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George Fergusson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:07:18 -0400
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Joe Mc Cool wrote:
> where can I get a design for a good wiring/embedding board suitable
> for MD deeps ?

Here's a picture of my setup- nothing fancy, threw it together in an 
afternoon.

http://www.sweettimeapiary.com/pics/wiring_bench.jpg

> I know there is a design out there that uses a cam to bend the side
> bars.  When these spring back out they tension the wires.  But does it
> really work ?

I have strategically placed nails in the board to put a bend in the 
bottom bar be it deep, medium, or shallow, which you can see in the 
picture. It seems to help tension the wires, but not much.

> Is it better to pass current through one wire at a time, or all in
> parallel ?

I generally do one wire at a time with probes for better control and 
better embedding. Sometimes the vertical wires in the foundation short 
out the horizontal wires so I get better results doing one wire at a 
time, sometimes even half a wire at a time. I enjoy it, it's the best 
part of making frames, also the last step :)

> Is it better to have the tensioned wires resting on the wax..

Yes.

> Surely there are small differences in the geometry of side bars, so I
> need some method of adjusting (up or down) the plane in which the wires
> lie ?  No ?

I haven't noticed that.

> In the past I kept the wires taught by pulling them tight with a frame
> nail, but it is not very convenient.

I tension the wire with a pair of round-nosed pliers (you can see them 
on the far right). Sometimes I use a tape clamp, used by surveyors to 
grip a steel tape (left of the pliers). Tensioning without snapping is 
the trick.

George-

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