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Steel wire size for recording on a wire
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mbeatty
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- Project Question: I am doing the Recording on a Wire project. What size steel wire do I need? You give the size of magnet wire but not the other. I couldn't get old recording wire so we bought steel music wire but I think it is too thin. It is .004.
- Project Due Date: Feb. 5th
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Steel wire size for recording on a wire
Hi, you provide the recommended size for the magnet wire needed for the project (34awg) but not the recording wire. I have some but I think it may be too small. Can you recommend a good size? Thank you!
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Re: Steel wire size for recording on a wire
Good question. This website: http://www.videointerchange.com/wire_recorder1.htm has a lot of information about wire recorders, including a micrograph of it next to a human hair.
Recording wire is quite thin, about 38 gauge if my calculations are correct. It also has to be steel, not copper or other non-ferromagnetic material. That's why the experiment suggests getting wire made for this purpose on eBay. It doesn't seem to be that hard to find... e.g.: http://cgi.ebay.com/Webster-Chicago-1-H ... 27b8da301e (note, I don't know anything about this vendor, so do your own research).
Recording wire is quite thin, about 38 gauge if my calculations are correct. It also has to be steel, not copper or other non-ferromagnetic material. That's why the experiment suggests getting wire made for this purpose on eBay. It doesn't seem to be that hard to find... e.g.: http://cgi.ebay.com/Webster-Chicago-1-H ... 27b8da301e (note, I don't know anything about this vendor, so do your own research).
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