Often a rigid wire or, conversely, a soft rod or a thin pipe required to give the necessary bending of a specific shape and size. Often try to do it in a Vice or just pliers that threatens to ruin the material.
The same thing, but without injury, and much faster (especially if you want to bend more than once) can be done by making a simple pattern: from nails or screws, wooden lugs, or combinations thereof – shown in the picture sample.
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SOLDERING WILL BE MORE CONVENIENT
Metal "crocodile" attached to the soldering iron stand, will simplify the work when joining the two parts: it is held one part, and the second is a tweezer, and you can safely solder.
“…TO UNWIND THE YARN,”
Fingering binder "Modeller-designer", I found in No. 11 for the year 1978 note "Fixture austere". It was about the simplest device which can be used to facilitate the rewinding of the...