Hey all,

I'm trying to find a supplier of titanium wire for spinnerbaits.  I found a site called smallparts - but I'm not really sure if what they have is what I want...  I think I'm looking for 1mm (.0393) diameter wire...

Anyone know of a supplier or outlet that you can purchase either the wire forms or the titanium wire directly from?

Thanks...

Mike

http://www.mcmaster.com/

They have 2 types of titanium wire but I did not see any .039, they do have .032 and .046.

Terminator put a stop to the sale of titanium wire for spinnerbaits. Good thing for them, as their baits suck otherwise.

I wouldn't stock up on Ti wire unless you know what you're doing, as it requires heat to bend, and stay bent. It requires the correct amount of heat to not be brittle! It's not gonna be an easy task, I don't know how to do it, and I think the temps you need are in the 6000* range, which is why you don't see anyone small time doing it, unfortunately.

They put a stop to them... d**n.  Did not know that - or that it took those kind of temperatures to form them.  Well, it was a good idea to post this question.  Guess I'll stick with piano wire...

I'm not 100% sure it was Terminator that stopped the sale of them, but it stopped! I did see where Stamina had a clearance sale on Ti buzzbait frames, but to me, that's kind of useless, as the wire is generalyl thick enough on those to not matter. Might be why they are on clearance!!

I'm also wrong on the heat, don't know what I was thinking, that's the melting point of tungsten, but it does take heat to form a titanium wire to make it stay bent, or it'll just pop back. If Terminator was able to stop it because of a patent, they only last so long. Once eveyone can make a Ti frame bait, they might as well close up shop, or at the very least figure out how to make the paint, blades and skirt stay on!