"machine tool" wire?

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• Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 00:07:46 -0500
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Subject: 
           Re: H/D ratios & turns
      Date: 
           Wed, 16 Apr 1997 01:37:43 GMT
      From: 
           jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com (Jim Fosse)
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>       Date: 
>            Mon, 14 Apr 1997 19:51:14 -0700
>       From: 
>            Skip Greiner <sgreiner-at-wwnet-dot-com>
>Organization: 
>            Greiner, Ltd.
[snip]
>My latest coil is 17.5" in diameter and 24" high. Its predecessor was
>14" in diameter and 30" high. Both were wound with #16 machine tool wire
>at 8 turns per inch. Therefore the first coil had 192 turns and the
>earlier coil has 240 turns. They were purposely made to have the same
>wire length. Hope this helps.

Skip,

        I have got to ask:  What is "machine tool" wire? You've
mentioned it in all your posts, but for the life of me, I've no idea
what it is.

        Regards,

        jim

        BSEE    (but not a machinists;)

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