Hi I am really struggling to find Stainless st

[Stonefox]

Hi

I am really struggling to find Stainless steel wire in 0.8 mm and 1 mm diameters.
I want to make some 1 Oz and 1.5 Oz spoons and find the common 1.6 mm diameter a little thick. Some years back you could get 1mm from security shops but now with braided wire it has become obsolete.


Does anyone know where I can get this thinner wire?

I found a few bulk dealers but their smallest quantities start at a TON!

Does anyone know where I can get small quantities of thinner wire?

I live in JHB but would courier some from anywhere in SA.

Many thanks

 

[fai-lure]

I'm also looking for this...

 

[nicky.saldanha]

nemtek electric fencing wire

 

[Stonefox]

Thanks for the reply.

I tried Nemtek in a few provinces,1 mm is thinnest they sell. I also tried a few other security places without any joy.

 

[sparky2009]

http://www.afrox-welding.co.za/en/products_services/welding_consumables/stainless_steel_wires/mig/index.html

 

[willem wikkel spies]

stonefox

where in joburg are you?
I have some left, not much but more enough for using on spoons!

 

[willem wikkel spies]

the only down side to them is that when turning the wire it does snap quite easily, due to it being spring loaded and hard!

 

[Slimy Salamander]

sparky2009 wrote:

http://www.afrox-welding.co.za/en/products_services/welding_consumables/stainless_steel_wires/mig/index.html

I don't know about the stainless steel MIG wire, but the normal stuff are really brittle and will break if you bend it too much.

 

[benniejordaan]

I have 0,9mm Mig wire (grade 304 stainless steel). 316 is too brittle but 304 isn't brittle at all. Bends very well.
Any company that does stainless steel welding should be able to help you with this. Otherwise pay postage and packaging and I can pull some of a spool for you.

 

[Stonefox]

willem wikkel spies I live in Bedfordview and work in Alberton. I fetch. PM me your address please. Many Thanks


Afrox
sparky2009 thanks for the link. I phoned the Afrox branch closest to me about a month ago and was told they don't make it anymore. Sometimes it just depends on who answers the phone and how busy they are at that moment. Ill try again this week.

Bennie: many thanks for the kind offer [p.s. I just tried my first mold with MM60 according to your tut. Boy did I mess it up!! LOL!!. My MM60 had expired and although I added thinner at 8% & 2% activator, it thickened very quickly, before bubbles escaped, so quickly pit it into vacuum chamber....bubbled over sides. Nice mess. So all in all I had a lot of fun!]

 

[willem wikkel spies]

Stonefox wrote:

willem wikkel spies I live in Bedfordview and work in Alberton. I fetch. PM me your address please. Many Thanks


Afrox
sparky2009 thanks for the link. I phoned the Afrox branch closest to me about a month ago and was told they don't make it anymore. Sometimes it just depends on who answers the phone and how busy they are at that moment. Ill try again this week.

Bennie: many thanks for the kind offer [p.s. I just tried my first mold with MM60 according to your tut. Boy did I mess it up!! LOL!!. My MM60 had expired and although I added thinner at 8% & 2% activator, it thickened very quickly, before bubbles escaped, so quickly pit it into vacuum chamber....bubbled over sides. Nice mess. So all in all I had a lot of fun!]

ok
will just see where I placed it!
send me a email:
potjcss@absamail.co.za with your contact details.
I'm self employed and all over the joburg area, about every day!
could even drop it off at your work place. its highly unlikely that you will find me at home, I'm either working or fishing!!!
ok 80% fishing and 20% work!

 

[Stonefox]

Thanks Willem for the wire, I am very grateful.

Willem delivered the wire to me personally and never charged me.

Many thanks

 

[tadeo]

willem wikkel spies wrote:

Stonefox wrote:

willem wikkel spies I live in Bedfordview and work in Alberton. I fetch. PM me your address please. Many Thanks


Afrox
sparky2009 thanks for the link. I phoned the Afrox branch closest to me about a month ago and was told they don't make it anymore. Sometimes it just depends on who answers the phone and how busy they are at that moment. Ill try again this week.

Bennie: many thanks for the kind offer [p.s. I just tried my first mold with MM60 according to your tut. Boy did I mess it up!! LOL!!. My MM60 had expired and although I added thinner at 8% & 2% activator, it thickened very quickly, before bubbles escaped, so quickly pit it into vacuum chamber....bubbled over sides. Nice mess. So all in all I had a lot of fun!]

ok
will just see where I placed it!
send me a email:
potjcss@absamail.co.za with your contact details.
I'm self employed and all over the joburg area, about every day!
could even drop it off at your work place. its highly unlikely that you will find me at home, I'm either working or fishing!!!
ok 80% fishing and 20% work!

Goeie persentasie verhouding

 

[willem wikkel spies]

Stonefox wrote:

Thanks Willem for the wire, I am very grateful.

Willem delivered the wire to me personally and never charged me.

Many thanks

only a pleasure!

is it working like you expected or is it too hard?

 

[Stonefox]

Its working just fine than you.

I have to find a method to reliably bend wires to correct length for mold. This is my slowest part of making the spoon...LOL.

 

[Slimy Salamander]

benniejordaan wrote:

I have 0,9mm Mig wire (grade 304 stainless steel). 316 is too brittle but 304 isn't brittle at all. Bends very well.
Any company that does stainless steel welding should be able to help you with this. Otherwise pay postage and packaging and I can pull some of a spool for you.

Bennie, so the 304 is the better choice for lures? I'm going to buy 1mm wire so have to decide between 304 or 316.

The Afrox MIG 316LSi is low carbon, but do you think it will still be too brittle?