Aaron said:

> Stainless steel wire to wire frames: first thing that struck
> me was, "Man, that'll be expensive;
> The reasons behind stainless steel wire is no impurities getting
> into the honey, as is the case with oxides of wire currently used
> to wire foundation.

Thin stainless-steel wire can be brittle.
Very brittle.

Why not use something stronger, easier to
work with, and much, much cheaper?

  Think fishing line.
    Plastic.
    Inert.
    Cheap. Almost Free.
    Very high tensile strength.
    Won't melt in the solar melter.


                jim (Kung-Fuysics black belt and Fly-T'ai Chi practitioner)

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