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Thanks. It looks like their transformers are big!
You did a very nice job!
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Thanks. It looks like their transformers are big!
You did a very nice job! Thanks. I believe they carry smaller transformers also. But if you don't use one that is big enough it will not be able to heat up the wire.
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Ray Brandes of Ray-Vin used to have a schematic and instructions for a foam cutter. I'll see if it's still up there.
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If I may, my son and I made one for a school project. Not as nice as yours, but it worked fine. We used an HO train speed control for a power source and music wire.
Hope it helps.
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Well now, that's mighty slick! Thanks for sharing. (Ok, now there's another thing on the list to build...) 
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If I may, my son and I made one for a school project. Not as nice as yours, but it worked fine. We used an HO train speed control for a power source and music wire.
Hope it helps. Yes alot of guys use the train controller I didn't have one. I also have heard of guys using guitar strings but they supposedly don't last as long before they burn through.
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If I may, my son and I made one for a school project. Not as nice as yours, but it worked fine. We used an HO train speed control for a power source and music wire.
Hope it helps. Yes alot of guys use the train controller I didn't have one. I also have heard of guys using guitar strings but they supposedly don't last as long before they burn through. I build hammered dulcimers, so I have several sizes of music wire on spools.
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Nice plan there. A cheap Harbor Freight battery charger, a dimmer switch = power supply.
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