FLEXIBLE NEEDLES
To make a needle that won’t break, cut through the needle stem and solder a ball-point spring between the halves. You can make superb flexible extensions in the same way, using coiled, expanding curtain wire. ILLUSTRATION BY JIM NEWMAN
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