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Re: rebendable wire

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On 11/08/2022 03:02, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
> On 11/08/2022 01:01, RustyHinge wrote:
>> On 10/08/2022 21:37, Richard Smith wrote:
>>> RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 10/08/2022 11:35, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> A friend makes felt animals with aluminium wire armatures. The wire
>>>>> work-hardens and breaks if you bend it too often.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone know of a wire which can be bent a lot? I guess ardman and
>>>>> the like must use something frequently-bendable.
>>>>
>>>> Indeed there is such a wire, but I guess it might be a bit too costly
>>>> for that purpose: 32 carat gold.
>>>>
>>>> Aluminium wire can be annealed by heating - but careful, it will melt
>>>> if it is overdone.
>>>>
>>>> I'd use a Calor butane or propane blowtorch.
>>>>
>>>> Just don't be too quick to test it after doing the job: cave a nice
>>>> cup of tea while it cools. Or, if you're impatient, quench it in cold
>>>> water. (This doesn't have the same result as quenching tool steel.)
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Rusty Hinge
>>>> To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and 
>>>> the BOFH.
>>>
>>> Would a paint-stripping electric heat gun be a "safe" way of annealing
>>> the aluminium?  Could not overheat / melt the Ali?
>>
>> I don't know the annwaling temperature of the aluminium or the heay of 
>> the paint-stripping gun, but I would guess so.
>>
>> I hesitated before not mentioning an enamelling oven - not many people 
>> have one of those...
>>
> 
> Problem there is that the wire is covered with felt or plasticene or 
> whatever.
> 
> I have some LED lights on stems which are bendable, and which have been 
> bent a LOT - the ~ 1mm silvery typical metal density (ie comparable to 
> iron, copper etc) wire in them does not develop corners which soon 
> break, unlike aluminium armature wire which is pure Al, fsvo pure, and 
> supplied dead soft.

Some sort of induction gadget? Dunno if you could get a device to work 
on aluminium.

-- 
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

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rebendable wire Peter Fairbrother <peter@tsto.co.uk> - 2022-08-10 11:35 +0100
  Re: rebendable wire RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> - 2022-08-10 15:34 +0100
    Re: rebendable wire Richard Smith <null@void.com> - 2022-08-10 21:37 +0100
      Re: rebendable wire RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> - 2022-08-11 01:01 +0100
        Re: rebendable wire Peter Fairbrother <peter@tsto.co.uk> - 2022-08-11 03:02 +0100
          Re: rebendable wire RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk> - 2022-08-11 11:07 +0100

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