justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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How big is the wire? If its really piano wire, if it's 1/8th thick, you'll need some high quality wire cutters to cut it. I use some Klein linemans pliers & put them on a vise & smack them with a hammer. Be careful, occasonally piano wire fractures & little Hard SHARP pieces fly off. Either wear eye protection or look away & close your eyes when bending it far enough to break it. Bending it to make it look anything near decent takes a long time & some good tools. Ive ruined several pliers working with it. A board with rods poking out makes a good start. Stick the board in a vise & pput the wire between the rods & lean it over, move the wire & do it again, make a loop, then close it up with a vise & pliers. Lots of ways to do it, some take more strength than others. That ones pretty low horse[power. You can get a tabletop vise from Harbor Freight, clamps on the edge O the table & has a lever on the side that allows it to swivel.You may have to take it all apart & clean things yup & tighten the bolt it swivels on to make it work worth a hoot, I did.Its cheap, so its worth it.
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