Does this wire holds its shape? I need 1mm wire to make pushrods for my rc plane.
107491
I purchased this wire hoping for something bendable like a paper clip. It was extremely stiff, and would probably work well as a push rod. The stuff was pretty inexpensive. Might be worth the $ to find out. Hope that helps.
107492
This wire is used to make springs.It is wound around a mandrel. If it were heated to red hot and quenched in water or oil it would become very hard,stiff and brittle.
107493
As a push-rod material, this wire is springy so it wiggles a bit over long distances (1 ft+), but you can solve any issues by guiding it through the plane with a tube or zip ties. You can bend it to shape but you will need 2 needle nose pliers to bend sharp angles with it. It's tricky to use z-bends on this sort of wires, because it is hard to bend. You really need linkage stoppers, forget right z bends for trimming.
107494
Yup, its a little bit on the heavy side but I use it for all my planes that only need short pushrods. FT Bloody Wonder, FT 3D etc.
107495
Yes, it will hold its shape. I made some 1" diameter spring out of it. Once you bend it to the shape you want, it will hold that new shape.
745311
Not made for large gauge wires. I think it will handle up to 18-16 awg no problem
974888
This is multi-stranded picture-hanging wire with a soft vinyl coating. Wire and coating measure about 1/16th of an inch or about 2 mm. Tomorrow, I can measure the exact diameter with a digital calipers and send you the data. Hope this is helpful to you. H. Slovic
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!
2214884
You actually guide the wire how you want it cut. I made a pattern, drew the pattern on the Styrofoam and didn't have any issues. Hope this helps. Just another tip...don't tighten down the wire too tight then try to force the cut. Speaking from experience!
150575
It is the correct diameter and pitch. As for strength relating to grade 8 , see the following: From the Helicoil web site: HeliCoil Inserts or Wire Thread Inserts are made of cold rolled 18-8 grade Stainless Steel to AS7245 , MIL-I-8846 & DTD734 specifications. This wire is cold rolled to a diamond cross section producing an ultimate tensile strength of approximately 1375-1725 MPa, mirror like surface finish of 2-4 Microns and flank hardness of RC 43-50 which is far in excess of the usual tapped materials and best suited for most of the industrial needs. HeliCoil Inserts can also be supplied in other materials such as SS-316, Inconel X-750, Titanium Alloys, Nimonic 90, Nitronic 60, Phosphorus Bronze, Beryllium Copper and with special coating and plating requirements such as Cadmium plating, Silver plating, Zinc plating, Nickel plating and dry film lubricants, Anti- Corrosion/ Salt spray resistant coatings. In my experience the helicoil is especially useful in repairing threads in mild steel and even more so in aluminum. In aluminum I believe it's superior to the original threading.
2119674
I used my vise to hold it. The unit is designed for 10AWG wire or larger but will work on smaller gauge wire if you tighten up the unit some. I used plastic shim to hold the cutter/roller from wandering and it worked pretty well on 12 and 14 gauge solid wire.
1598767
Yes it is solid not stranded wire. I imagine stranded wire could be used along as it had some good insulation made for in ground installation. I imagine the insulation around the wire is the most important part of the whole thing and solid core is cheaper to produce.
241221
The wire is really thick and I had no problem with it cutting thick and dense styrofoam. One thing I like about the wire is you can shape it to your preferance and it keeps it. The only real problem I had, wasn't really that big of a deal, was keeping the arms tight enough.
1265285
It is stranded wire so it has some degree of flexibility. Do not kink or make sharp bends with it and expect it not to break.
1457461
No, the cable is not stiff enough to hold a shape and will not hold a coiling the shape on its own as shown in the picture. It is rubber, not wire. Hope that helps.
1233500
Works just fine on mine. it's just a wire splice, so as long as your wire gauge isn't too big, you'll be fine. And I think I have 14 gauge wire, the biggest there generally is.
165786
Hello Kevin, No..... this cable is heavy duty! It's great for certain jobs but the the loops would not pinch together small enough to fit through 1 1/4 inch. the cable was much larger than I was expecting (even though I did the mm to inch conversion :-)Chris
354285
I just clamped some .33mm (.013") magnet wire in one of the clamps, and it holds so tight you would break the wire before it pulled out!Mike
1234718
Yes it is round and properly colored wires, of green, red, yellow and black. Excellent quality of wire suitable for indoor or outdoor use.
2194960
I have a roll of this wire. When put up next to a tape measure, it looks to be about as close to 1/16" as possible (about 1.5 millimeters). David VA
1062506
Mine are all tucked away inside birds at the moment, but they were the same size wire as what came on the 9gram servos I was using. Good for park flyers... Won't speak for larger.