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Radio shack has failed me(yet again), which stinks because it is the only electronics store around here. I'm building my first "real" coilgun and i'm trying to find wire for a coil. Is there somewhere that I can get this stuff cheap? I'm looking for 12-16 gauge wire. I took some largish transformers apart but they only had 20-28 gauge wire in them. If there is a home appliance I could take apar that would have magnet wire in it i'm open to suggestions. thanks!
Registered Member #56
Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:02AM
Location: Southern Califorina, USA
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Technically I can't sell it to you (not enough posts) but I have a spool of .045" (diameter) magnet wire that might happen to that might show up on ebay if you tell me how much you need.
Registered Member #75
Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 09:30AM
Location: Montana, USA
Posts: 711
For a first coligun you can simply take one of the wires out of a few meters of mains cable. You might also want to try the ferrite transformers from a dead TV or monitor.
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Joined: Tue Mar 20 2007, 04:02PM
Location: Joplin Mo USA
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Check if you live near a shop that rewinds motors lots of times they have leftover bits of wire that they were going to scrap. To short to build a motor can be quite a bit, this gets more true with larger diameter wire. Expect to pay more then they would be able to sell it for scrap but not much more.
Well automotive sources are great for this kind of wire. Try the starter to the oldest car you see in the junkyard. They are often quite large diameter wire. (some of the newer ones are seeled though) Other than that ebay is your friend.
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Technically I can't sell it to you (not enough posts)...
Please explain this Technicality to me.
Have you considered ordering wire through the mail? Yes, the shipping may be heavy but you have to do what you have to do. If it was not for mail ordering I would not even be envolved in electronics along with thousands of others.
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rupidust wrote ...
... wrote ...
Technically I can't sell it to you (not enough posts)...
Please explain this Technicality to me.
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