Fadra Hepner on tue 27 jun 06
Hello all,=20
I am a sometimes lurker in the summer (6-12 art teacher through the school =
year and mommy to a 19 month old!) but thought many would enjoy what my hus=
band and I have found recently.
Upon taking apart a broken cd player to look at the circuitry (sp?), he fou=
nd two different weights of copper wire encased in pieces of steel plating.=
On a mission, he hammered and pulled and banged away until he got the who=
le mess undone and revealed hair-thin and thicker copper wire I will use in=
my pit firing experiments!! You can find this strange thing (I think it ha=
s to do with creating the alternating current, but am not sure) attached at=
the back where the plug enters the radio. It is a lot of work, but very c=
ool free wire! Just be careful not to damage the spools whilst chiselling a=
way.
Today, we took down our old cieling fan and I noticed that the motor housin=
g and rod it were on spun like a $90 banding wheel! I've taken the unnecce=
ssary parts off and put it back together, with the cover part (what drops d=
own from the cieling, I don't know its name) as the pedestal. One problem:=
the rod it is attached to extends beyond where I want it to...I think I'l=
l have to use the cutoff wheel on my dremmel and cut it carefully off. Any=
way, it spins beautifully!! If anyone needs a banding wheel and can find a =
broken ceiling fan, it may be worth your effort.
I'd love other suggestions beyond cutting the extra tubing off..I've though=
t about attaching a thick wooden disk as a permanent bat to take up the spa=
ce but this seems like much more work than cutting off the pipe.
Happy findings!
Fadra=20
Art teacher and mommy in Central Missouri
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2ley on tue 27 jun 06
Whoa, why didn't I think of that??? What a great source. I use copper wire
all the time in my sawdust firings, I love how it reacts and leaves nice
black designs, now I know where I can get a whole lot more!
Philip Tuley
Clearlake Oaks, CA
From: "Fadra Hepner"
Upon taking apart a broken cd player to look at the circuitry (sp?), he
found two different weights of copper wire encased in pieces of steel
plating. On a mission, he hammered and pulled and banged away until he got
the whole mess undone and revealed hair-thin and thicker copper wire I will
use in my pit firing
experiments!! You can find this strange thing (I think it has to do with
creating the alternating current, but am not sure) attached at the back
where the plug enters the radio. It is a lot of work, but very cool free
wire! Just be careful not to damage the spools whilst chiselling away.
Taylor Hendrix on wed 28 jun 06
Hey you two, don't take it all!
I had an old blender that went kaput a time back and decided to
dismantle it. Anyway, many electric motors and transformers, or
recitfiers, inverters, doodas and such have copper windings that make
fantastic copper sources for pit firing. The gague is usually very
small indeed for some motors. In fact, you just might need to wear
gloves while unspooling the wire. I had dozens of very small but deep
cuts along my thumbs and index fingers but got a nice supply of wire.
Had no idea until I helped Marsha in the kitches....YEOWWW.
A potter having a pit fire at my place a few weeks ago saw me winding
my wire on a pot and asked if that was copper wire as his was a
different gague and color. Sometimes these wires don't look 'copper'
colored. I got the best, most saturated red flashing from that
firing. Good stuff, yum.
On 6/27/06, 2ley <2ley@mchsi.com> wrote:
> Whoa, why didn't I think of that??? What a great source. I use copper wire
> all the time in my sawdust firings, I love how it reacts and leaves nice
> black designs, now I know where I can get a whole lot more!
>
> Philip Tuley
> Clearlake Oaks, CA
>
> From: "Fadra Hepner"
> Upon taking apart a broken cd player to look at the circuitry (sp?), he
> found two different weights of copper wire encased in pieces of steel
> plating. On a mission, he hammered and pulled and banged away until he got
> the whole mess undone and revealed hair-thin and thicker copper wire I will
> use in my pit firing
> experiments!! You can find this strange thing (I think it has to do with
> creating the alternating current, but am not sure) attached at the back
> where the plug enters the radio. It is a lot of work, but very cool free
> wire! Just be careful not to damage the spools whilst chiselling away.
>
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Wayne Seidl on wed 28 jun 06
A warning to those who would while(sp?)away (spend) hours unwinding =
windings
(armatures?) from various electrical devices for the copper wire:
The lacquer coating on the copper wire used in armatures can cause =
SEVERE
infections if you manage to cut yourself with the wire and leave the =
lacquer
coating imbedded.
Wear gloves. =20
Or, you can do as I did and spend hours (and way too many dollars) at =
the
local hospital emergency department when that wire cuts your fingers to =
the
bone...and it can.
In my case, I was trying to save the copper from an old generator =
armature
for use as end-wrapping on decorative handles for teapots I will someday
make.....held the wire and dropped the armature...YEOW!
Be safe, folks.
Best,
Wayne Seidl
older, and a bit wiser
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Taylor =
Hendrix
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 1:35 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: copper wire and banding wheels
Hey you two, don't take it all!
I had an old blender that went kaput a time back and decided to
dismantle it. Anyway, many electric motors and transformers, or
recitfiers, inverters, doodas and such have copper windings that make
fantastic copper sources for pit firing. The gague is usually very
small indeed for some motors. In fact, you just might need to wear
gloves while unspooling the wire. I had dozens of very small but deep
cuts along my thumbs and index fingers but got a nice supply of wire.
Had no idea until I helped Marsha in the kitches....YEOWWW.
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