what about having a chat with your local motor rewinders. If you havent got a number let me know and Iwill find the number of my local one. Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Rickard" <the_viffer@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 11:14 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: An innocent abroad Oh Er that is not good. I reckon on a back of a fag packet calculation I can get at least 5kg of copper on the poles even allowing for gaps and less than perfect packing. I think that is almost exactly 20 kilometres or 12.5 miles of 36swg. Would someone else care to suggest something a tad thicker? >From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Tim, > >I would suggest a very fine wire, something of the order of 36 swg. >If you have / can get, it, even go down to 42 swg. > >Pack in as many turns as you have space for. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.