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Nichrome wire is easily obtained from appliances you have in your house, appliances from thrift stores, and online. | Nichrome wire is easily obtained from appliances you have in your house, appliances from thrift stores, and online. | ||
Appliances can contain multiple gauges and may have something less like a wire and more like a ribbon (perhaps more appropriately termed heat tape, but usage is | Appliances can contain multiple gauges and may have something less like a wire and more like a ribbon (perhaps more appropriately termed heat tape, but usage is similar and both will be addressed as wire). | ||
Online stores usually offer spools of a single gauge of wire and may mark it as foam cutting wire. You could also buy heat tape and take it apart, but this is more expensive. | Online stores usually offer spools of a single gauge of wire and may mark it as foam cutting wire. You could also buy heat tape and take it apart, but this is more expensive. | ||
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|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3341.jpg|thumb|300px|A $3.25 hair | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3341.jpg|thumb|300px|A $3.25 hair dryer from GoodWill]] | ||
|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3343.jpg|thumb|300px|Looking down the end of it, you can see the Nichrome wire before you even take it apart]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3343.jpg|thumb|300px|Looking down the end of it, you can see the Nichrome wire before you even take it apart]] | ||
|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3344.jpg|thumb|300px|It comes with a free fan and switches!]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3344.jpg|thumb|300px|It comes with a free fan and switches!]] | ||
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|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3345.jpg|thumb|300px|Those Nichrome coils, as viewed from the other end]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3345.jpg|thumb|300px|Those Nichrome coils, as viewed from the other end]] | ||
|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3346.jpg|thumb|300px|The complete innards of your average hair | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3346.jpg|thumb|300px|The complete innards of your average hair dryer]] | ||
|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3348.jpg|thumb|300px|Random: looks like this one has a hot limit switch]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3348.jpg|thumb|300px|Random: looks like this one has a hot limit switch]] | ||
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Revision as of 03:07, 15 August 2009
Acquisition
Nichrome wire is easily obtained from appliances you have in your house, appliances from thrift stores, and online. Appliances can contain multiple gauges and may have something less like a wire and more like a ribbon (perhaps more appropriately termed heat tape, but usage is similar and both will be addressed as wire). Online stores usually offer spools of a single gauge of wire and may mark it as foam cutting wire. You could also buy heat tape and take it apart, but this is more expensive.
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Buying Online
A number of hobby stores sell Nichrome wire. It is often sold as foam cutting wire.