I finally got around to making some twisted Ni200 wire the other day, and I did the same gauges, but both Ni200 - 28G + 30G Ni200 (both 'hard finish' wire.) I've not tried Ni200 + K yet.
My question is, is there anything I can do to make the wire less springy? I love working with plain Ni200 because it's so malleable. So much nicer than most Kanthal, I can just sculpt it however I want. But that all goes away with my twisted wire, which is even worse thanplain Kanthal.
Is there anything I can do to the twisted wire to make it a bit less springy and a bit more malleable? I think I heard that people torching the twisted wire - do you do that? If so, do you know if I have to have a blow torch or could I, for example, hold it over the open flame of my stove? I don't know if that's hot enough of course. I looked at blow torches recently but they were surprisingly expensive (at least £20 / $30) for something I'd only be using to de-spring twisted wire
