Wire Guage?

[mhoneth]

What is the gauge of wire used in body wires, and what is the gauge for blade wires? Is there a difference in gauge between foil and epee blades?

[DHCJr]

First of all there is no specification and most manufaturers use the same blade wire for all weapons.

Saying that blade wire is usually 28 to 30. I have seen, especially with homemade all the way up to 14, but for the most part it is usually 18 or 20, but I have seen as small as 22.

[neevel]

To elaborate a bit on the info Donald gave concerning body cords, Uhlmann (& Uhlmann-style) and Prieur 2-prongs generally take 18 gauge wire. Leon Paul plugs are designed around 22 gauge wire, but you can use a thicker gauge (you just won't be able to run it through the ready-made guide channels, at least not easily).

-Dave

[mifencer]

I usually make my homemade foil wires out of 18 or 20 guage wire. You can find wrapping wire at Radio Shack or you pm me and I'll give you a company I found on the web that sells wrapping wire for cheap (I don't have that info off hand).

[DHCJr]

I hope what you wrote was a typo. You have no hope of getting 18 or even 20 guage wire down a Foil Blade grove. I hope you meant 28 and 30 gauge.

Radio Shack only sells 30 gauge and it is different numbers based on the color, but it will be in the 278 section.