subject:"\[RCSE\] Bending music wire"

Re: [RCSE] Bending music wire

2001-08-06 Thread Bill Harris

this to a hydraulic press. Seems to work well enough. Thanks for the feedback! --Bill From: Eddie Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [RCSE] Bending music wire Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 13:51:58 +0930 At 10:58 30/07/2001 -0500, you wrote: On a related topic-- I have some

Re: [RCSE] Bending music wire

2001-08-05 Thread Eddie Smith

At 10:58 30/07/2001 -0500, you wrote: On a related topic-- I have some commercial wingrod I'd like to bend for a couple of projects I'll be working on. The 1/4 wingrod material is case-hardened (North East Sailplanes, I think) and the 5/16 is Ultrarod from DreamCatcher. What I want to do is

[RCSE] Bending music wire

2001-06-01 Thread Mark Drela

Is it necessary to heat music wire to get a good 90 bend and if so what's the best way to do it? Don't do it! Heating music wire sufficiently to soften it will also anneal it and destroy its strength. Once annealed there's no way to get the strength back other than cold working (i.e. by