Re[4]: ATM 8" f3.8 -- Worthy project?

[Dwight Elvey <elvey@hal.com>]

"Bob May" <bobmay@nethere.com> wrote:
> 
> Do you really mean a half thou wire or 5 thousandths of an inch?  I think
> you got 1 too many zeros in that number!  Half thou wire is rather hard to
> find and dental floss doesn't even come anywhere close to the right size.
> What I have is magnet wire (for electronics) and it goes pretty fine but not
> that fine!  I'd hate to even try to handle wire that is 1/3 of what I'm
> dealing with right now.
> Bob May
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> Bob May
> 

Hi Bob
 You can try the 0.0015 but I did say 0.0005, half a thousandth.
Look at different dental floss. I've seen some that is this
small. It is just a single strand of the bundle.
I have a friend in marine research that has access to
this size wire but I haven't talked to him lately.
 Wait a little and one of the others that has actually built a
wire tester could give you a better idea on the required size.
Dwight