Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines
The Regular Stuff: Chat, Buy, Sell, Off Topic, etc. => General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals => Topic started by: Nick on February 07, 2025, 07:23:39 am
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Nick, i bought a whole spool at an amtique shop for$1.
They had it marked as wire!
I put a picture on the facebook forum.it is .100dia.
I,ll send you some if you can use it. Message me if so.
Doug
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Like Komet I have always had several sizes of larger graphite yarn in the tool box. There was always a size when pulled apart that would work well. For over 25 years I had lots of large scale steam engines with all sorts and sizes of valves, cylinders etc and now just smaller stuff, the yarn I have still is just fine. I like having a selection to find a piece that works fine for what needs fixing
Bob
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I've always just made my own Nick.
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Palmetto Packings should have it Nick.
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My graphite yarn is made up of 5 or 6 smaller 'yarn' strands twisted together.
Take a section apart and the smaller strands ought to be the ticket.
Good Luck,
Wayne
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I'm not familiar with how this is manufactured. I wonder if it's just a matter of taking plain yarn and adding powdered graphite to it if that's how it's made that would be easy to replicate as powdered graphite is readily available although not something you wanna breathe in your lungs.
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In 2009 I paid £3.95 + £1 postage from Maidstone Engineering in the UK, something tells me it won’t be that cheap anymore… I can find 1/8” but I’d like some more 1/16” if anyone knows a supplier? This is all I can find on eBay…
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