Coil core material - Will this work

[baloniman]

Trying to find some welding material for the coil cores for the SG device. This is available locally will this work ?



.035 0.9 1 lb Spool (10 lb Master) ED027641

( it is magnetic )

Thanks!

[rmarquette]

That material seems to be very fine. I experimented with a welding material like you referenced and a few other items as well when I built the smaller SG devices. I regretted it. The core is such a critical element of the device. I used RG-45 which is 3/32 (0.094) inches on my current project.

[baloniman]

Thanks for your response. I opted to order the r45 from ebay after. I've read a few posts in the beginner forums stressing the importance of the exact materials to be used.

[rmarquette]

My final build was very close to the original JB SG.
Going into the project I had a lot of ideas that I thought would be better. For example: I didnt like the bike wheel, so worked on a few other designs , using a variety of materials. None of which worked quite as well as a bike wheel. As I continued to build the SG device, I began to realize that many of the other aspects of the original design had a purpose and that the classic SG was basically the result of years of experience.

Now that its finished ,I feel that it really does look Iconic.

[baloniman]

Hey man I seen your SG in another thread very nice work btw looks almost like JB's!