Springy wire with custom cross-section

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How hard or expensive might it be to draw spring wire with a non-circular cross-section?
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Actually the current design is the best because the outer coil(s) trap and contain the potato for mashing by the inner coils. The reverse would simply push the potato outward w/o much mashing.