Flat head on wire

[Dwayne]

Can anyone point me in the right direction for a tool to put flat heads on some 2.2ish wire?
TIA

[Tim Marlow]

Not quite sure what you mean Dwayne. What type of wire (steel, copper, brass etc) and what type of head?

If you mean a pin style flat head it might be worth having a look at lace pins, such as those found here.

https://www.roseground.com/

You might find what you need, and it will be far easier to flatten the brass head with a file than put a flat head on a blank piece of wire.

If you do want a flat head on a wire, the only way I can think of is with a ball pein hammer and a vice. Hold the wire in the vice and round the end off like a rivet. It will be long winded and potentially inconsistent though.

[Dwayne]

Yeah sorry I didn't explain my needs very well but I was thinking of flat head nails. Since they make those in the billions I am sure a machine will do it quicker than we could blink but I wondered if there was a jig of some kind that you can make bespoke nails, however while thinking it through at work today (yes my job is that boring) I came up with a cunning plan that involves terminal blocks and nails.

[Tim Marlow]

Hope it works out Dwayne, let us know.....