Does this wire holds its shape? I need 1mm or .037in wire to make pushrods for my rc plane
573654
Yes, in it's default state it is very stiff. You may actually have trouble getting it straight enough for making pushrods because of the natural curve of the wire its packaging. Since the wire is high carbon steel, it should respond well to annealing and re-hardening if you are willing to put that much work into it.
573655
Don't know, haven't tried to do that. My guess is that it should provided they are not real long
573656
High Carbon Steel Wire, #2B (Smooth) Finish, Full Hard Temper, ASTM A228, 0.037" Diameter, 68' Length, Precision ToleranceThis is Precision Steel brand and VERY good USA quality. This link above is the plain music wire size You need. This is a VERY good quality wire and is one that supplies to a number of famous guitar and bass string companies in bulk to manufacture electric strings for those instruments.
573657
Yes. This is what I use it for. Cut to length, put one end in a vice and twist about 3-4 twists per inch to straighten and work harden. This wire is good for pushrods up to about 8 inches without a sleeve.
688591
Thank you for this info. I need it to be more flexible than chicken wire, yet I want it to look just like it is real chicken wire. Do you know of any such material?
1265284
Yes, you could call it soft. I am using the wire (in a 3d printer) controlling moving parts. The constant flexing of the wire has not caused any problems.
412997
Very good wire management. The hole does come out at the bottom. The hole is very big and big enough for any size wire may you have...close to 0.5 inches round. I'm using 14/2 round 100+ strands wire and there's plenty room to spare. Hope that helps you.
1127308
Not sure of the wire size but it's plenty for a 12V system. The terminal holes are good for 1/4" or 5/16" posts.
658420
Glad to help. This kit is great. Comes in very handy when needed. However, I believe #8 gauge is the largest wire it can be used on.
264598
Can anyone confirm the 7.5 number? I'm determined to buy a wire that this thicker than stock.
1062505
Sonat, you've made me aware of how much I take things for granted .... the thought that these cut rate wires might be of a wrong gauge never entered my head .. however, after receiving this email I did the only thing I could to , I simply matched them to standard factory installed connectors and wire as well as other locally bought and Tower Hobbies offerings ... they look ,bend, and feel precisely the same but again that is simply a visual check. I can add this as well ... the Nexstar select is an 18.5 volt monster with huge servos ... it works quite well and these wires if inferior would most certainly reveal their weakness under load inside that particular plane. the DH2 Flyzone giant Beaver, The Mini-Moa 72 inch sailplane, and the Radian Pro and Easy Star all function perfectly with these connectors or others of obviously (visually) same gauge ...
227794
The wire it came with is ok, but when I bought this same welder in 2013 I bought this wire: INETUB BA71TGS .035-Inch on 2-Pound Spool Carbon Steel Gasless Flux Cored Welding Wire This wire doesn't splatter as much as the wire that came with it. I am on my second roll and it works great!
668276
My wire is 18 gauge. The wire gauge doesn't matter as there isn't any current going through it. The coating on the outside needs to be able to be buried (ground contact wire) which this is. there isn't any stress on the wire so it doesn't need to be thick, thicker wire will be harder to use when installing. Bottom line don't worry about this wire. I installed this wire 15 years ago and only just needed to do it again since we re-landscaped our yard and tore up the old wire. I figured new wire was better than a bunch of splices. good luck.
197073
It should. I've seen them wired at fry's electronic with thick gauge wire, mine use a thinner gauge and it works just fine. There s plenty of room on the binding posts you shouldn't have a problem
745311
Not made for large gauge wires. I think it will handle up to 18-16 awg no problem
650655
I use a relatively low gauge but am out of town so can't say accurately. Mine is NOT the heavy "round" wire.
996713
I would have to say 4 gauge at the max. I got a 0/1 gauge wire and had to cut a good bit just to get it to fit in. Mines still going strong good luck!(:
453222
absolutely, get strong wire cutters, this is not flimsy wire mesh, its great wire. marisa
718898
I like the Phoenix Gold 12 ga. wire sold here on Amazon. Better off w/o connectors. Just wrap the bare wire around the post at least 1.5 turns.
2223105
It is 1/2" and the wires on mine were 4 to 5 inches. One of my wires pulled out and I had to re solder it so be careful with that.