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stiffness. Suspension bridges may use plied wire cables, the pilons never
are! I'll ask one of by brothers about this, it is his job to make such
calculations.
In the meantime I got an answer from my brother. I'll leave out the theory
From the diameter point of view: three circles fit exactly within one circle
with a double diameter. But they leave gaps. I don't know what counts for
the thrength: the mass or the surface off the cross section. In the latter
case you might need about a 4-ply to fill the gaps.
And then we are
Tamara
I don't think 24-28 gauge would be large enough. 18 ga. is 1mm thick and
could be twisted to form the texture and possible the strength needed.
Plaiting would be a lot harder to accomplish.
The twisting would 'work harden' (stiffen) the wire which should then support
the ornament.
Be sure
On Oct 18, 2005, at 21:43, Lorri Ferguson wrote:
I don't think 24-28 gauge would be large enough. 18 ga. is 1mm thick
and
could be twisted to form the texture and possible the strength needed.
Double-plied 24 (.5mm) wouldn't give the same coverage as a single ply
18 (we've been through
