Re: Looking for EDM wire

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Andrey Lipavsky"
<alipavsky@c...> wrote:

> Dave,
> Have you considered the piano wire (spring steel) available at most

hobby

> shops? It's spring-hardened and would be a good candidate to test with.
> I've bought pieces in diameters down to 0.015", maybe smaller. It

usually

> comes in 36" lengths and is a buck or two per section.
>
> My two cents worth...
> Andrey

I'm hoping to get into the 0.005 inch range, but that is a decent
place to start.

Since I would be using short lenghts, 1mm exposed or so, I don't think
it should be terribly hard to find something.

Dave

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> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:47 AM
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> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Looking for EDM wire
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to get my ducts lined up for a plunge EDM I'm building from
> the new Ben Flemming book.
>
> I'd like to get my hands on a few feet of EDM wire of different sizes
> and types to test them out.
>
> It is NOT a wire EDM machine, but I am looking to use EDM wire to poke
> small holes in sheet metal and maybe slots if the wire can be used
> that way.
>
> Anyone know where I can get a few feet of different types of wire ?
>
> Also, it looks as though there are different hardnesses of wire.
> since this would be a plunge unit, hard would be desired.
>
>
> Dave
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