Wite for foam wing cutter

bdealhoy · 2005-06-20T19:31:49+00:00

Someone somewhere mentioned that single strand unbraided fishing leaderwire (50-pound) will make a good replacement for nicrome wire. Anyonehave any brand names that I can look for, especially at Wal-Mart?Also, on the topic of foam cutting, my nicrome wire seems to develop afine layer of "scum" on cutting a wing and it seems to be affecting thecut. Yes, it's probably melted white foam. However, comments on whatcann be done to reduce teh problem or to clean up the wire areappreciated.My power supply is a Radio Shack (now "The Source" in Canada) belltransformer with a dimmer switch on the AC 120V side. Someone at theclub said that need to work out the amperage that I'm working with tomake sure that I'm not over-loading the transformer. I've got amulti-meter, but don't know how to properly hook it up so I'm getting aproper reading plus the math needed for the actual calculation.Thanks in advance!