Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 22:39:32 -0500
Subject: Re: PUPT: Piano wire and hints on use.


Well, Mostly I use the vise banging method for bending right angles in
finishing nails to replace the pins in loose-pin hinges that are used on
an old portable stage I built years ago. This method has worked fine for
me for almost twenty years. Most of the solid rod bending I do is done
in one of the two wire bending jigs that I own, and as I indicated,
these don't cost very much. 

As far as using longer lengths to get short end bends, the rods I get
from local hardware stores are not that long to begin with. On the rare
occasions that I've had to make a 1/2 inch bend at the end of a rod,
without any waste, the vise was the quick and dirty solution. I'm not
purchasing piano lengths of this stuff. But I certainly will keep your
suggestion in mind if I ever have to do this with half lengths or the rods...Thanks!

Fred

Mike Brose wrote:

> 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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