miket Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Anyone know of a distributor where I can obtain .035 super stainless steel wire in coils or lengths? Thanks...Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 I've looked into this and this is what I've found you can buy it at any manufacturer of wire. The problem I found was that it is a special run and you have to buy several 1000 feet of wire. Also the wire is black in color. I believe that this is also called piano wire. Not something that I need that badly. You can call up Malin, Mustang Wire and Battlefield Wire. They supply the fishing industry. There may be others as well. If anyone else has info, I'm interested as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Not really sure what "super stainless" is, but McMaster-Carr has a good supply of various sizes and tempers of stainless wire that comes in different size spools from 1/4 lb. on up. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted November 6, 2011 Report Share Posted November 6, 2011 Was just going to posted that I checked McMaster after my previous post and found they had just about everything in both matt and bright finish. They have the best wire selection of anyone I know Bob. Still trying to figure out what "super stainless" is though. Ben 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBlaze Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 They have the best wire selection of anyone I know Bob. Still trying to figure out what "super stainless" is though. Ben Ben, I used to get super stainless spinnerbait wires from Barlows Tackle. A couple of years ago they quit carrying it. It has a higher tensile strength and is stiffer than regular spinnerbait wire of the same diameter. It seems to increase the vibes you feel when throwing a spinnerbait made with it. I too would like to know where to find super stainless wire. I am not sure but I think that Mustang wire advertises that their wires are made of super stainless. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Ben, I used to get super stainless spinnerbait wires from Barlows Tackle. A couple of years ago they quit carrying it. It has a higher tensile strength and is stiffer than regular spinnerbait wire of the same diameter. It seems to increase the vibes you feel when throwing a spinnerbait made with it. I too would like to know where to find super stainless wire. I am not sure but I think that Mustang wire advertises that their wires are made of super stainless. John Thanks JBlaze. I kind of had an idea it had something to do with the chemical makeup, and thereby the tensile strength, but wasn't sure. Usually the higher the carbon content the more tensile strength it has. (think that's right....trying to remember back to my welding days) If your needing something that's stiffer let me know and I'll have a look and see if I can come up with something. McMaster-Carr has a bunch of different grades (308, 309, etc) so maybe one of those would work for what you need. And if not then pretty sure we could find a grade of welding wire that would be suitable. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBlaze Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Thanks JBlaze. I kind of had an idea it had something to do with the chemical makeup, and thereby the tensile strength, but wasn't sure. Usually the higher the carbon content the more tensile strength it has. (think that's right....trying to remember back to my welding days) If your needing something that's stiffer let me know and I'll have a look and see if I can come up with something. McMaster-Carr has a bunch of different grades (308, 309, etc) so maybe one of those would work for what you need. And if not then pretty sure we could find a grade of welding wire that would be suitable. Ben Thanks Ben, I have no idea what the tensile strength of this wire was, I still have about 50 pieces of it so I am good for a while. I have looked at all the different wires at McMaster-Carr hoping that one of them would identify itself as Super Stainless. Here is a link to Mustang wire, they do advertise as having super stainless. John http://www.mustangwire.com/wiretypes.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 I looked at the site you posted and couldn't determine what grade of stainless they were using. After doing a search for "super stainless wire" I have come to the conclusion that it's just a marketing ploy used by spinnerbait manufacturers to appeal to fishermen. A couple of the "super stainless" claims are that it transmits more vibration and is also stiffer. A higher tensile strength wire will of course be stiffer, stronger and harder. One aspect of it being harder is that it will transmit vibrations better. The one thing you have to keep in mind though is that there is a point where enhancing one characteristic is detrimental to one or more of the other characteristics. By making something extremely hard it will give off superior vibrations, but that comes at the cost of flexibility which will result in breaking when repeatedly flexed. Some of this can be offset by going to a larger diameter, but really and truly that just puts you on a roller coaster ride of compensations. Make this harder.........make this larger.........and so on and so on. It's been quite a few years now since I've worked with a lot of this stuff and memory seems to be failing so more reading into the different types of stainless and their different properties is in order and I will get back to you with my findings. It will be much easier to find and order what you need if we can come up with a "grade" of stainless that will suit the needs of anyone building spinnerbaits. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 http://www.barlowstackle.com/make-spinner-baits.html Their description page shows they supposedly carry it you might want to check again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ING Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Anyone know of a distributor where I can obtain .035 super stainless steel wire in coils or lengths? Thanks...Mike Is the wire in coils good enough for spinners? I've bought some of bright stainless coils for necklaces at Janet’s crafts and had problems with straightening it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 (edited) ING I've used the coils of wire from Jann's Netcraft for years with no problems. Was Janets supppsed to be Janns?? http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/ss-lure-making-wire/ If you're getting stuff that's wrapped on some kind of spool, you might have problems with it, the stuff I use just comes in a coil. Wondering if the wire they're using for necklaces is a bit different. the wire I'm using might be a bit tough on someones neck. Edited November 10, 2011 by Fatman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ING Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 ING I've used the coils of wire from Jann's Netcraft for years with no problems. Was Janets supppsed to be Janns?? http://www.jannsnetc...re-making-wire/ If you're getting stuff that's wrapped on some kind of spool, you might have problems with it, the stuff I use just comes in a coil. Wondering if the wire they're using for necklaces is a bit different. the wire I'm using might be a bit tough on someones neck. Thank you for response. Janet’s crafts is the kind of hobby store. Probably their wire for necklaces is much stiffer. After that case I prefer to use straight wire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
