I found a conversion table for wire guages at the following site:
http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm
The formula in the first paragraph was about 2 miles over my head (or should
that be 5 kilometres), but a little bit further down there is a table which
is clearer. It would seam that 0.18034mm is equal to 33.
Hope this helps Tamara and others.
Malvary in Ottawa, where it is a lovely day after rain yesterday evening and
I'm off lawn bowling in a couple of minutes.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tamara P Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "lace Arachne" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 1:36 AM
Subject: [lace] Re: bobbins for wirelace
On Jun 21, 2005, at 14:48, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
you can always buy basic bobbins, drill the top and add your own tiny
hooks that are used for hanging the cord behind pictures. I bought some
from my local DIY shop for 3p each. You also need to drill a tiny hole
just below the neck so that you can start your wire there and it won't
twist undone.
The hole *just below* the head (which is what I think Dee really meant) is
something that Jacquie Tinch mentioned in a private message to me (sorry,
Jacquie, for not responding *yet*; things are hectic...), saying that, as
she had been using precious metal (silver), she had no intention of
wasting any more of it than she had to...
It certainly "lit a bulb" in my head, even though I'm not yet ready for
precious metals, and may never be... Lenka's bobbins have the hole drilled
at the bottom of the neck, close to the body of the bobbin. It may not
sound like much of a difference - what's an inch or so, aferall - but,
with Lenka being out of business of selling wire, and most of other
suppliers not carrying anything below the 32 gauge, *all* of one's "stash"
becomes rather precious, and every inch counts... :)
PS
Does anyone know what 34 gauge is, when translated into the increments of
a centimetre? I have a spool (too short, alas, being only 80m) of 0.18mm
wire (Swiss-made), and no clue what it corresponds to, vis-a-vis
"gauge"...
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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