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Title: Metallic sewing thread for rigging?
Post by: eclarson on February 22, 2020, 02:24:27 PM

I just read an article in the recent IPMS/USA Journal where a guy rigged his WNW Eindecker using metallic sewing thread similar to this (the brand he used was Sew-Ology).

https://www.amazon.com/COATS-Metallic-Thread-125-Yard-Silver/dp/B001MUKQN8

Has anyone here tried this? 

Eric

Title: Re: Metallic sewing thread for rigging?
Post by: bobs_buckles on February 22, 2020, 11:26:40 PM

Be nice if they listed the gauge.
But it does look interesting.

vB  ;)

Title: Re: Metallic sewing thread for rigging?
Post by: lcarroll on February 23, 2020, 12:09:38 AM

    Probably a different product completely but I did purchase "Silver Beading Wire" from Cousin Corp of America (0.3 mm) and found it completely unworkable for our purposes. It's a braided product that looks very smooth however is quite rigid and would be difficult to attach to anything. It would certainly look the part if you could use it, I couldn't figure how to use it for rigging though.
Cheers,
Lance

Title: Re: Metallic sewing thread for rigging?
Post by: petero on February 23, 2020, 01:06:35 AM

I have a spool of the Coats & Clark metallic thread. It's very shiny, so it would need painting or a wash to make it less stark. It's also slightly stretchy. Here are a photo of it and some dimensions.

(https://i.imgur.com/FWL0uhg.jpg)

The thread appears to have a core, around which is wound the metallic element.

(https://i.imgur.com/jcJwObI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/GRkoa0a.jpg)

Peter