Short plug wire...
 

What do you do with it...... This.

Make your own clips. They work, I've tested in the most extreme of fishing environments.

http://youtu.be/BZbGCB2bak8

This is my dumb ass BTW.

IT Works, tig wire not mig wire. :smash:

Nice!

Nice work Tim
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I experimented with them a year ago but never used them since I can't get used to an open clip. Tim nailed it, smart dude and he is right they hold. You can even get some stiffer tig wire. I had a couple grades
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What would happen if you heat treated the wire and dunk it in oil? Would it become to brittle or make it stronger?

Very good

why does it have to be tig wire?

I have welding wire 316-1L, is that good enough? 1/16" thick

That is TIG wire. :pats2:

Yup same wire. :)

I think the stuff I had was 308 and was a little more rigid. I know there are some machinist types on here that would know for sure.
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There are 3 popular TIG wires used in plug building. They are all stainless steel alloys; 304, 308, 316. 304 being the softest and easiest to work. Some are labeled with an "L" this signafies that the wire is annealed.

TIG is a welding process know as "Tungsten Inert Gas" The melt flow is blanketed with an inert gas to allow a pure flow. The TIG process does not require any flux or melt enhansers thus the plain wire.

The gas is argon I believe. A Noble Gas that won't react with the metals, and it keeps oxygen away from the molten metal.
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