SV: needle update

Ola Andersson pianola@online.no
Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:54:39 +0200



> 
> >
> > Here are the needle measurements. 
> > #3. = .024" 
> > #5. = .028" 
> > #7. = .032" 
> > #9. = .036" 
> > #17 pin came in at .026", and the #20's were bigger than that. (I didn't buy
> > a box of #20 pins). 
> > Each needle size was also a mm longer than the previous size. 
> 
> 
> 
> Interesting. The url I posted
> http://www.taggun.com/handneed.htm
> 
> lists 
> #3 = .040
> #4 = .037
> #5 = .034
> #6 = .030
> #7 = .027
> #8 = .024
> #9 = .021
> 
> A #17, if the picture scale is the same, is a hulking big sucker.
> 
> Curious.
> 
> Ron N
> 
> 
The Jahn catalog says
Nr. 5 0.8 mm
Nr. 7 0.7 mm
Nr. 9 0.5mm

This should be close to Rons needles ( calculated in my head)

Ola




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