On 25 Jun 2010 at 10:35, Tony Baldwin wrote:

> Would welding wire do, the CO2 welding wire about 1mm copper coated
> steel wire ? That I already have a roll of and it's available in Lidl
> this week. Tony, EI8JK.

When I have seen this referenced elsewhere the problem mentioned is 
that the copper coating is extremely thin and soon disappears leaving 
you with bare steel, not good... Hence, avoid it.

Don't you have any rallies in your area? Or even boot sales. Failing 
that most internet companies offer free carriage over a reasonable 
amount - not sure if UK companies extend this to EI land, but you have 
some in your own country, eg http://www.digikey.ie/ 
http://ie.farnell.com/ and others. And of course there is always ebay..

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com