<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Looks like some far less expensive ones are available (and less precise, but probably good enough for the purpose) from fishing supply.<div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="http://www.basspro.com/">http://www.basspro.com/</a> and search Du-BroŽ Wire Straightener, $12.99</div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Regards,</div><div>Fred Sturm</div><div>University of New Mexico</div><div><a href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>On Aug 6, 2008, at 10:44 PM, John Delacour wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><div>At 18:24 -0400 6/8/08,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:A440A@aol.com">A440A@aol.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite" cite="" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; ">...I have used the brakes on the small wire reels to straighten the wire, but</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" cite="" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; ">they don't do a very consistant job, leaving me with thoughts of small ball<br>bearing wheels with grooves on them and pulling the wire through as I use it. <br>I don't want to re-invent this thing, so if anybody has already developed a<br>workable device and found that it makes a difference, how about posting</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" cite="" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; ">something to the list on how well it works and is it worth the trouble.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I always straighten the wire using a 14-roller straightener. Here is a picture of one similar to mine from <<a href="http://www.read-eurowire.com/sjogren.cfm">http://www.read-eurowire.com/sjogren.cfm</a>></div><div> </div><div align="center"><span><Sjogren2.jpg></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>If you google for "wire straightener" you will find several American suppliers. When I bought mine 23 years ago I remember it cosy over $800, and I remember that because I thought it grossly excessive. I am sure you can get one on America for far less. This sort of device is used throughout the wire industry, so there is no re-inventing to do.</div><div><br></div><div>JD</div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>