In message <88eca92205041406193065838c@mail.gmail.com> Mike Hord wrote: > I find that amazing. I can drive over to the local hobby shop and buy solid > copper rods from 1/32" (possibly even 1/64") up to (at least) 3/8". Hm. The local hobby shop here doesn't stock any metal rod stock - just brass tube stock (i.e. hollowed out). > Even if I were only able to get 1/4", that still meets your 5mm needs. Don't > hobby shops where you are stock similar scale materials? There's one in town I could try, but I wouldn't bet on them stocking metals. > PS- In the wake of DT's excellent soldering gun idea, this may be a > superfluous post, but still, I'd like to know. I doubt the solder gun trick would work. IIRC the transformer can't provide enough power, nor can you control the amount of voltage or current fed into the weld. Later. -- Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB, philpem@philpem.me.uk | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice, http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI ... User - a technical term used by computer pros. See idiot. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist