VINTAGE HIGH-TEMP AIRCRAFT WIRE

[John M Iverson]

I believe that the insulation will be fiberglass. not asbestos. we (the
real world) has not used asbestos for many years. it was difficult to
work with and fiberglass was much easier to braid.  one must remember
that fiberglass can be nasty too.    73    jack
Jack Iverson    K0EWU    jackiv at juno.com
ARRL,  IEEE LM,  RCA, AMI, ARCI, QCWA

On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 18:40:29 -0600 Nolan Lee <nlee at GS.VERIO.NET> writes:
>At 06:05 PM 3/3/99 -0600, you wrote:
>
>>I found an unused role of aircraft wire.  The tag says
>>it was made in 1952.  It is #18, seven .0159 diameter strands,
>
>>The wire was made by Rockbestos Products Corp.
>
>Try burning a short piece with a propane torch. Fiberglass will burn.
>Asbestos won't. My bet is that it's asbestos.
>
>You might want to go to their website and fire them off an
>email if you don't want to try the torch test. Here's their
>web address: http://www.rockbestos.com/index.htm
>
>nolan
>
>
>
>If an infinite number of rednecks riding in an infinite number
>of pickup trucks fire an infinite number of shotgun rounds at an
>infinite number of highway signs, eventually they will produce all
>of the world's great literary works in Braille.
>
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