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minus-squareREDACTED@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-214 hours agoNow I’m wondering how the first coil was made, because that doesn’t seem like a job for a forge
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoIf the apocryphal kite experiment is to be believed, wet string.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoYou absolutely can make wire with just forging techniques. Not sure how far back, but a celtic torc can be made with many thin strands of metal, this sort of thing is more likely a question of how many 1000s of years ago were they able to.
minus-squareisolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 hours agoyou make a wire, you coil the wire
Now I’m wondering how the first coil was made, because that doesn’t seem like a job for a forge
If the apocryphal kite experiment is to be believed, wet string.
You absolutely can make wire with just forging techniques. Not sure how far back, but a celtic torc can be made with many thin strands of metal, this sort of thing is more likely a question of how many 1000s of years ago were they able to.
you make a wire, you coil the wire