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Old 01-15-2015, 09:29 PM
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Got a complicated surface to template? Don't sit and whittle away at a sheet of posterboard for an hour. Get a length of #6 solid copper ground wire (Lowes elect dept) and bend it to the appropriate shape. Then transfer it to your poster board by tracing. Bends really easily, but holds it's shape well (unless you drop it) and you can straighten it out and use it again.
got to give you credit for this, tremendous help on doing my brake lines
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got to give you credit for this, tremendous help on doing my brake lines

Actually that is a great idea for laying out brake lines... I keep old junk sections I pull out of cars and straighten them to use as mockups while bending but this is even better.
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