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Offline MarkyMark62

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Making Eyelets
« on: April 19, 2020, 07:23:15 PM »
Hi All,
First of many questions I expect I shall ask.
I have read the articles on making eyelets using copper wire and my question is this.
Is the wire you use just stripped out of ordinary mains cable i.e. old appliance cabling.
Thanks in advance, Mark
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Offline RLWP

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Re: Making Eyelets
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2020, 07:25:37 PM »
I used to do it that way, then I bought some 0.2mm copper on a reel. Best stuff was telephone wire, not the solid cored stuff

Making a suitable hook to form the eyelets is tricky, I have a sewing hook thing that works well

Richard
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Offline MarkyMark62

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Re: Making Eyelets
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2020, 12:41:27 AM »
Thanks for the info.
Mark
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Offline eclarson

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Re: Making Eyelets
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2020, 01:35:26 AM »
I use NiChrome wire for my eyelets.  Made tools as shown by our founder: 

https://www.ww1aircraftmodels.com/page47.html

Eric
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