<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [CAUT] Large wire spool?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Andre Bolduc has a pretty nifty rack to dispense wire = from large coils. I can’t describe it in detail, as it was a couple ye= ars ago that I saw a slide of it, but perhaps someone else can help. One fea= ture was that the wire dispensed through a small hole drilled in something l= ike 2 x 4 lumber, which served as a brake and as a straightener at the same = time.     Years ago, I used 5# coils, and created dispensers = using plywood “plates” on two sides, and 4 to 6 dowels to join t= hem and to hold the wire in. The dowels were glued into one plate, and frict= ion fit into holes in the other. I forget if I found it necessary to have so= me kind of clamping method in addition to the friction fit. The “plate= s” had a hole in the middle so they could rotate on another dowel. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico On 11/8/05 9:08 PM, "Jim Busby" <jim_busby@byu.edu> wrote:<= BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>List, Do any of you have a good “c= ontainer” or method to store and easily use piano wire in the large ro= lls? I’m also hoping that I can figure out a way to adapt it with all = my new “Pure Sound” stainless wire. The rolls are about 17 inche= s diameter. It seems I read something about th= is years ago but I couldn’t find anything on the archives. I recall so= mething that it had an arm with a sort of brake thingee too. The container i= s the part I can’t visualize. Having 15 huge boxes around would work, = but there’s got to be a better way. (I’ve always just set the ro= ll on a blanket on the plate.) Thanks, Jim Busby BYU </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>