I mentioned in another post that I had made my own hot wire cutter, and cmnash was interested in seeing what it looked like.
Well, it isn't very pretty, but compared to my old purchased hot wire cutter it is a samurai sword!
This thing gets rather hot, but it really does the job.
The design was so simple that I felt foolish for thinking it would be hard to make.
I based what I made on the design I found on the terragenesis web site, and if I had the ability to make it better I would have: hot wire plans
Anyone making their own should note - this thing glows red. I am not sure if I should have thicker wire or not, but I would suggest getting a power supply that puts out the amps suggested in the article.
4 comments:
Source a battery and use it to kill the Zombies!
Nice - thanks for posting that Ian
This is too spooky. I've been looking at making one of these. The articles I've read and seen use a guitar sring as a cutting wire.I think I'll give it a go in a couple of weeks. Thanks for the inspiration.
I made my own using a car charger and a dimmer switch. The dimmer contols how hot the wire gets. give it a try.
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