Nicrome wire?

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Nicrome wire?

Post: # 11814Unread post cymbalism
Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:56 am

Where can I find sone Nicrome wire to make some stylus I have heatable? I've looked at hobby stores and radio shack but no luck

Any advice is appreciated
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Post: # 11815Unread post piaptk
Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:26 pm

How much do you need? I have a little... If you need a lot, Len Horowitz and Robert Van Dyke both have some.
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nichrome

Post: # 11816Unread post emidisc
Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:31 pm

Try model making shops used in a frame connected to battery to shape pollystyrene

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Post: # 11817Unread post cymbalism
Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:03 pm

i wonder if RVD wants $600 a foot for it hehe :)
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Post: # 11819Unread post markrob
Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:57 pm

Hi,

I got my spool on ebay. Tons of sellers all gauges. Most with buy it now prices. I've been using 36 ga. which is .005" diameter

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Post: # 11820Unread post piaptk
Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:42 pm

Awww...super cheap toO! I never think about ebay for things like that...
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Post: # 11824Unread post petermontg
Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:51 am

Theres an old link here for it too, if you fancy using the search function
Peter Montgomery
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peter(at)petermontgomerymastering.com

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Post: # 11856Unread post audiocarver
Sun Dec 19, 2010 11:50 am

I bought some 40 gauge nichrome from a company called Aerocon Systems a while back.
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Heater Wire

Post: # 12134Unread post fusionkid
Sat Jan 15, 2011 4:22 pm

My old MSS lathe just used plain copper wire about 0.2 mm wrapped around the diamond with short fly leads to a pair of terminals mounted to the side of the cutting head. This seems to give acceptable results, although the wire does burn out quite often, the heating makes it brittle.
It works for me!
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Heater Wire

Post: # 12135Unread post fusionkid
Sat Jan 15, 2011 4:29 pm

For messing around with, unwind heater wire from an old electric fan heater. I got Many metres of nichrome out of my old heater!
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Re: Heater Wire

Post: # 12137Unread post subkontrabob
Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:03 pm

fusionkid wrote:My old MSS lathe
pictures available anywhere?? :D
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Pics

Post: # 12147Unread post fusionkid
Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:16 pm

Yes i have pics, but not sure how to post them, i'm not very computer savvy! i'm oldschool. Help me out and i'll post pics somewhere
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Post: # 12148Unread post fusionkid
Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:23 pm

Ok I worked it out i think
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heater wire

Post: # 12149Unread post fusionkid
Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:28 pm

0.2mm plain copper wire used as stylus heater
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Shanks

Post: # 12151Unread post fusionkid
Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:33 pm

Can anyone tell me if the shank shown in the above pic is a "standard" or unique to MSS?? etc. i'm OK for now but will need a new one at some point
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Post: # 12191Unread post markrob
Sun Jan 16, 2011 5:01 pm

Hi,

Hard to tell by the picture, but it looks like a standard Presto long shank. The diameter should be .065" and the length is stated as 47/64" +/-1/64 in the Presto Manual.

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Post: # 12197Unread post cymbalism
Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:41 pm

Went the eBay route, thanks guys. Now I just some mounting cement. Dental epoxy work?
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Post: # 12199Unread post piaptk
Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:05 pm

When winding this onto a stylus, should I be careful not to contact the wire on the shank? Would that hurt my head or not?
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