On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:42:26 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:25:17 GMT, Ben Hockenhull
wrote:


That helps, thanks. I was looking at getting both some carbon steel wire
as well as some stainless, as the carbon steel should be less expensive
for pure screwing around.

What's the relationship between temper and the wire's ability to take and
hold a set? I'm assuming that annealed wire is better at taking a bend,
but am less certain about holding it under force.

I don't know. It might need to be a pretty soft temper to take sharp
bends without cracking. Annealed wire probably work hardens a little
when bent sharply.

I use electric fence wire with my version (mines very old and made a
lot different from the ones you get now days but does the same job). I
think that electric fence wire would be in a mid range as far as
hardness goes. It doesn't like to be twisted very much or it'll break
but it can be twisted some before it does.


Wayne Cook
Shamrock, TX
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