Flat head on wire
- Thread starter Dwayne
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Not quite sure what you mean Dwayne. What type of wire (steel, copper, brass etc) and what type of head?
If you mean a pin style flat head it might be worth having a look at lace pins, such as those found here.
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You might find what you need, and it will be far easier to flatten the brass head with a file than put a flat head on a blank piece of wire.
If you do want a flat head on a wire, the only way I can think of is with a ball pein hammer and a vice. Hold the wire in the vice and round the end off like a rivet. It will be long winded and potentially inconsistent though.
If you mean a pin style flat head it might be worth having a look at lace pins, such as those found here.
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You might find what you need, and it will be far easier to flatten the brass head with a file than put a flat head on a blank piece of wire.
If you do want a flat head on a wire, the only way I can think of is with a ball pein hammer and a vice. Hold the wire in the vice and round the end off like a rivet. It will be long winded and potentially inconsistent though.
Yeah sorry I didn't explain my needs very well but I was thinking of flat head nails. Since they make those in the billions I am sure a machine will do it quicker than we could blink but I wondered if there was a jig of some kind that you can make bespoke nails, however while thinking it through at work today (yes my job is that boring) I came up with a cunning plan that involves terminal blocks and nails.
Hope it works out Dwayne, let us know.....