On 7/6/2010 2:16 AM, GHenry wrote:
I have the type of weed whacker that takes about a foot long plastic
"string".

I buy the weed whacker string in bulk, so it's cheap but it only lasts a
few minutes in touch terrain.

I wonder. Would it work to just put an electrical wire, maybe 14 gauge or
so, into the weed whacker?

I mean, why does it use plastic? Why not copper or steel wire (from a coat
hanger perhaps)?

Is it that it would be too dangerous? (But plenty of things are dangerous.)

If you want to chew up the countryside why toy with a piece of copper
wire man. Get yourself one of these . That's a solid steel blade in
there. If you really want to make a mess of things you could replace
the normal blade with a 10" carbide tipped saw blade. Danger? Men
like you laugh at danger.

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LdB