04-05-2010, 12:13 PM
Kevin, are you sure you need nickel silver for this? Would stainless steel work instead? it may be easier to find.
You should be able to find stainless steel sheet, maybe even in a craft/hobby store. Another place to look would be in a HD or Lowes in the roofing department. Not sure, but they may have stainless steel flashing.
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I didn't research the alloys, but the various grades of stainless are essentially steel with nickel. Now, nickel-silver is copper with nickel and zinc. The nickel silver is probably a bit more conductive, but if you are just using them for touchplates, the small amount of additional resistance of stainless should be negligible.
You should be able to find stainless steel sheet, maybe even in a craft/hobby store. Another place to look would be in a HD or Lowes in the roofing department. Not sure, but they may have stainless steel flashing.
Online, here is one place for stainless steel sheet. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.acehardwaresuperstore.com/k-s-stainless-steel-sheet-stainless-steel-430-p-43770.html">http://www.acehardwaresuperstore.com/k- ... 43770.html</a><!-- m -->
I didn't research the alloys, but the various grades of stainless are essentially steel with nickel. Now, nickel-silver is copper with nickel and zinc. The nickel silver is probably a bit more conductive, but if you are just using them for touchplates, the small amount of additional resistance of stainless should be negligible.
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