Charles
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Post by Charles on Jan 20, 2013 8:25:42 GMT -5
I'm getting ready to make several 18 x 25 cabs and to try to wire wrap, my first attempt. For all you experienced wire wrappers, what is the best way to start, a vertical girdle, the normal 9 to 10 degree girdle or no girdle at all?
I've tried one wrap, but the first attempt didn't work out so well, and I'm going to try again, one problem I think is that I used one of my normal cabs with the 9 to 10 degree girdle on it.
What is everyone's thought's on the girdle issue?
Thanks fro reading,
Charles
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Post by NatureNut on Jan 20, 2013 8:32:13 GMT -5
I like a slanted girdle, not too thick. Good luck and keep it up.
Jo
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milto
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Post by milto on Jan 20, 2013 9:48:22 GMT -5
You work with what you have, you sometime have to adapt to the cab, sometimes this is how you learn new ideas.
milto
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 20, 2013 10:50:37 GMT -5
I've wrapped every kind of girdle to no girdle. When I cab for myself, I like a thin, vertical girdle about 3-4 mm.
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Jan 20, 2013 12:51:50 GMT -5
I'm like Jo. I like a slanted girdle (slanting towards the dome) so I can wrap it tight and not need any wire out front to hold the cab in the wrap.
Nate
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Post by Rockoonz on Jan 20, 2013 16:43:07 GMT -5
I use a slightly slanted thin girdle on cabs I cut specifically for wrapping.
Less bezel= less wire.
Lee
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jan 20, 2013 18:44:52 GMT -5
I cut all of my cabs with a vertical girdle the thickness of one strand of 22 gauge wire. Like Lee said, less bezel = less wire.
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Post by talkingstones on Jan 20, 2013 19:16:02 GMT -5
...BUT as you are new to wrapping, a solid girdle really helps to get the wire straight and understand how a wrap goes together. You are going to go through wire when you first start out. That's okay! Buy cheap wire for now and expect to make mistakes! I also found that using larger wire, 21g helped a lot!
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Jan 20, 2013 21:04:40 GMT -5
Part of the benefit of wrapping is that you can adapt to any stone. I think that one thing that may be helpful if you are starting is to use slightly larger cabs. Teeny cabs take less wire, but they (to me) seem difficult to get wire around the way I want to, where the larger ones there is more room to play.
I don't know, maybe not the best suggestion, but I started with larger cabs and felt like they were easier than the smaller ones I've moved to recently.
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Charles
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Post by Charles on Jan 20, 2013 22:57:31 GMT -5
Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. Since I'm just starting with the vertical girdle and go from there. Maybe cut some larger cabs too.
Charles
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TByrd
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Post by TByrd on Jan 21, 2013 2:02:01 GMT -5
Also I know that the thickness of the slab has a bit of say on the girdle, but like all of these guys have said, the smaller the girdle, the less wire the wrap takes. I wrap most of my cabs with three wires, thicker or larger cabs I wrap with a minimum of four wires. The ga of the wire also helps, a large cab with thin ga wire looks a little funny.
I hope that you can glean some help out the responses that you get.
Tammy
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cccbock
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Post by cccbock on Jan 21, 2013 11:20:52 GMT -5
I for one don't wear a girdle !
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