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02-15-2011, 02:30 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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M&D's sells a larger nose grommet that works fine and allows you to make a tight joint. I forget the diameter but have some at home. It also helps to anneal the loop after you crush it.
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02-15-2011, 02:52 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
... It also helps to anneal the loop after you crush it.
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I noticed that too... If I don't anneal it, I wind up pulling the tag end of the wire out a bit which loosens the joint. |
Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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02-15-2011, 03:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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you guy's are heating the wire.... as long as you pre form the loop you will not need to heat the wire to anneal it...you should be using annealed wire to begin with, 1/8th hard is too brittle for this process..
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A good run is better than a bad stand!
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02-15-2011, 03:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockfish9
..you should be using annealed wire to begin with, 1/8th hard is too brittle for this process..
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I must have missed this part. And you are correct, now that I really think about it, I do use 308L and if I don't heat it, it snaps. |
Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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02-15-2011, 03:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JFigliuolo
I must have missed this part. And you are correct, now that I really think about it, I do use 308L and if I don't heat it, it snaps.
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maybe not... it might be just like me to leave out that little ( but important) detail... |
A good run is better than a bad stand!
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