Sorry no banana for scale, had to use a ruler today. ~24cm long.
The lowercase t is one of the most difficult to bend, and uppercase S isn’t exactly easy either, so I spent about a week with that as a backburner project in mind, like how to simplify both first letters at once.
This is my final result, and it threw my mind for a few loops because I’m not at all used to starting with the second letter, only to loop back to the first letter…
I just start with a metal coathanger, clip the hook off, and straighten it out. Then between hand bending plus pliers for the sharp bends, I form them around my fingers in a single stroke cursive style.
I started bending telephone wire when I was only 5, now I’m 44 and pretty well experienced with wire bending, plus of course I have bigger muscles than I did when I was a kid so I’m able to bend the much tougher coathanger wire now.
So cool. Are these those thin, simply bendable coat hangers or thick stiff ones?
Most of the hangers I have in my box are the thicker rigid steel hangers, so yeah pretty tough to bend, but not all that tough. Just a bit of a pain in the hands to do, but doable.
My box of hangers is a bit of a mix and match though, some of the hangers are a little thinner and easier to bend, I just keep those off to the side for whatever other projects, like if I gotta bend even more intricate shapes or perhaps try to go for smaller text size to squeeze in a couple more letters.
Generally speaking, I can bend out anywhere from 6 to 8 letters out of a single hanger, but I might be able to get 10 letters out of a thinner hanger and smaller text.
I’ve also worked with paperclips before as well, with similar miniature results.