To prolong the service life of members such as a traveling belt and a rotation roller used for a take up means in a wire drawing device.

In this method, a wire such as an optical fiber 1 is drawn using a take up means 15 having the traveling belt 13 or the rotation roller, an approach angle fluctuating means comprising a guide roller 2 having a rotary shaft in the running passage on this side of the take up means 15 and reciprocated in the direction of the rotary shaft is provided, and the wire such as the optical fiber 1, etc., having been guided by the guide roller 2 is made to travel while contacting the traveling belt 13 or the like for drawing the same. Through this procedure, the contact position of the wire to the traveling belt 13 or the like is displaced in the cross direction of the traveling belt 13 or the like for reducing the wearing of the traveling belt 13 or the like.