Copper Elf Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I've got a bucket full of sprung steel wire 3mm dia, not enough to weigh in and in short lengths, it's bed springs. I'm after ideas of what to do with them because at the moment they take up a lot of space for the amount of material and are worth very little by weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I saw a fruit bowl made from bent wire. You could do the same with the bed spring. !/4 inch round bar for the top and bottom frame with the spring as the sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 They would make great wine bottle holders pending from a central vine, add a few leaves: Viola'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashelle Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 lightning awls possibly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Wind it around a piece of mild or Med carbon strip stock. Sandwich it with two more strips and wind them the opposite direction, slip it into a piece of sq. tubing and weld it into a billet. Hmmm? It'll probably make good gas welding rod, almost as good as wire coat hangers even. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 also wind in some guitar strings, most are mainly nickle, had a bundle dumped outside my shop door this morning by the recording studio in the same building Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I had a friend who did antique repair and used to cut them in rings and use them to hold small pieces of veneer in place while the glue dried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 frosty, we may try this on saturday, should we add some borax or anything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Copper Elf Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 The idea of a billet is very interesting, but I am new to blacksmithing so do you have any pointers how to do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Yes a *major* pointer: Forge welding is MUCH easier to learn with someone teaching you than trying to learn it from a book or even the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 frosty, we may try this on saturday, should we add some borax or anything else I was told not to in a can weld. Maybe a few drops of oil instead. I've only tried a can weld a couple times trying to turn old drill bits into a billet. Borax didn't seem to help at all, failed each time. <sigh> Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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