jnesmith
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Registered: 01/02/03
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Loc: Tallahassee, Fl
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Hey again:
I would like to do some wire burning detail work. I ordered some "music wire" from Mcmaster. I'm wondering how to add handles. The few I have seen have ball handles. How do you guys secure the handles to the wire?
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John
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badwhiskey
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Registered: 01/28/00
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Loc: Upstate, NY
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Take a couple pieces of larger dowels, drill a hole through each (not lengthwise). Put the wire through, and wrap it a few times.
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Rodneywt1180b
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Registered: 07/09/11
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Loc: Centralia, WA
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Are you looking for fancy or just functional? I chose functional and wrapped the wire on mine. A prettier way would be to drill a hole thru the handle the same size as the wire and counterbore the outside. Stick the wire thru, tie a knot that won't suck clear thru the handle and sink the knot into the counterbore. You can then fill the counterbore or plug it if you choose.
You could also get real fancy with it and do a split turning possibly laminating a blank with contrasting pieces of wood and hide the knot inside the handle completely.
Depends on how crazy you want to get with it.
Rodney
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PhilJoines
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Registered: 08/31/11
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I've made them using whatever wire I had laying around. Just wrapped it around pieces of wood.
Do NOT hold the wire in your bare hand or especially wrap it around your fingers.
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Grey Mountain
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Use whatever is handy. I've used both dowel rods and PVC, used whatever wire was handy. The bowl doesn't know whether the tool is fancy or utilitarian. 
GM
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The only tool I have is a lathe. Everything else is an accessory.
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MichaelMouse
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Grey Mountain said:
Use whatever is handy. I've used both dowel rods and PVC, used whatever wire was handy.
I disagree. You'll want soft wire - annealed steel - or stranded, so you can get more wrap and self-guidance. Getting that bit of wrap heats for longer each revolution. Though I've used one "famous" turner's recommendation of a staple on a stick, it takes forever to heat, and more pressure than I'd like, which distorts. Some use copper because its malleable, but it's also a much better conductor of heat - away from the wood - than steel, so I avoid it.
The Formica sample is my fave now - especially for platters and low slopes where even a preparatory scrape to provide a groove is inadequate. Smells bad, works good.
NB - Keep a damp rag around for soft or resinous woods. Dampen the burn after, or you might get a surprise a minute later.
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Better to follow the leader than the pack. Less to step in.
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jnesmith
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Registered: 01/02/03
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Loc: Tallahassee, Fl
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Thanks for all the comments and recommendations. I think i'm good to go.
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John
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Grey Mountain
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I disagree. Use whatever is handy.
GM
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elderbarryl
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Registered: 03/29/07
Posts: 295
Loc: Fort Pierce, Florida
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Saltwater fishing leader comes in several sizes and is probably much less expensive than piano wire. Whatever works!
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robo hippy
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Registered: 03/31/06
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Loc: Eugene, OR
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I used concrete rebar tie wire, which I think is the same as baling wire. Cheap, and it was always around. Guitar strings work well, and if you know some one who plays, they will have lots of them. The laminate (formica) works great as well. I am too cheap to 'buy' wire. A couple of half inch dowels, wrap around once or twice, and twist it around. If you want to get fancy, you can turn a small groove in it and part it off, or drill a hole. It don't have to be pretty to work.
robo hippy
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