Piano wire thickness - what's the best diameter for push rods.

[joelspangler]

Straightening coiled wire sounds like the most horrible proposition.

It's actually really not bad at all - I have straightened 10ft sections at a time with a bench vise and a drill - See this video for the basic idea of how to do it. TIP: Quickly Straighten Wire - YouTube

 

[bigdano711]

Nice! Seems like it would be more rigid, less likely to flex, being wound up, too.

 

[daxian]

i have tried a good selection over the years ...but find the 1.2 mm to be perfect for most of the ft models .
but found piano wire to be expensive too !
recently i have used bangood pushrods with plastic clevis (threaded on one end) which i found quite reasonabley priced
but have not checked prices recently !