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Sources of SS Wire for eyelets

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Topic: Sources of SS Wire for eyelets
Posted By: Joker
Subject: Sources of SS Wire for eyelets
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2011 at 11:07am
Finally found some Stainless wire at Mitre10 Mega on Lincoln rd, Henderson. Was $24 for a reasonable roll of 1mm wire. Also I've been using some scrap 1mm copper wire to geed effect.
 
To make eylets - take a 6" piece of wire and form an eye half way around a 4" nail in a vice. Cross over the ends of the wire 45 degrees in each direction in a kind of Y shape with an eye. Take a pair of pliers over the two ends and with a pulling motion twist the pliers around and you will get a twisted tail starting to form. If you make this tail a good length and araldite it into a 1/8" hole on a wooden popper it wont pull out under strain. Two of us pulling with all our strength couldn't seperate it. 


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Posted By: edge01
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2011 at 11:20am
Any stainless welding place will have wire mate in different diametres and grades.

Posted By: fish i
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2011 at 2:19pm
Cookes, Bay engineer supplies, Burnsco - Sold as seizing wire

Check this link on how RAL shows us how to form your wraps. I found it gold.

http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/what-i-made-today_topic56341_page3.html - http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/what-i-made-today_topic56341_page3.html

Just need a good pair of internal circlip pliers





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