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D you bend fret wire by hand or do you use a machine?

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-tommy

I get mine from a supplier who sells it pre-bent in a coil.

Kevin

I also get the coils and have not had to bend wire.

I have a little bender that I made. Very simple to tighten the radius to help hold the ends down. Hand bending can put kinks in it. I also use the prebent stuff and sell it. That is fine for most applications. On refrets you may need a touch more.

I like the stuff on coils but when i use sticks I have a notch cut in the edge of my bench that I pull the wire through and bend it. The inch or so at each end stays straight but it is easy enough to do.