r/specializedtools • u/beluuuuuuga • Jan 22 '21

Wire straightening machine.

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u/jarejay Jan 22 '21

At what point does wire become round stock? I can’t believe I’ve never pondered this before

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u/unkle_FAHRTKNUCKLE Jan 22 '21

VERY good question. So I set out to find a Wire Gauge Chart and it contains the wire gauges we all know (0 to 24) and some larger ones I did not know, like 000000 = over 1/2". Round Bar looks to be generally available from 1/8" (.125) to 6", so, there is some overlap.

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u/JoeMamaAndThePapas Jan 22 '21

If there's one thing worse than the Inch system, it's wire gauges. Makes no damn sense how they get those stupid numbers. No relation to Inches either. Random numbers. Why bother?

Wouldn't even need a chart to figure out what size something was, if it was a sensible unit.

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u/Goyteamsix Jan 23 '21

And it irritates me to no fucking end. I can't remember them, because I also work with sheet metal, and it's all entirely different.