[SEL] OT Silver-steel wire.

[Rob Skinner]

On Jun 23, 2007, at 6:46 AM, Frank DeWitt wrote:

> Sorry about the off topic but someone here knows everything.
>
> I am working on a Synchronome master clock and I need to build a  
> part.  It calls for .031 Silver Steel wire.  The wire needs to be  
> flattened on one end, and be bent, and stay bent. The forces on it  
> once bent and installed are very low
>
> My problem is I don't know what silver-steel wire is or where to  
> get it. Is jewelers silver wire actually silver steel?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.

Hi Frank,
I'm no metalurgist, but I'll pretend to know something in this  
instance.  Silver Steel is a colloquialism for high-carbon steel.   
Piano wire is high carbon steel.  I just checked the garage, and all  
my piano wire is 0.022".  We use it for making plumb bobs that you  
hang from the top of an elevator shaft and hang a ten pound fish  
plate at the bottom.  It's tough stuff.

If you can use some, I can stick some in an envelope.  I'm sure  
McMaster-Carr would have exactly the diameter you need.  It's not  
expensive.

Rob