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Twisted stainless leader wire for a tip
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Comment by carl hendrix on February 9, 2014 at 8:44pm
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keith-- a great way to twist wire;; take 2 ends-- put them in a good solid mounted vise-- take the other 2 ends-- put them in a electric drill! PULL HARD AGAINST THE VISE BEFORE YOU SART THE DRILL!!AND GO SLOW WITH THE DRILL!! it will twist the wire beautifully! I use to use this method when I used to make belt buckles!! when the wire is twisted-- keep a sharp eye on it and do not let it over lap! just snug it up good. a better wire for you is stainless tig wire-- proably a 3/32. a 1/8- is pretty dog gone heavy once twisted
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Comment by Keith Ritter on February 9, 2014 at 7:37pm
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Cool. Will keep my eyes open. I Go to a lot of factories and machine shops for work. Need to find a supply.
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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on February 9, 2014 at 7:32pm
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Stainless wire in several sizes useful to fishing.
I can get it from the machine shop at work.
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What kind of wire? I'm practicing with scraps MIG welding wire. MIG wire will rust so it's no good for fishing applications.
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I've actually go the book and access to all the wire I can use.
Just gotta get to it.
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Me too finally broke down and bought one. The tool the book and a coil of wire with shipping and handling less than 40$. Drop the hint for Valentines Day.
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Comment by jim cosgrove on February 9, 2014 at 7:10pm
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my brother used to make spinner baits.those benders are awesome.i think you can shape piano wire with them
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Man, I have wanted one of those things forever.
Nice!
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Yep. Tack-L-Tool is it. Got it to make lures and rigs. Practicing with it now.
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What kind of bender? Is it the Tack-L-Tool from Netcraft?
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