ready wires

[glauserjg]

Is there anyone in the buffalo/upstate NY area that can send me some ready wires to either buy or borrow until mine come in from Greece? I am having trouble with my Ithaca because the junctions I make are too big . Any help would be appreciated! I figured it would be best to ask the GG family for help. My wires should be here end of next week!


Thanks
Jon

 

[justinred]

If you are using .999 silver NR wire, give the joints a quick torch. Silver will melt and become tiny joints with better connection too!

 

[glauserjg]

I will give that a try thanks for the advice!

 

[TheSneakerHoarder]

Nice to know that--I'm going to pick up a torch asap.

 

[glauserjg]

just gave it a try and the wire just melted apart. the silver wire just broke off

 

[justinred]

You need to practice doing it without breaking off the silver wire. What I do is torch the middle R wire first then do a 1 second pass over the joint. Lemme post a pic of before and after. Give me a few minutes.

 

[justinred]

Fail. Phone cam can't capture macro shots. Anyway don't let the torch flame stay to long on the joint, keep the torch moving making passes.

 

[Lex0r]

My wire joints end up being somewhat dense and they still fit...maybe just try to keep it minimal? I make the V shape, turn, and then re-wrap the NR around that joint.

Edit: You can also use crimp beads, although they are kind of a pain. You can find them on jewelery/craft websites. I use 1x1 mm

 

[glauserjg]

My wire joints end up being somewhat dense and they still fit...maybe just try to keep it minimal? I make the V shape, turn, and then re-wrap the NR around that joint.

Edit: You can also use crimp beads, although they are kind of a pain. You can find them on jewelery/craft websites. I use 1x1 mm

I do the same. I am using 28 gauge wire with ithaka though so the joints are pretty big. I have a wire welder on its way from the uk. I have 30 1.2 ohm ready wires and 20 1.5 ohm on the way from vassilis . I wish shipping was faster from over seas lol

 

[fright88]

I do the same. I am using 28 gauge wire with ithaka though so the joints are pretty big. I have a wire welder on its way from the uk. I have 30 1.2 ohm ready wires and 20 1.5 ohm on the way from vassilis . I wish shipping was faster from over seas lol

I havn't tried 28 on Ithaka but I have used it in my Ody. Here is my joining method

I use 1 pair of needle nosed pliers and 1 pair of flat nosed pliers (another pair of needle nosed would work this just happens to be what I have.)

Start by making a v with your 2 wires. I usually make mine almost 1/2 inch maybe closer to 1/3. Twist them by hand/ Then I grab the needle nosed and grab the 2 wires at the loose end of the joint. Use the flat nosed pliers to tighten the twists usually about 2-3 half turns. I then bend the nr wire over and again grab with needle nosed pliers. I then wrap the nr wire 3 times around the 2 twisted wires very close together. Next I trim off the extra wrapped wires and then use the blunt nosed pliers to tighten the wraps. Again 3-4 half turns is all it really takes. This makes for somewhat small and compact very tight joints.

Hope this helps.

 

[glauserjg]

thanks for the tips

 

[PhreakySTS9]

Usually after I twist my wires up I will take the pliers I use to hold them while twisting and I just squeeze the "knots" as tightly as I can. It can help sometimes to compact them together a bit. You will eventually get the hang of how to do it, like everything else it just takes practice. It used to take me like 15-20 minutes to do the entire process, now I can pretty much take my Penny apart, clean it, make a new wire, wrap it, put it back together and fill it in like 5 minutes easy. Maybe even quicker if I actually tried to do it as quick as I can, but I always love doing it so I have no desire to do so.

 

[JCB1]

Jon,

Sent you a PM


with kind regards~

 

[glauserjg]

Jon,

Sent you a PM


with kind regards~

I want to thank JCB1 for the utmost kindess . Only in GG forum will a stranger go out of there way to help you out!


Many thanks

Jon