How I prepare a base

Started by Vonthoma, 01 February 2021, 06:33:53 PM

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5 gauge (I think) florists wire.

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Florist's wire looks very heavy for barbed wire.

Coiled wire wasn't too common in WWI, most of the main wire features were made from straight wire, stretched back and forth. Coiled wire could be used when taking enemy trenches to quickly block the trench to prevent counter attacks.

The thread works well.

I've used electrical wire for this - a single bit of flex can be stripped down to its 3 core wires then they can be stripped down again, more wire than you will ever need in one discarded cable.

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