Herms coil - advice needed

[nosnhojm20]

I plan on making the coil Friday. I have a hand bender and am ready to go.

My primary question: should I go ahead and order stainless steel wire to keep it compressed?

Any advice generally?

Here is the wire, this would the correct kind, right?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0063DH2J0/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20




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[wuttheheeck]

My first herms coil was 1/2" copper and it can be bent but is still prone to kinking and pinching. My second coil, ordered precoiled to my specific dimensions from stainlessbrewing.com is also 1/2" but it is very heavy duty stuff. I can't unbend it if I tried. I don't think a hand bender will do what you need of it.

 

[nosnhojm20]

Ha! Just tried. Kink within a foot and a half. Gonna try again tomorrow I guess. Thanks!


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[nosnhojm20]

I'll be damned. Only 20 more than I paid and bent to spec. F me.


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[wuttheheeck]

you could make some nice thermowells and dip tubes with the scraps at least

 

[nosnhojm20]

Lol, already ordered and received those. It's 1/2", the rest could be salvaged if I can find a place to roll it for me. Not sure it's worth the cost though.


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