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I have been bending .032 piano wire for ladders, etc in some of my scratch builds and loco reworks.  I noticed that it is kind of hard to work with just using regular pliers out of my tool box.

 

Do you all have a favorite tool to facilitate easy wire bending, perhaps even with more precise results?  I noticed that hobby suppliers do offer wire-bending pliers, but I don't know which one to buy.

 

what would you recommend?

 

Thanks

 

Martin

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In the past, I've taken an old pair of larger needle-nose pliers and cut horizontal grooves across the jaws at intervals with a hacksaw. That gives you a series of lengths for hand rails, grab irons, etc.

I had one set for an overhead catenary experiment where I had lengths set for the support wires between the catenary and messenger wire.

If you can find them, here are some O scale car kits that have a small grooved tool for wire-bending.

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