Best place to by nickel silver.

[Achiles]

After to make my own HB baseplate i´d like
know where can i get the right kind (thickness and alloy)
of nickel silver.
TIA

[LtKojak]

Also known as "German Silver" in Europe, is a very common alloy, used also for the making of frets for string instruments.

You should try to source it locally.

HTH,

[enkindler]

After to make my own HB baseplate i´d like
know where can i get the right kind (thickness and alloy)
of nickel silver.
TIA

Most online metal places will sell you small pieces.

I use onlinemetals.com but only because they are local and have scrap bins with good deals.

Remember to look for it under the brass section.

C770 Nickel Silver is very common and should be available from most local metal suppliers.

[David King]

Someone here posted this link a while ago:
Texas Red Brass, Navel Brass, Nickel Silver Distributor

This place lists all the different Nickel Silver alloys, I'd really like to know what is easiest to deep draw and what sounds best but who has time for that?
http://www.themillerco.com/products/...p?CategoryID=1

[soundguruman]

Mc Master Carr has it in stock, I have ordered it before.

[David Schwab]

Mc Master Carr has it in stock, I have ordered it before.

They do? I can't find any. They have copper, brass and bronze.

I did a search and nothing comes up.

[enkindler]

Someone here posted this link a while ago:
Texas Red Brass, Navel Brass, Nickel Silver Distributor

This place lists all the different Nickel Silver alloys, I'd really like to know what is easiest to deep draw and what sounds best but who has time for that?
The Miller Company

They are similar to brasses, most types will draw well but as the copper percent drops you have to move to hot working more and more.

Most sheet comes hardened so it would need to be annealed, but the larger concern would probably be the color cast of the metal if you were not plating the piece.

I like the "blue" types but cannot remember what alloys those were, for base plates you need to drill and cut, 770 has a lower copper percent and thus is a little less "grabby" in that brass way

I have not tried deep drawing as hard soldering works so well but if you are looking for historically correct that would not be acceptable.

You may want to look here, also they are very good about responding to questions.

Copper.org: Copper Nickel: Alloys, Properties and Fabrication

[copperheadroads]

20 gauge would be close the the thickness of a humbucker plate

[soundguruman]

do you want rod, tube or sheet?

[David Schwab]

do you want rod, tube or sheet?

Not sure how anyone is going to use a rod or tube to make pickup baseplates.

As mentioned by enkindler, here's another source:

Order Nickel Silver 770 Sheet in Small Quantities at OnlineMetals.com

[belwar]

i've used online metals for thier 18% nickel silver and it was fine, tarnished but fine.

[Achiles]

Laser cut,is it possible?
At least for outline shape?

[soundguruman]

http://www.metalliferous.com/pdf/Bas...kel_silver.pdf



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[David King]

Achiles,

There are metal cutting lasers but they are huge and expensive machines, a little desktop laser can't cut metal because the beam gets reflected. You probably want water-jet cutting or just a bench shear to cut straight lines.

[Achiles]

TANX guys,yes water-jet i´ll try.Onlinemetals offers 770 alloy(Cu 55%, Zn 27%, Ni 18%)
and metalliferous offers 752 alloy (Cu 65%, Zn 17%, Ni 18%).
In the PAF "world",what 10% plus or minus CU would cause?