metal strip

[jasp]

I am looking for either brass or nickel silver strip, 0.75mm and 0.5mm wide around .007 - .010 thick for lamp irons etc.
I am aware that brass wire can be flattened but would prefer ready made.
Can anyone help with a source?
Thanks
Jim P

[Tor Giffard]

Mornin' Jasp,

Are your thickness measurements also in mm?

Eileens for nickel silver or brass strip down to minimum dimensions.

Dave

[John Bateson]

Alan Gibson used to recommend staples for the lamp irons since they don't bend.
They do however, tear your skin in a careless moment.
John

[John McAleely]

Our stores, both public and members only, carry a an etch from palatine models 'STRIP', which is etched to various widths.

The stores entry doesn't note if this is brass or nickel silver. There's a picture in the eshop.

Edit: added later - it appears it doesn't include the widths you need.

[David B]

Masokits do an etched fret of lamp irons. I use them and although fiddly are not impossible and turn out very well indeed. The quote is from his list:

Part 12.07 These are etched in 0.005" brass which I know sounds too thin but because they fold up to form a double thickness laminate they are a lot stronger than a single thickness of brass when soldered up. They are as near-to-scale lamp irons as is possible and a hole is provided in each type for a pin to provide secure fixing to plastic bodies. A wide variety of types included on the fret and they are exasperatingly fiddly. In the last list I have they were £4 / fret.

See his Terms of Trading on this page for address and p&p - http://traders.scalefour.org/masokits/ Be patient as he does take time to deliver.

[essdee]

Hi Jim,

I have been using Gibson etched boiler band strip for a while now, folded over to shape, soldered, then filed down to desired width. The strip is 4thou, so becomes 8thou+ when folded over and soldered. A bit fiddly, but you can get the particular shape you want.

BW

Steve

[Eastern]

I just cut a narrow strip from 5 thou brass sheet using a knife blade and then fold it up to shape using double thickness throughout. Once shaped, put flux on it and solder the resulting lamp iron into a single piece. This makes it much stronger than any etch ones I have used.

This idea came from an article in MRJ quite a while back, but I haven't found it in my pile of magazines.

[jasp]

Thanks guys for your advice
Much food for thought

Jim P

[Will L]

I can usually find I can find all the strip I need for this sort of thing in my box full of etched fret scrap.

Will

[Terry Bendall]

I can usually find I can find all the strip I need for this sort of thing in my box full of etched fret scrap.

So do I along with lots of other bits that can be used for similar small jobs, and sometimes larger ones. I now either need a larger box or I need to sort the collection either by size or thickness.

Terry Bendall