Is This The Most Difficult Step to Unlocking Electronics?

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  @rickharriss · 2 years ago

  When drawing wire lubrication is important. Traditional ly Tallow but modern oils & grease work better

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• MI

  @mikaeo23 · 2 years ago

  most difficult part will DEFINITELY be the silicon transistor

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  @byronwatkins2565 · 2 years ago (edited)

  1) Lubrication.  2) Frequent annealing.  3) Pull straight and steady.  4) Avoid steps that concentrate stress.  5) A stiffer drawing apparatus would help.

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• SC

  @Sc4r67 · 2 years ago

  Gold and silversmith here! I do this process quite frequently, usually with silver but sometimes copper and brass. <br>I&apos;m begging y&apos;all to wear some eye protection! The force the wire is under can really do some damage when it comes through the drawplate. Safety squint aint cutting it. <br>For tips: <br>- anneal every 3 holes you go through on the drawplate. <br>- its much easier if you hammer a rough taper in the front section of wire <br>- if its sticking, pull it through the same diameter hole a couple times before moving down <br>- a bit of beeswax for lubrication is good

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• MO

  @mohdsufiansalleh4085 · 2 years ago

  I was working in the wire industry for the first 3 years of my career as an engineer. For low volume wire making, it is rather easy to do, but to make long continuous wire, lubrication and die design play a significant crucial role in successfully drawing wires 😅

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• SU

  @supjay3945 · 2 years ago

  I never thought electronics would be on this channel

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• SI

  @SirCumferencelel · 2 years ago

  Oh man! People wanted to know about this and there was only one source?! (Now two) I should have made my own video! Might still do that. And teach people how to make the tools step by step.

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• WO

  @woofsatsquirrels · 2 years ago

  I reckon glass blowing and valve manufacture is well within your capability

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• IR

  @Ironskin · 2 years ago

  Awesome that you are showing this underrated craft! Both wires turned out great! No material is lost. It just gets reshaped within the hole. As pointed out in the comments lubrication with beeswax or tallow aids the process. And indeed it takes a lot of force.

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• DJ

  @djsnackcakes2795 · 2 years ago

  Give him a year or two and he&apos;ll be doping silicon with a microscope and making his own computer<br><br>Great video as always

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• ON

  @OneOfDisease · 2 years ago (edited)

  That poor 2x8 used to hold the draw plate, you could have easily installed a few supporting blocks on the pulling side to reinforce it.

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• TH

  @thepenultimateninja5797 · 2 years ago

  This is awesome. There&apos;s a book ny Jules Verne called The Mysterious Island, in which a small group of men are marooned on an island.<br>They are led by an engineer, and the story is essentially about them accepting their fate, and using science and engineering to make their lives on the island not only tolerable, but comfortable.<br>Drawing wire is one of the things they do in the story (to make a telegraph system) so it was very cool to see it being done for real.

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