Tools: Duo-Mite Hand Bender

Ever get frustrated making something with wire--a wire-frame hat, or a wire structure to support some kind of crazy collar or ruff, or even a wire puppet or mask foundation--when you cannot get good clean accurate bends? Your curves are wobbly and assymetrical, your angles woodgy and not at all sharp? This can be a huge issue, particularly if you are trying to shape wire of a beefy gauge.

I've been making a batch of underproppers for large Elizabethan-esque collars out of heavy gauge piano wire, using a Duo-Mite Hand Bender.

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