On Wednesday, May 26, 2004, at 01:48 US/Pacific, David W.S. King wrote:

> I've been looking for a source for the bobbins, magnets and of course
> the 42 gage wire.

I've found a useful source for small quantities of enameled wire to be
old motors, transformers, and relays.  In particular, I'm betting the
average clock motor (1.5V, crystal-controlled, electronic clock
movement) is about 40g...  Ditto the usual 5v relay...  (they're both
finer than 36g, which is the smallest 'known diameter' wire I have.)

Such wire is normally sold by the pound.  Even a quarter-pound spool of
42g wire is an awful lot...

BillW

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