Originally Posted By billstephenson
Welding wire that thin has to be tricky.


Yeah I would guess so. Based on Dryer's comments I guess these old lighters must be welded.

Originally Posted By billstephenson

I've seen pinch type connectors for thin wire that will hold them in place and you can fasten those to something else.

Here's another way using a spring.


This just like one idea I had. If you take a large safety pin and cut off the end with the metal clasp and pointy part... the opposite end is just a single coil. You could mount the little platinum coil inside that coil from the safety pin and it would pinch down on the wire like is shown in that paper. Getting the little coil inside there might be difficult.