Tungsten wire source?

from Peter Fairbrother

I have used The Scientific Wire Company in the past and although their 'craft work' website lists tungsten the largest they show is 0.1mm. An enquiry to their main company may prove useful - tel 020 855 0002.

JG

On or around Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:33:11 +0100, Peter Fairbrother enlightened us thusly:

why, you trying to make a 5000W light bulb?

He's probably trying to make an ignitor for a 5MW roman candle :-)

Mark Rand RTFM

:)

See if you can guess. It's quite a specific thing.

The other "ingredients" are a 95mm dia by 150 mm lump of EN24, jewellery beads, ground glass, a transformer + wiring, nuts'n'bolts.

-- Peter Fairbrother

You are building a 12" to the foot scale model of one of Thomas Crappers first high level flush bogs ?

Swarf?

Regards, Tony

Is that the one which drops a large weight on your head, poisons you with ground glass, then electrocutes you?

But what are the jewels for?

-- Peter Fairbrother

Is that the one which bolts you in place, drops a large weight on your head, poisons you with ground glass, garottes you with tugsten wire, then electrocutes you?

But what are the jewels for?

-- Peter Fairbrother

Decoration?

Regards, Tony

A hint or two - the jewels are cubic zirconia. They usually use argon too (but I'm not going to).

-- Peter

I doubt they would need decoration - that model was only for the most constipated (scared the c**p out of them).

-- Peter Fairbrother

Building a laser?

Regards, Tony

It's just a "phase" people go through ;-)

Not even close.

-- Peter

"Austin Shackles" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

Sounds like the stuff used for aluminising filaments in high vacuum chambers????

Steve R.

Closer, but there's no vacuum involved - quite the opposite.

Have you thought about Henry Wiggins?

It's a high pressure Tardis.

DIY Nikasil?