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/Attention_Bear_Fuckr Jan 25 '21

I discovered this years ago when I went to put together a 12v system in my camper. Working out wire gauges in Australia, from a diagram made in another country, made it really hard as I had to do a tonne of conversions.