September 20th, 2004, 18:24
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| Ayatollah Moomintroll Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Magic Roundabout Age: 41
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Quote: Originally posted by Tomato-99@Sep 20 2004, 17:10
O.K. i've started making stuff out of polystyrene and so i needed a hot wire cutter, but they were way too expensive, so i brought a soldering iron for £2.75 bacause the shopkeeper said i can use a bit of wire to turn it into a hot wire cutter, but we tried paper clips, but they don't conduct heat so it didn't work, so does anyone know what kind of wire to us? i'm thinking of copper wire, but i'm not sure... :wacko: ^_^ :huh:
[snapback]216083[/snapback] | I think the shopkeeper was being a litttle crafty. No wire, not even copper, will conduct plastic melting heat for more than an inch or two.
The point of a hot wire cutter is that heat is created along the entire length of the wire by electrical resistance. Its far and away the best way to go when cutting polystyrene, although sharp kitchen knives are also good...
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