Which steel bends easily?

[Olle]

Originally Posted by LWaali

What grade drill rod? There are several typical harnesses. Have you tried finding a softer one? The proto types look great and the die should work really well. What part isn't right? Or is it just the hardness in general making it a pain?

It's O1 oil hardening rod, the only one I could find in 3mm. Finding metric stuff is not easy, I could go to the closest equivalent but I want to keep it as accurate as I possibly can.

To the casual observer these loops are ready to go, but if you look closer you'll see that the top part is not 100% straight and I'm thinking that a softer wire will take care of this. It's a very minute thing and most people wouldn't even see it, but I'm kind of anal so I want to do what I can to correct it. Also, I'm trying to learn the ins and outs of the noble art of wire bending, and I'm hoping that some research will help me in future projects. Really, many of my project stems from sheer curiosity, I just love to tinker and figure out how to do things like this.