[SML] Tool for bending heavy gauge spring wire?

[Stuart Wheaton]

I would use my hossfeld bender, and bend around a small pin on the top.  
if you look at the design of a hossfeld, you can probably make a similar 
system for that specific task.

Stuart Wheaton

On 7/18/2022 9:38 AM, Joe via Stagecraft wrote:
> I recently used some spring wire to form branches for the Pill Berry 
> Bush from Sussical.   It gave the bush a lot of action, as it would 
> wiggle about when berries were plucked from it.  I obtained the wire 
> from a pop-up play tent. I had both a small one, with flat wire that I 
> could easily bend by hand to a 2" radius.  For putting a small 1/4 
> diameter loop at the end to help prevent it from poking through the 
> foam, I used a torch and pliers.  But, the heavier gauge one, was 
> round with a diameter just under 1/8".  It was quite challenging to 
> bend by hand. The smallest radius I could bend by hand was over 20". 
> And it is over such a large area, that I didn't even attempt to use a 
> torch. Plus a torch would have changed the temper, so it would no 
> longer be spring wire.
>
> I've used pipe benders, and wonder if there is perhaps a tool to bend 
> wire like this. Any recommendations?
>
>
> -Joe
>
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