Re: [VFB] Wire question

[Dave Campbell]

As you can see, I am always up-to-date on my email... :(   Thanks a bunch to Chris and Mark and Jimi for the advice!   Jimi ... I do have some red magnet wire here, although it may be a bit small for my first shot at a CJ...   So I took the other advice as well and ordered some UTC Ultra from Line's End this morning (payday yesterday, you know!)... so after that comes in, I'll know if my magnet wire is a go. It's stuff I had around from making a crystal radio, and I have a large spool of it.   Once I get the wire from Line's End, I'll take a shot at some motor rebuilding places around here... with all the swimming pools in Phoenix, there has to be a huge pile of dead motors out there, and guys rebuilding them!   Thanks a bunch, as usual, good and quick advice!   -Dave   On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 11:26:59 -0700, Chris Rozmajzl wrote: > > Yes Dave. It works great, plus you have the option of over a dozen > other > colors. The copper color is like a bright shiny new copper, while > the amber > is a little darker. Both seem to work equally well. Some of the > other color > choices are chartreuse, hot orange, & hot yellow, all of which work > well on > Byard's "Secret Fly". (shsh..don' tell. It's a secret) :-) The S.F. > is also > much easier to tie than a CJ. > > Chris R. > > > At 04:54 PM 10/2/2004, you wrote: >> I want to try my hand at a Copper John, and am wondering about >> the wire.. >> >> My local shop only had some very thin gold wire, and even if it >> had been >> copper, it looked to be way too thin. >> >> Lands End has UTC Ultra Wire in Copper and many other colors... >> is this >> what I would use? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -Dave