossible
to work with.

Cheers,

Mike Brose
http://puppetsnprops.homestead.com/home.html


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