The secret weapon of the day is music wire, also sometimes called piano wire. It is a super stiff, hardened steel wire, available in diameters ranging from .006 inches to .192 inches, a range that starts out smaller than a #80 drill, and ends at the approximate size of a #10 drill.
All posts for the day December 6th, 2010
Secret weapon of the day: music wire
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 6, 2010
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Lionel’s going to start producing in the States again! Well, a little.
Lionel is starting up production in the United States again. It’s a limited basis–just a plastic-bodied box car–but it’s something. Interestingly, to me, the plastic bodies are going to be produced in Warminster, Pennsylvania. My dad grew up in the same county, a couple of towns north of Warminster, roughly 12 miles away. The tooling [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 6, 2010
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