On 9/5/2011 5:02 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

The 3-in-1 import sheet metal machine has grooves in the rolls for
making circular wire loops and possibly rolled wired edges. The CM
manual doesn't tell how. It didn't work out for me because I
couldn't simultaneously hold the metal and wire in place and turn
the handle.

I haven't seen this "3-in-1 import sheet metal machine" to which you
refer. But the usual way to wire an edge shouldn't require holding
wire and workpiece awkwardly. You turn up the edge, roll the wire to
fit, put the wire in place and manually ding a few spots on the edge
to hold the wire in place. Then you can fully close the edge over the
wire manually with a hammer or with a jenny without needing three
hands. (Unless, of course, the workpiece is very large, in which case
you probably needed a helper all the way through anyhow.)

Richard wrote:

It a cockpit combing (surround/fairing) piece that needs a stiffened
edge.

Sounds like a job for four hands?

Like, maybe 3' or more across? Yeah, 4 hands if you're going to use a
jenny/wiring machine.

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Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada