> You can buy bare copper wire at places like Home
> Depot
> and detemper it yourself. Copper does not need to
> be
> heated too high in temp to achieve this. My son the
> metal worker says to put it on the driveway and heat
> with a torch until it starts getting red. You can
> let
> it cool or you can quench. The jeweler friend says
> quench the son says not necessary. (quencing is
> quick
> cooling in water. I thnk it would excite the wire
> too
> much, excited copper wire gets hard quickly (did I
> really say THAT?))
>
> I have used the smaller gauge wires straight from
> the
> hardware store even though I have been told it is
> impossible to do. (I didn't know any better) I find
> the wire work hardens as I apply it to the tree.
> Not
> easy to change once it is on.
>
> I still prefer the aluminum on trees that one has to
> wire many times, like maples and elms. On stubborn
> trees like atlas cedar, I have used the copper.
>
> Kitsune Miko
>
> --- James Harris <jamesth@MED.UMICH.EDU> wrote:
> > Can anyone recommend a good source for copper wire
> > that I can order
> > on-line. All of my local bosai suppliers only
> carry
> > the annodized
> > aluminum.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jim H.
> > Zone 6, S.E. Michigan
> >
> >
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