28 Oct
2012
28 Oct
'12
6:46 p.m.
On Sun, 28 Oct 2012, Ted.Harding@wlandres.net wrote:
Has anyone successfully used Dan's method in practice?
Yes - I have, although I didn't invent it. It was the standard method in the Quantum Matter Group at Cambridge University Department of Physics, when I was a masters student there.
It was a long time ago, but from memory, the wires I used were about 1mm diameter including insulation, and the repeat distance of the twist was about 6mm. This was tight enough to deform the wire plastically, avoiding the "elastic untwist" problem you encountered.