Crosshair wire

I am restoring two old finder scopes and the crosshairs are broken out of both of them. Does anyone know where I can get some of this very small dia. wire. I know one can make them from spider web but I want to use something easier to work with. Thanx one and all!

[COLOR="Purple"]If you have a spare video cable (one of the ones with the yellow RCA type plugs) there is some very fine copper wire inside. As fine as the wire is, it still might be bigger than the original wire. Some, me included, find that to be a good thing because it makes the crosshairs easier to see against the dark sky.
HTH,
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Hi Michael -- Try a single strand of copper from a multistrand bunch in common electrical cord. Good luck with it.

Bob Polcyn

Michael, I made some crosshairs from one of the hairs from my daughter's head when she was small. Hair works well and of course, remains straight.

I just posted this on a different forum, but it seemed to apply here as well......

I take individual strands of wire from small multi stranded wire. By sampling many pieces of wire I have found some strands that are extremely fine. I solder a small loop on each end of a piece of wire and hook those to the "stretcher" then I lay that in the grooves of the eyepiece ring and lay a weight on it to pull the wire tight. Then I put a dab of super glue on each side and wait for it to cure. When it is done I trim the excess with a razor knife and it is ready to do the second wire. When the second wire is done you have nice straight crosshairs.

John
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