Recent content by TheThinMan

Couldn't agree with steves_001 more. I thought of building out from the garage side of the house, but "spinning" the garage door to the front is inspired. Can you move past the existing retaining wall to the left to get a few more feet of floor space ? The pitfalls of building additions have...

Very interesting discussion with good ideas. Thanks to all the contributors. I went ahead with copper wire as it had good memory and my "fatigue test" showed that it could be bent many times without breaking. I know if it is bent enough it will break but I'm pretty sure for this application it...

Is copper wire resistant to breaking from constant bending? I've got some I'll check it out. And the mechanic's wire too. Thanks for the suggestions.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I will check them all out and I'm sure one will work. Thanks again.

I am looking for wire that is resistant to metal fatigue from repeated bending. It must be the diameter of a coat hanger or smaller, with a good memory, and reasonably priced. Any body have any ideas? Its to repair dolls so it doesn’t have to measure up to high standards but I thought I would...