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    Exclamation do you compress wind up copper wire

    i read some where that if you coil up your copper wire tightly it makes more wieght for when you wiegh it in and the tighter you wrap it the better i just wondered how true this is and does anyone do it?



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    so if i just stripped my copper wire and left it all fluffy when it goe on the digi scales it would be the same wieght as compressed? thanks for the info

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    Quote Originally Posted by thortek View Post
    Anyone want to go Snipe hunting?
    not sure what this means maybe a english amercian transalte needed :-)

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    what weighs more a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers ?

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    ok got it now :-(

    A snipe hunt, a form of wild-goose chase that is also known as a fool's errand, is a type of practical joke that involves experienced people making fun of credulous newcomers by giving them an impossible or imaginary task. The origin of the term is a practical joke where inexperienced campers are told about a bird or animal called the snipe as well as a usually preposterous method of catching it, such as running around the woods carrying a bag or making strange noises such as banging rocks together. Incidentally, the snipe (a family of shorebirds) is difficult to catch for experienced hunters, so much so that the word "sniper" is derived from it to refer to anyone skilled enough to shoot one.[1]

    The snipe hunt may be assigned to a target as either part of a process of hazing, in which the object is to initiate the snipe hunter into the group, or as part of a process of ostracism intended to encourage (or force) a person, perceived to be an unwanted interloper, to withdraw from the group's presence.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gamedayron View Post
    what weighs more a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers ?
    just thought when it was all fluffy then there would be more air and less wieght? like the bits on top would not wiegh as if it was a compressed wire

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    That only works with aluminum wire.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KZBell View Post
    That only works with aluminum wire.
    ok confused now why would it work with ali and not copper surley if its all fluffy it has less wieght just to be clear i am talking about stripped copper insulated wire!!!!

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    Sorry Niv, just had to play along some. I don't know that it's possible to change an items density...not with the tools we use anyway.

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    ouch!! i fell for it nooooo!! it was april 1st yesterday you know !!!! i still think if it was fluffy with air it would wiegh less but i dont know why i think this!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by nivlac View Post
    ouch!! i fell for it nooooo!! it was april 1st yesterday you know !!!! i still think if it was fluffy with air it would wiegh less but i dont know why i think this!!!!
    In order to weigh less, there would have to be negative pressure (the air pushing UP).
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    i am going to have to do an experiment with this tomorrow i got some copper wire to strip tomorrow, so i will wiegh it before i compress it then wiegh it compressed i will put the results up tomorrow!!
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    if nothin else, it'll sure Sound better when you throw it on the scales ; )

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    OY! Seriously? x amount of copper has a certain amount of mass. You could stretch it all out in a one mile string and stand it on end and the mass of the earth would have the same gravitational pull as if it were wadded up in a tight ball. A scale is a tool that measures the gravitational pull between the earth and another object's mass.

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    no it does not, i just do it to conserve space it goes better in buckets

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    Congrats on the international hazing.. Its good to have you on the forum, Mike.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper View Post
    My head hurts.
    Try this on:

    If you want to make more money by adjusting the weight of a pound of copper, buy it at the equator, and sell it at the closest yard you can find to the north pole (or south pole if you prefer). It's true.

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    lol, i run bagmakers at fritolay, we have to run weight checks at regular intervals, i was trying to fix a young ladies weigher years ago that had just failed a check, she came up to me and said she would just add more air to the bag SMFH i want to thank MDG for giving me that i use it all the time now

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