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by Guest » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:39 pm

Some of my fellow Brits may find this site useful
http://www.wires.co.uk
Copper wire down to 0.05mm

Mart

by mike mccabe » Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:26 am

David
Have a look at http://www.little-cars.co.uk, also I believe they will be at Telford. They do 0.1mm wire.

Mike

by David Griffith » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:40 am

If you strip down co-axial TV aerial cable or high power speaker cable you will find this is a source of copper wire that is approx 0.2mm diameter. I think this is too thick for much rigging, but is very useful for other things nonetheless.

But I'm going to order some of that stuff from Holland.

Regards,

David Griffith

by Laurence Batchelor » Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:42 pm

I used in the past bell wire here in the UK, the thinnest copper wire I could find.

Key card wire

by Akula » Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:38 pm

They look like a credit card but thinker. They have a slot cut in 1 end to hang from a snap clip. There are 2 faces laminated together. The small spool of wire is on the inside. I have peeled apart several old cards and removed the wire. It is NOT the Detail Associates .006 brass ROD wire. This stuff is so fine you can hardley see it. But, in 1/700 scale it works out to 2.8 inches, 1/350th is 1.4", 1/200th is .8", 1/72 is .28", etc.
HTH

by Sean Hert » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:16 am

Detail Associates, a model train company, make brass wire down to .006", available at most hobby and train shops.

Re: Source for wire

by Timmy C » Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:43 am

Akula wrote:Hello- I have found the wire within the security cards used at business's to allow access to the rooms inside the building has .004" wire used in the coil. I have several of these dead cards that have gracefully gave up the wire for my models.

HTH

Bob
What do these cards look like? Surely not the run-of-the-mill magnetic striped cards?

by Foeth » Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:37 am

You can find lots of thin wire in electric motors or transformers, or simple coils. But, this is a source of consistent thickness and you don't have to demolish old electronic gear. And you now have first-grade fully-deoxygenated cupper :big_grin:

Now I have to find a source of bending tools... I managed to go without brass wire up to now.

Source for wire

by Akula » Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:12 pm

Hello- I have found the wire within the security cards used at business's to allow access to the rooms inside the building has .004" wire used in the coil. I have several of these dead cards that have gracefully gave up the wire for my models.

HTH

Bob

by Foeth » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:47 am

I found them at some company called Okaphone.

http://www.okaphone.com/search.asp?bran ... d=0&deep=1

Rigging? Hmm, sounds fragile!

by Pieter » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:15 am

Where did you find them? Somewhere in the Amsterdam/Amstelveen area I hope? I'd love to have some 0,1 and 0,2 for rigging.

A source of thin brass wire

by Foeth » Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:51 am

Try looking for transformers and winding wire. I found some wire from Avisor, from 0.1mm and up in steps of 0.1mm. This wire is lacquered, I have yet to find out its soldering characteristics. I bought a few reels 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3mm (I use styrene from 0.3mm up). The 0.1mm reel is supposed to have over 700m. Should be enough!

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