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=Acquisition= | =Acquisition= | ||
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 really the same 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. | |||
==Hair Driers== | ==Hair Driers== | ||
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|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3341.jpg|thumb|300px|]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3341.jpg|thumb|300px|A $3.25 hair drier from GoodWill]] | ||
|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3343.jpg|thumb|300px|]] | |[[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|]] | |[[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|]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3345.jpg|thumb|300px|Those Nichrome coils, as viewed from the other end]] | ||
|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3346.jpg|thumb|300px|]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3346.jpg|thumb|300px|The complete innards of your average hair drier]] | ||
|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3348.jpg|thumb|300px|]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3348.jpg|thumb|300px|Random: looks like this one has a hot limit switch]] | ||
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|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3352.jpg|thumb|300px|]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3352.jpg|thumb|300px|I uncoiled one segment to show about how much Nichrome comes out of there (lots)]] | ||
|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3353.jpg|thumb|300px|]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3353.jpg|thumb|300px|This is what I kept. Your tastes may vary.]] | ||
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==Toasters== | ==Toasters== | ||
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|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3268.jpg|thumb|300px|]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3268.jpg|thumb|300px|A toaster from GoodWill]] | ||
|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3271.jpg|thumb|300px|]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3271.jpg|thumb|300px|And it only cost $2.00]] | ||
|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3270.jpg|thumb|300px|]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3270.jpg|thumb|300px|Looking in the top, you can already see the objective]] | ||
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|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3274.jpg|thumb|300px|]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3274.jpg|thumb|300px|The electronics that drive the toaster. You might find a use for the relay or rotary switch...maybe not.]] | ||
|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3275.jpg|thumb|300px|]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3275.jpg|thumb|300px|After some disassembly, we have the three heating vanes. One of them is double sided, since it was in the middle.]] | ||
|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3276.jpg|thumb|300px|]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3276.jpg|thumb|300px|I wrapped the wire around the guts of a shaker-flashlight because it was handy. There was about 18 feet of the stuff in the toaster.]] | ||
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|[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3277.jpg|thumb|300px|]] | |[[File:a2j_RandomCanon 3277.jpg|thumb|300px|This is what I kept. Your tastes may vary.]] | ||
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==Buying Online== | ==Buying Online== | ||
A number of hobby stores sell Nichrome wire. It is often sold as foam cutting wire. | |||
*[http://shop.pitsco.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=1564&bhcp=1 Pitsco 32 gauge] | |||
*[http://shop.pitsco.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=1868 Pitsco 18 gauge] | |||
=Using= | =Using= | ||
==Setup== | ==Setup== | ||
Revision as of 03:04, 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 really the same 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.