johnnytheboy Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Hi There, anyone an idea how to make titanium wire forms for spinner baits, te wire seems like it won't stay pput where you bend it, do you have to heat it? Tightlines John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clamboni Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 You have to heat the wire to bend it, but you have to heat it to a very specific temperature. Too low and it won't hold form, too high and it gets extremely brittle. If you have pure titanium wire, that's not what they use. It's a nickel titanium alloy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Clamboni is correct, the wire is a nickle/titanium alloy that need to be tempered. Even terminator baits have problems from time to time like the loop not being cloed all the way and you lose the blade and swivel and I don't think I should have to "doctor" an 8 dollar spinnerbait with shrink tubing to keep it from happening. In order to temper the wire correctly and be able to bend it you would need 2 things, the first would be an autoclave and the second would be the exact alloy components and the temerature and time for tempering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
