Erin Hayes on sat 11 jan 97
I've always used braided wire for the wedging table, but it's certainly not
because I thought is was the best solution. What kind of wire do you guys
use when you wire wedge? If you can, give me as much detail as possible
(e.g. gauge, brand, type of metal) so I can finally stop rewiring our
turnbuckles every two weeks!
Please respond to my personal address, TXGirlNWA@aol.com.
Thanks to all,
Erin.
Bill Buckner on sun 12 jan 97
The best wire I have found for wedging and cut off wires is the tempered
bronze used to string harpsichords. I have a friend who builds
harpsichords who gave me a piece to try. It is very thin and extremely
strong. Find a builder, or check in a music supply store to see if they
can get it for you.
-Bill
Bill Buckner e-mail: bbuckner@gsu.edu
Georgia State University http://www.gsu.edu/~couwbb
On Sat, 11 Jan 1997, Erin Hayes wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I've always used braided wire for the wedging table, but it's certainly not
> because I thought is was the best solution. What kind of wire do you guys
> use when you wire wedge? If you can, give me as much detail as possible
> (e.g. gauge, brand, type of metal) so I can finally stop rewiring our
> turnbuckles every two weeks!
>
> Please respond to my personal address, TXGirlNWA@aol.com.
>
> Thanks to all,
>
> Erin.
>
John Termeulen on sun 12 jan 97
Hello Erin,
For years I have been using steel guitar strings with great success!!!
John Termeulen, Trenton, Ontario
Harvey Sadow on sun 12 jan 97
Erin Hayes wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I've always used braided wire for the wedging table, but it's certainly not
> because I thought is was the best solution. What kind of wire do you guys
> use when you wire wedge?
Piano wire, anywhere in the middle of the scale. Tough as nails and
sounds great when you wire wedge with it!
cheers, Harvey Sadow
Michael McDowell on mon 13 jan 97
Erin Hayes posted a question regarding preferences for cutting wire for the
wedging table. Erin, I've used a lot of different wires, with varying degrees of
success, but IMHO the best is piano wire. You can probably get it from a piano
tuner. Try to get the thickest unwrapped wire you can. Also you can tighen your
turnbuckle up enough that it will "sing" a low note as you finish your cut. The
wire can stand it, its the strongest & longest lasting I've found.
Michael McDowell
Whatcom County, WA USA
JJHerb@aol.com on mon 13 jan 97
Replace Every Two Weeks!? I don t know where the failure takes place but I
can suggest a couple of potential solutions. If you are using a thin
diameter cable-type wire, many single wires twisted into strands wound around
a core, it is possible to construct an "eye" at each cable end by unwrapping
the strands and then re- wrapping them so they form a loop on the end. A
book about rigging or rope splicing will have instructions for this using
pictures. Full size cables have thimbles, a formed metal protector, inserted
in these eyes to protect the strands and individual wires from kinking and
eventual destruction. I would expect this construction would allow your
wires to last three weeks, easy.
If you are using a single wire for cutting then you need to look at the
places that the wire flexes repeatedly and take action to keep it from
flexing or to limit the amount of movement. Metal, in everyday live at
least, fails more often from fatigue than from overloading. One other thing
to look for are sharp bends in the wire. If your setup draws the wire over
a sharp corner it causes you to initiate the death of the wire at the moment
of installation.
Joseph Herbert
JJHerb@aol.com
"WNTHRP::MRGATE::\"A1::CONNELLJ\""@winthrop.edu on wed 15 jan 97
I have used piano wire or as the box says musical wire for years and have had
great results. The measurement I have found best is .045 mil. If it is too
thick it is impossible to wrap around a turnbuckle. Too thin will snap much too
quickly. I use it in classroom situation as well as my own studio.
I buy it from a place called Manufacture's Supply (which is a nuts and bolts
type of place for the blue color crowd) It comes in a 50' roll and cost about
$15.00 It is tough and durable. So tough that it is a pain to bend and put on
the turnbuckle. Once on though it can last up to a year in the classroom putting
up with all the abuse students can throw at it like taking a 50 pound hunk of
leatherhard clay and throwing it down in the wire to slice off a slab.
Jim
Tracy Dotson on wed 15 jan 97
I have been reading all of the ideas on wire for wedging tables and am
susprised no one has discovered "shark wire". Its the leader wire for
catching sharks...........solid stainless steel sold in small lenghts and
comes in many thicknesses. Very cheap. Do not get the plastic coated stuff.
It just shreads off and gets in the clay. Check with large bait and tackle
shops (usually close to the coast or large bodies of water).
Good luck
Tracy
The Pottery
Penland, NC
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