Re: Music Wire - Guitar Strings

From: Phedon Tsiknopoulos <phedon21t_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 15:22:33 -0700

If anyone needs a short piece of staight .010" .011" or .012" I will be glad to send it .
Ciao, Phedon.

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On Apr 9, 2014, at 6:30 AM, Ken Achee <ken_at_achee.com> wrote:

> I plan to try pulling to straighten some music wire but thought I throw this out.
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> I have had some success by drilling a hole slightly larger than the wire at a 45 degree angle across a 1/4" brass rod. the wire to be straightened is chucked in a drill motor. With the drill turning at about a medium speed the rod is pulled straight away from the drill chuck with the wire feeding it at a forty five degree angle. I found this process on a machinist blog online.
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> Ken
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> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 8:06 AM, <Warthodson_at_aol.com> wrote:
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>> Where can I buy straight music wire. A2Z has some of the sizes I need but not all. I need .008" thru .016".
>> Gary Hodson
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ken Achee <ken_at_achee.com>
>> To: Indoor_Construction <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Tue, Apr 8, 2014 4:40 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Music Wire - Guitar Strings
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>> Sounds like a good summer time use for the hydraulic log splitter.
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>> how big do you make the loop on the end Leo?
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>> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:24 PM, <leop_at_lyradev.com> wrote:
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>>> I normally just hand straighten the music wire (guitar strings or rolls from Precision Brand) I use. It is also easier to bring coiled wire to contests. However, it is possible to mechanically straighten rolled music wire at home. One just needs to take a length (a whole guitar string is a good length) and pull on it until the wire breaks. One needs to fasten the ends well so that the wire does not pull loose from the ends. For 0.013" wire, it will take at least 50 pounds of force to break the wire (if less, the music wire does not meet the tensile strength specifications). I sometimes put a very small nick (with a file) in the wire (just like a scratch) an inch or two from an end so that the wire will break at the nick (so as to get the longest straight length and not two shorter pieces). This method works by stretching the wire to a stress level well past the elastic limit and resetting the wire's shape (just like coiling straight wire resets the wire into a coiled shape). If the wire breaks too soon, say at a defect or at the ends, the wire will not be stressed well past the elastic limit and the wire will not turn out very straight.
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>>> If I recall correctly, I think Ray Harlan first told me about this method.
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>>> LeoP
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Received on Wed Apr 09 2014 - 16:32:46 CEST