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  1. gorgean

    Malleable Metal Question

    I'm looking more for something that is straight not coiled, but has a degree of rigidity so as not to allow for a tangle unless the wire is physically manipulated (think pipecleaner) into that tangle. But also malleable enough to be still considered a wire and not a pipe! lol
  2. gorgean

    Malleable Metal Question

    I was wondering if there was any way, i could modify my the wire of my personal stereo headphones so that they are rigid enough not to tangle, but malleable enough to still be comfortable as a headphone cable
  3. gorgean

    Malleable Metal Question

    By accidental knotting, i meant accidental tangling of shoelaces, wires etc.. Could I not just put a malleable metal wire which retains the shape its bent into, in with an electric wire, rubber insulate it all and then have wires which dont tangle because they need to actively be moulded into a...
  4. gorgean

    Malleable Metal Question

    Is there a metal or metal alloy that I could wire into a very long shoelace to prevent accidental knotting of the shoe lace. It should have the properties of not being brittle so that no matter how many times it's bent at a certain point is doesn't snap and also be malleable/soft enough to...

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