2. Do not punch with a hammer

Now, as you have the leaf out, you need to remove the kinks. You shouldn’t drive out the kinks with a hammer! If you hit with a hammer, the material would be stretched and dents would appear.

3. Rub out the kinks

Better you press them out of the actually very soft copper. Put a piece of strong paper between hammer and leaf to avoid scratches. Then rub it over the leaf like you would do with a flat iron.

4. Cut wire

To cut the wire to the right size, first measure the width of the wire tunnel on the leaf. Take the length of the tunnel and add 2x the thickness of the rail (the large Artichoke has 3mm rails), plus 2x 5mm. These 5mm are to be bent the ends to 90°, to fix the wire.

5. Prepare reinstall and finish

First you bend the wire by 5mm 90° on one side and push it at the lamp through the rail, then the tunnel and then again through the rail.
Now you bend the second end over to 90° again.

Finished!