Jonathan Kirkendall on wed 5 feb 97
Hi all-
I use 22 gauge copper wire on my pots when I do pit/sawdust fires. In
Colorado, where I used to live, I bought at the hardware store. Here in New
York they just look at me funny when I ask for it, and I haven't been able to
find it anywhere. I've taken to stripping the plastic off of old electric
cords to get the wire, but it's time consuming. Does anyone know where I can
order this stuff from? Any ideas would be appreciated.
Jonathan in Yonkers, where I'm teaching Bailey the new puppy not to chew up
my sponges and chamois!
Dannon Rhudy on thu 6 feb 97
Jonathan,
I always find a place that rewinds electric motors. They not
only have all sizes, down to stuff fine as hair, nearly, but
once they decide you are sane and really only a working person
like themselves they are happy to deal with you. Usually they
just give me stuff they've stripped off old motors, or sometimes
will pull off a pound or so from a reel. They don't generally
let me pay (perhaps they are not REALLY convinced I am sane)
so I take them a pot from time to time. Pleases them, pleases
me - what could be better? Look in the phone book.
Dannon Rhudy
potter@koyote.com
and I wish you well with Bailey...
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Stern HQ on thu 6 feb 97
Jonathan, American Science and Surplus in Chicago has copper wire of
various sizes. They have a web site and a free catelog. Try them. Jeni
On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Jonathan Kirkendall wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi all-
> I use 22 gauge copper wire on my pots when I do pit/sawdust fires. In
> Colorado, where I used to live, I bought at the hardware store. Here in New
> York they just look at me funny when I ask for it, and I haven't been able to
> find it anywhere. I've taken to stripping the plastic off of old electric
> cords to get the wire, but it's time consuming. Does anyone know where I can
> order this stuff from? Any ideas would be appreciated.
> Jonathan in Yonkers, where I'm teaching Bailey the new puppy not to chew up
> my sponges and chamois!
>
Sandra Dwiggins on thu 6 feb 97
I have found 22 gauge copper wire at every True Value hardware store
in the MD/DC area. Also, at the little five and dime. Any handy/craft
store should also have it---like Frank's--if you have one in your area.
Can't believe they don't have a True Value hardware store where you
are....
What do you do with the copper wire?
Sandy
Ken Nowicki on thu 6 feb 97
In a message dated 97-02-05 10:19:06 EST, you wrote:
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Hi all-
I use 22 gauge copper wire on my pots when I do pit/sawdust fires. In
Colorado, where I used to live, I bought at the hardware store. Here in New
York they just look at me funny when I ask for it, and I haven't been able
to
find it anywhere. I've taken to stripping the plastic off of old electric
cords to get the wire, but it's time consuming. Does anyone know where I
can
order this stuff from? Any ideas would be appreciated.
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Have you tried going to an Electrical Supply Store that services the
professional electricians trade yet? ...just a thought.
(anonymous) on thu 6 feb 97
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Hi all-
I use 22 gauge copper wire on my pots when I do pit/sawdust fires. In
Colorado, where I used to live, I bought at the hardware store. Here in New
York they just look at me funny when I ask for it, and I haven't been able to
find it anywhere. I've taken to stripping the plastic off of old electric
cords to get the wire, but it's time consuming. Does anyone know where I can
order this stuff from?
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Have you tried a jeweler's supply shop? They often stock wire of several
different metals in several different gauges.
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e-mail: paula@focazio.com
the web: http://www.focazio.com/paula/
P.O. Box 71, Bloomsbury, New Jersey, 08804-0071, USA
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Dinah Collopy on fri 7 feb 97
Try a place thar rewinds electrical motors. They have copper wire on spools.
Dinah
Mark Willardson on fri 7 feb 97
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>Hi all-
>I use 22 gauge copper wire on my pots when I do pit/sawdust fires. In
>Colorado, where I used to live, I bought at the hardware store. Here in >New Y
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Dear Jonathan,
You can get all the copper wire you need ( 1 pound spool is about
$14.00) from Metalliferous 34 west 46th st NY, NY (212) 944-0909
Jewelry supplies, silver, copper, brass, nickel silver, in wire, sheet,
tube, rod, chain, ... tools, enamelling supplies...... all by mail order as
well as in their showroom.
Usual disclaimers....
Good luck
Don Sanami on sat 8 feb 97
Unfortunatly,copper wire for motor or transformer rewinding is coated
with an enamel usually removed by burning. Why anyone would buy copper
wire,is beyond me. Thousands of eet of wire are thrown away every day and
can be obtained by picking in trash barrels. Stripping off the wire
requires about five minutes to get three excellent wqires at least 20
feet in length. This is called "recycleing". DonOn Fri, 7 Feb 1997, Dinah
Collopy wrote:
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> Try a place thar rewinds electrical motors. They have copper wire on spools.
> Dinah
>
Kirk Morrison on sun 9 feb 97
On 8 Feb 97 at 10:35, Don Sanami wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Unfortunatly,copper wire for motor or transformer rewinding is coated
> with an enamel usually removed by burning. Why anyone would buy copper
> wire,is beyond me. Thousands of eet of wire are thrown away every day and
> can be obtained by picking in trash barrels. Stripping off the wire
> requires about five minutes to get three excellent wqires at least 20
> feet in length. This is called "recycleing". DonOn Fri, 7 Feb 1997, Dinah
> Collopy wrote:
>
I haven't had much trouble removing the enamel coating when need be,
from the wire in old flyback transformers from TVs and such. but I
have often used old stereo speaker wire for many things easy to strip
and often easy to find for recycling. A bit of sand paper and a few
minutes will strip the enamel, at least I have never had a problem with
it after this treatment.
Kirk
KA4PXK now in 3 land and wishing I was back home in Virginia
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