I can find brass but brass rod of 1/8 to 1/4" is tough since my supplier moved
out of town.
Soft copper wire (like household wire) is driving me nuts.
I just can't buy bare wire in 1/8" or heavier.
I'm tired of stripping the stuff.
Anyone have any ideas where to look for BARE copper wire.
Winding wire is out because it is coated.
I use a far bit of these in my box making.
Lead as well. I can't find it in sheets of any size at all.
I still have a bit of an old 18" wide roll left but have no idea of where to
find more.
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:01:32 -0800, Gino <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>I can find brass but brass rod of 1/8 to 1/4" is tough since my supplier moved
>out of town.
>Soft copper wire (like household wire) is driving me nuts.
>I just can't buy bare wire in 1/8" or heavier.
>I'm tired of stripping the stuff.
>Anyone have any ideas where to look for BARE copper wire.
>Winding wire is out because it is coated.
>
>I use a far bit of these in my box making.
>
>Lead as well. I can't find it in sheets of any size at all.
>I still have a bit of an old 18" wide roll left but have no idea of where to
>find more.
Go to your local hobby shop. They usually carry brass sheet, strip and
rod and the rod goes up to at least 1/8th.
Alternatively, check out a knifemakers supply house.
--RC
Projects expand to fill the clamps available -- plus 20 percent
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 10:48:18 -0500, "Bill Stock" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Gino" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> I can find brass but brass rod of 1/8 to 1/4" is tough since my supplier
>moved
>> out of town.
>> Soft copper wire (like household wire) is driving me nuts.
>> I just can't buy bare wire in 1/8" or heavier.
>> I'm tired of stripping the stuff.
>> Anyone have any ideas where to look for BARE copper wire.
>> Winding wire is out because it is coated.
>>
>> I use a far bit of these in my box making.
>>
>> Lead as well. I can't find it in sheets of any size at all.
>> I still have a bit of an old 18" wide roll left but have no idea of where
>to
>> find more.
>
>You might try a scrapper. My Grandfather used to repair electric motors and
>I remember him burning the coating of the windings before sending them off
>to the scrapper.
Not here. It would bring serious fines to burn coatings off wire. Believe me if
it was legal I'd do it myself.:)
>It seems to me he also had to clean them up before they got
>turned in. So someone has already done the stripping work for you.
>
My local scrap yard is a gold mine for copper sheet, tin, etc, but BIG copper
wire stripped, brass rod, and anything lead is real scarce.
"Gino" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I can find brass but brass rod of 1/8 to 1/4" is tough since my supplier
moved
> out of town.
> Soft copper wire (like household wire) is driving me nuts.
> I just can't buy bare wire in 1/8" or heavier.
> I'm tired of stripping the stuff.
> Anyone have any ideas where to look for BARE copper wire.
> Winding wire is out because it is coated.
>
> I use a far bit of these in my box making.
>
> Lead as well. I can't find it in sheets of any size at all.
> I still have a bit of an old 18" wide roll left but have no idea of where
to
> find more.
You might try a scrapper. My Grandfather used to repair electric motors and
I remember him burning the coating of the windings before sending them off
to the scrapper. It seems to me he also had to clean them up before they got
turned in. So someone has already done the stripping work for you.
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 04:28:23 GMT, [email protected] wrote:
>On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:01:32 -0800, Gino <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>I can find brass but brass rod of 1/8 to 1/4" is tough since my supplier moved
>>out of town.
>>Soft copper wire (like household wire) is driving me nuts.
>>I just can't buy bare wire in 1/8" or heavier.
>>I'm tired of stripping the stuff.
>>Anyone have any ideas where to look for BARE copper wire.
>>Winding wire is out because it is coated.
>>
>>I use a far bit of these in my box making.
>>
>>Lead as well. I can't find it in sheets of any size at all.
>>I still have a bit of an old 18" wide roll left but have no idea of where to
>>find more.
>
>Go to your local hobby shop. They usually carry brass sheet, strip and
>rod and the rod goes up to at least 1/8th.
I use rod mostly over 1/8. Welding/braising rods are a 5th of the price of hobby
shop stuff. I can't afford to use it.
I was getting my stuff from a welding supply house.
>
>Alternatively, check out a knifemakers supply house.
>
If one of these exist in Canada I don't know it.
I can't think of what they would have I could use.
Copper wire is my biggest problem at the moment.
>--RC
>
>Projects expand to fill the clamps available -- plus 20 percent
"Gino" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 10:48:18 -0500, "Bill Stock" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Gino" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >>
> >> I can find brass but brass rod of 1/8 to 1/4" is tough since my
supplier
> >moved
> >> out of town.
> >> Soft copper wire (like household wire) is driving me nuts.
> >> I just can't buy bare wire in 1/8" or heavier.
> >> I'm tired of stripping the stuff.
> >> Anyone have any ideas where to look for BARE copper wire.
> >> Winding wire is out because it is coated.
> >>
> >> I use a far bit of these in my box making.
> >>
> >> Lead as well. I can't find it in sheets of any size at all.
> >> I still have a bit of an old 18" wide roll left but have no idea of
where
> >to
> >> find more.
> >
> >You might try a scrapper. My Grandfather used to repair electric motors
and
> >I remember him burning the coating of the windings before sending them
off
> >to the scrapper.
>
> Not here. It would bring serious fines to burn coatings off wire. Believe
me if
> it was legal I'd do it myself.:)
It probably wan't legal then either. But living in the country, where the
nearest neigbours are your children has it's advantages.
> >It seems to me he also had to clean them up before they got
> >turned in. So someone has already done the stripping work for you.
> >
> My local scrap yard is a gold mine for copper sheet, tin, etc, but BIG
copper
> wire stripped, brass rod, and anything lead is real scarce.
>
>
you can still get lead sheeting, it is used all the time in xray rooms for
sheilding, here is one site or you can google lots of sites
http://www.abmlead.com/Product.html
"Gino" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:8d37shttp://www.abmlead.com/[email protected]...
>
> I can find brass but brass rod of 1/8 to 1/4" is tough since my supplier
> moved
> out of town.
> Soft copper wire (like household wire) is driving me nuts.
> I just can't buy bare wire in 1/8" or heavier.
> I'm tired of stripping the stuff.
> Anyone have any ideas where to look for BARE copper wire.
> Winding wire is out because it is coated.
>
> I use a far bit of these in my box making.
>
> Lead as well. I can't find it in sheets of any size at all.
> I still have a bit of an old 18" wide roll left but have no idea of where
> to
> find more.
>