[TheForge] Re: pure iron wire?

[Mike Spencer]

pete f> Similarly, it ought to be possible to use those plates as 
pete f> elements in pattern welding billets...or just forge weld the 
pete f> transformer plate core into a solid piece of pure iron.
pete f> Does this seem right?

Ah!  Well, I have a whole pile of motor core laminae from a 15HP
motor, about the size of frisbees but with teeth.  They actually frisb
moderately well but at the risk of removing random bits of anyone who
might get in the way.  Now I have an idea of what to do with
them. Never throw anything away!

Charles> Modern laminated cores are generally silicon steel.  One of
Charles> the reasons motors and transformers have gotten smaller.

Well, this motor was neither "smaller" nor modern, about the size of
half an oil drum, maybe 1000# before I stripped it for the shaft. And
probably late 1920s to mid '30s vintage.  Ho hum, another exciting
project. :-)


- Mike

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