This product interests me because the box advertises over 29 feet of wire, and it's only $8.99 USD.
Let's open the box and see what we get...
We get three sprues of wire and three sprues of posts. The wire is very fine, and there is way more sprue here than there is product. It seems so wasteful, but I suppose that is the limits of the manufacturing process. They are soft plastic, maybe they can be recycled.
No instructions are included with the kit. It's been so long since I looked at the box and I don't have it handy; there may be instructions printed on the edges of the box lid.
Here is a bit of the wire with the posts. The wire is fairly flexable, and hair dryer, heat gun or a flame would help in warming the wire and allow you to bend it to shape and have it hold. The post come with hooks on them to attach the wire to.
Here is a close up of the wire. It is well detailed, and the flash and mold lines are not too bad. Which is good, because I think this would be near impossible to clean.
I have not had an opportunity to make anything from this wire yet, but to me it seems like this kit is a good deal. I'm confident that I will be picking up more of them.
I'm very disappointed in the closeup view - there is no attempt to show the wire as a twist of 2 bits of wire - it looks nothing like barded wire up close all which is a shame.
ReplyDeleteJust twisting two strands of fuse wire in a drill gives a more convincing effect than this even without the barbs.