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Wire Edging
I have a motorcycle fender that I soon will be finishing, and I want to put a wired edge on it. I guess a 1/8" edge is what I am looking at.
From reviewing posts on here and MM, I think I understand the process. I will be doing this with handtools as well. Does wire edging work effectively on 18g sheet as it does on the thinner gauges. Most of the posts I see on wire edging seem to refer to 19g and thinner sheet.
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yes, 18 gage will work fine.Just a little harder to bend. rule of thumb is 2-1/2 times the wire size is were you want to start your bend(=5/16)
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That is good to know. I'll give it a shot.
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Hi Derrol, 18 gauge is going to be tough going, I advise you to do a little practicing before you work on your fender. If you are wire edging the fender I think you will be needing to use 18th wire, for this with 18g steel you will need a flange of probably 7 1/6ths. like I said do a practice piece and see hoe you get on.
David
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wire edging
In the little playing around with wire edging on motorcycle fenders I found that it tends to tighten the radius of the fender because you are working with the shortest length and as you roll it it must stretch or it will pull the fender into a tighter radius . Do others have comment on this ?
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Thanks for the input guys.
That is a good suggestion on using 18g wire for edging instead of 1/8", I'll look into that. Interesting point about the radius when creating the edge. Something else to consider.
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Derrol, I think you may have misunderstood what I posted, you will need to use 1/8 th wire because you will have a hard time closing 16g 'round anything smaller.
As Ken said below as you wire edge an internal radius the finished item will be a considerably smaller radius. You will possibly need to pre stretch the edge. David
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