<html> At 18:19 05/10/01 -0400, Farrell wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>"I also straighten all wire before installing and never use it straight from the coil." How do you do that?</blockquote> _>_>_____@_@_@_@_@____=_=_=_=_=_____________________                          @    @    @   @                =   =   =   = the two rows of rollers on the vertical bank and the horizontal bank can be brought closer together and each roller is independently adjustable. These straighteners are used throughout the wire industry, but you won't find them in the hardware store and mine was expensive even 15 years ago.  If I needed another, I'd make it with ball bearings.  You'd need to have a machine shop grind grooves in the outer ring.  I've known some old-timers use just a block of wood with staggered nails, but you'd need to make a few for different wire gauges and it's tricky getting them right.  For production work that's not practical but for the occasional re-string, why not? JD </html>