Trade Supplier Of Nickel Silver Section
- Thread starter Dog Star
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lancer1027
Western Thunderer
I guess this is a silly answer but have you tried Eileens Emporium and Metalsmiths ?
S
Simon Dunkley
Guest
I use the shanks of broken drills for this sort of thing: slightly smaller size for S (circa 1mm), but the principle is the same. I often buy sets of drills from 0.5mm to 2.0mm, and usually have some spare kicking about, even if they are not broken.
OK, so not N/S, straight, strong and stay shiny!
OK, so not N/S, straight, strong and stay shiny!
JimG
Western Thunderer
Graham,
You might try looking for Imperial sozes - 1.4mm is 1/16". (Model in S scale - you will be forever converting between Imperial and Metric.
)Jim.
Dog Star
Western Thunderer
Unless a S-scale calculator has a funny translation algorithm, 1/16" is 1.58mm and rod / wire of that diameter is not going to fit.
The job in hand is some piston valve spindles for a 7mm kit... where the kit supplies brass wire. There are several castings involved - ok I can drill larger holes - and half-etch components to form the connecting forks at either end of the spindles... I think that going above 1.4mm is going to introduce more problems than is worth the effort.
The job in hand is some piston valve spindles for a 7mm kit... where the kit supplies brass wire. There are several castings involved - ok I can drill larger holes - and half-etch components to form the connecting forks at either end of the spindles... I think that going above 1.4mm is going to introduce more problems than is worth the effort.
JimG
Western Thunderer
Apologies - I hit the wrong button when using the calculator - the penny should have dropped.
But Simon's suggestion about using drill shanks might be the best bet, especially if you can get carbon steel ones which will be easier to work with. 1.4mm is one thou under 17swg so you might find some success in locating plated brass pins of this diameter.Jim
JimG
Western Thunderer
Graham,
As a follow up, I did a quick search on "pins", "17swg" and "1.4mm" on Google and found that there are steel panel pins and brass escutcheon pins of this diameter and usually about 20mm in length and not costing an arm and a leg. The pins might not be as accurately round as silver steel or precision ground steel, but should be OK to represent a valve spindle.
Apparently stainless steel liver biopsy needles are 17swg.
Jim.
As a follow up, I did a quick search on "pins", "17swg" and "1.4mm" on Google and found that there are steel panel pins and brass escutcheon pins of this diameter and usually about 20mm in length and not costing an arm and a leg. The pins might not be as accurately round as silver steel or precision ground steel, but should be OK to represent a valve spindle.
Apparently stainless steel liver biopsy needles are 17swg.
Jim.
S
Simon Dunkley
Guest
Unfortunately, my liver is not made of stainless steel!