Hey now, I like these brass and copper wire wraps! I would think that wrapping the wire tight and finishing it by twisting two ends together somehow would hold in place pretty well. I might have to experiment.
Will look great once it starts to weather! On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 1:51:37 AM UTC-4 Philip Williamson wrote: > > That looks good! > I did a similar wrap a few years ago on a couple different bikes, also > using art project wire! > > https://www.biketinker.com/2007/projects/copper-wire-to-finish-off-your-bar-wrap/ > > Philip > Sonoma County, Calif (but Yamhill County, Ore back then) > > > On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 6:46:48 PM UTC-7 Collin A wrote: > >> I'm in the process of tinkering on the Appaloosa (going to SS finally) >> and the process has involved several big changes and some not-so-big >> changes...namely this one. >> >> Eric Marth's videos have inspired me to add more shiny brass bits to my >> bikes, but without sending $5 per brass bolt! Instead, I had some leftover >> brass wire (several hundred feet!) from a little art project I finished >> several years ago now, and I have also always wanted to try the twine wrap >> on the newbaums. In this case, I didn't want to buy some twine and figured >> "Hey, I've got this narrow gauge brass wire, lets try that on my chainstay >> wrap in case it turns out like crap." This was the result (with 2 year old >> newbaums): >> [image: PXL_20221025_011343607 (1).jpg] >> >> Not the cleanest result, but the brass obviously has less twine-like >> properties and forces a much tighter wrap and is less forgiving in the >> final look. The final step of bringing the knot under the wrap is also a >> bit of a nuance and is not as "clean," although I'm hoping to improve it >> with some more attempts. For those curious, a 1.5m length piece of this >> wire is 2.5g. >> >> I'm also going to try using brass washers under my stainless bolts to add >> a bit of shiny to an otherwise mundane fastener...and those are only $0.10 >> a piece! >> >> Cheers, >> Collin, "fools gold" in Sacramento >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/deaf994a-7ca9-4a30-aa23-bced6b2a96ecn%40googlegroups.com.
