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Default Sources for "real" music wire

On 7/26/2010 11:38 PM, Tim Wescott wrote:
On 07/26/2010 05:55 PM, wrote:
On Jul 26, 4:06 pm, Tim wrote:

The new piece is _soft_ -- more welding rod that nice hard music wire.
I had noticed this before with some 1/16" stock, but it didn't penetrate
my poor thick skull. K&S is obviously going down the "consumers are
stupid" route.


Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Serviceshttp://www.wescottdesign.com



I would give K& S a chance to send you another piece. They may have
gotten a bad lot from their vendor. So an email or phone call might
solve your problem.

As someone said you can buy drill rod in 3 ft lengths. But you would
have to heat treat it.


K&S is a brand; they sell to hobby shops and Michael's crafts, etc. I'd
have to take it back to the local hobby shop where I got it, and make
Russ's life even more miserable over keeping $2.00 parts in stock when
what he really makes money on is $500 almost ready to fly airplanes.


I don't see your point. K&S provided the product, they have a business
office and a phone number and a CEO. The worst that can happen is that
they won't do anything, so why not give it a try?

Since I'm thrilled to pieces to have a _real_ hobby shop in town, I
don't want to encourage him to turn into just another toy store.