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daniel_leavitt2000

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Looking for really small styrene rod
« on: March 14, 2011, 05:37:11 PM »
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I found some styrene rod a few years ago at a flea market. It was .005" and .01" thick. I can't find it anywhere now. Anyone have any ideas?
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Re: Looking for really small styrene rod
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2011, 05:46:53 PM »
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Re: Looking for really small styrene rod
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2011, 07:44:12 PM »
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The size you listed must be all but invisible ;D

This is the closest I could find:

http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/Shapes.htm
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Re: Looking for really small styrene rod
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2011, 08:31:35 PM »
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As mentioned above, Plastruct offers .010" rod. - http://plastruct.com/Pages/OnlineCatalogIndex.lasso

.005" is even hard to find in wire, let alone styrene. .005" styrene would melt and disapear soon as you tried to glue it.

Tichy offers .008" PB wire and Ngineering offers .006" stainless wire.

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Re: Looking for really small styrene rod
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2011, 09:04:35 PM »
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Ok... I might regret this but...

Tarnation, what in blazes would a person want to use .005 styrene rod for?

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Re: Looking for really small styrene rod
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2011, 11:01:11 PM »
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Small-Parts also offers .005" diameter stainless steel wire.  I don't recall ever seeing .005" diameter styrene rod.  The smallest I've come across is the .010" diameter Plastruct product that Tony mentioned.
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Re: Looking for really small styrene rod
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2011, 11:28:05 PM »
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I'd have to imagine that something that thin would be awfully hard to work with.  I mean, applying a solvent glue to it would quickly spell its demise!

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Re: Looking for really small styrene rod
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2011, 03:36:45 AM »
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You can easily stretch a scrap piece of styrene sprue (or a larger rod) down to the thickness of a human hair. Simply hold it a few inches over a lit candle and pull it apart when it gets soft. Have done it before for various projects, mainly antennas on 1/48 aircraft.  Takes a little practice to get consistent results but it's a cheap (or free) alternative.

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Re: Looking for really small styrene rod
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2011, 03:47:29 AM »
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Forgot to add that you can control the thickness of the stretched sprue by how soft you let it get and by pulling it apart faster or slower. With practice you can get 12"+ lengths of uniform diameter.
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Re: Looking for really small styrene rod
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2011, 08:47:47 PM »
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seriously though... what are you going to use it for?    ;D
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