Every clod has a silver lining

[salvarsan]

Ya got any Rolling Rock?

Su-u-ure.

We got Rock'n'Roll beer, Anheuser piss, whatever you want.

Partial to wheat beers, meselfs.

[rjb]

...when it comes to component selection, I use what most would call 'gut instinct' like say I have a choice of 5 or 6 different capacitors of the same value but that differ in the materials used to construct them that would work in the circuit? I choose the best one with my 6th sense which always tells me which one will sound the best in the circuit in question.

Funny you should mention that.
I choose fuse values the same way.

[Richard]

Which sounds better, slo blo, or fast blow?

[charrich56]

Guys,

Here be treasure.

VintageWindings Western Electric Bell Labs Transformer Design Papers Page

Early Western Electric Bell Laboratories Transformer Coil & Core Papers

(excerpt from Web page)

In a number of papers appearing in the Bell Technical Journals during the early and mid 1900's, Bell Labs authors reveal exact core metal alloy formulations, how small quantities are prepared in the laboratory, and, most importantly, heat treatment for various applications. According to WE engineers annealing is the single most important factor for determining the final magnetic characteristics of the transformer core material. These papers not only contain the alloy formulations, they also explain in detail how the engineers perfected the protocols they finally arrived at. In other words one of the most important lessons in these papers is the methodology. The original Western Electric core formulations can be reproduced today and all of the info needed is sitting in those journals.

[J M Fahey]

By the way, Juan and other doubters, I recommend Kieth Richards' book, I found it quite readable and I learned a lot about the guy. I think he is the quintessential rhythm guitarist.

Oh, I am ACTUALLY READING NOW Keith´s book/memories/whatever
And share your opinion about his playing skills, creativity and taste.
What I doubt is that "Silver sounds better than Copper", everything else being the same, of course (enamel / diameter / turns / magnet / path / etc.)

FWIW you should also "read" it while working or driving.
I download YT Audiobooks, convert them to MP3 using converter.cc and listen while doing boring repetitive work, such as spray painting, cabinet building and tolexing, winding transformers and inserting laminations, etc.

Here you have it :

YouTube to MP4 & MP3 Converter and Video Download - ClipConverter.cc

[J M Fahey]

Part 2:

[Leo_Gnardo]

The present findings establish . . . . . . . strong lithophilic behavior of Nb in meteorites.

In English: "I want to rock!" OK, it all makes sense now.

[salvarsan]

... and the strong lithophilic behavior ...

Now I'm confused.

If 'lithophilic' is a latinate adjective meaning "Likes Stones", do the authors intend it to mean Mick & Keefe? or maybe Fred & Barney?

[eschertron]

Now I'm confused.

If 'lithophilic' is a latinate adjective meaning "Likes Stones", do the authors intend it to mean Mick & Keefe? or maybe Fred & Barney?

Since in the Greek narrative Niobe was turned into a stone, perhaps the meteoritic niobium is returning to Earth to be with her?

And we must be cautious not confuse 'lithophilic' with either 'lithophiliac' or 'Lilithophilic'

[salvarsan]

Since in the Greek narrative Niobe was turned into a stone, perhaps the meteoritic niobium is returning to Earth to be with her?

Girls' night out. They want to get stoned, a tantalizing prospect when in Colombia, in my superalloy opinion.

And we must be cautious not confuse 'lithophilic' with either 'lithophiliac' or 'Lilithophilic'

. . . Or 'prosaic' with 'fluoxetine', since it leads directly to nittwiticisms like "The truth is more Prozac."

[Enzo]

So then if Mick and keith take LSD, are they then Lithotripters?



I was serious about the enamel.

[big_teee]

I was serious about the enamel.

If it is silver magnet wire, key words being magnet wire?
It should include some form of coating insulation.
Some manufacturers & sellers, call every coating enamel, even poly!
T

[Enzo]

I would be guilty of that, in my ignorance, I think of "enamel" as meaning "coating".

[salvarsan]

I would be guilty of that, in my ignorance, I think of "enamel" as meaning "coating".

Blame the early wire manufacturors.
The meaning is overloaded and drags its historical origins after it instead of simply mutating.

Enamel used to exclusively mean a melted glass surface on metal, usually armor.
Later, it came to additionally mean a hard surface paint.
Today, it also means the magnet wire insulation shit that isn't so hard unless it has cured for decades and starts to fall off the metal.

The last meaning is graven in the stone of the NEMA 1000 standard and its equivalents.

It causes no end of confusion when you research magnet wire insulations. Usually, those are resin polymers having medium crosslinkage after cure.

[kayakerca]

Whatever the insulation, you would want it perfectly clear to highlight the silver wind.