<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 11/23/2002 7:14:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, mrstev0922@aol.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Subj: <B>K.I.S.S. Hot Wire Accesory?? </B><BR>
Date: 11/23/2002 7:14:36 PM Eastern Standard Time<BR>
From: <A HREF="mailto:mrstev0922@aol.com">mrstev0922@aol.com</A><BR>
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CC: <A HREF="mailto:MrSteve09@aol.com">MrSteve09@aol.com</A><BR>
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Hey guys,...<BR>
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Currently I am constructing my first foam wing for a competition pattern <BR>
plane. I have been banging my head against the wall for a week now, trying <BR>
to figure out how to hot wire cut the servo pocket and wheel wells, just the <BR>
way Bob Noll does in his video.<BR>
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I went so far as to purchase Inconel wire from Aircraft Spruce and Specialty <BR>
as well as a Homebuilders Hotwire kit. The hot wire kit was a "bust" because <BR>
it consisted of only a transformer and a dimmer switch and it was up to me to <BR>
design and fabricate an electrical circut. Long story short,... transformer <BR>
got fried and no longer works!!<BR>
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Plan "B" was to use the Inconel wire with my son's HO Train tranformer. <BR>
Well,... that did little good because the wire barely got hot!! At least the <BR>
train still works though, ha!!<BR>
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Then finally a friend loaned me his K.I.S.S. Hot Wire Accesory kit by Sam <BR>
Turner. What a life saver that has been. Now I've just gotta get one for <BR>
myself; however I can't find them available anymore!! I can not access Sam <BR>
Turner's web site and his products are no longer available through Central <BR>
Hobbies. Please don't tell me a great product like this is out of <BR>
production??<BR>
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Can anyone tell me where to get Turners Hot Wire kit?? Or does anyone have <BR>
suggestion on how to build a foam cutter of my own??<BR>
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Thank you!!<BR>
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Sincerely,<BR>
Steve Teerlinck<BR>
Monson, Massachusetts</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Steve,<BR>
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If you just gotta have one, go to Radio Shack and get a D size battery receptacle. You want to have capacity large enough to fit about 10 cells, or around 12 volts. Voila, instant power supply! A couple crocodile clips from the same source, crimped to the receptacle leads, and you have built your own hot wire foam cutting accessory<BR>
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A better solution is the "HOT WIRE" wand from Composite Structures technology and a transformer for old Duralite batteries. Many fellows have these transformers and no longer use them so finding one should not be a problem. <BR>
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If you can't find the right size transformer, buy one from Radio Shack, with an output of about 12 volts and 500 to 800 ma. Anyway, back to our story. Make a set of male and female plugs to your liking and set up the Hot Wire wand and transformer terminals. There is no polarity on the wand so the plug set up is simple.<BR>
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The great thing about the wand is that you no longer need to fish a flimsy NiCr wire through a hole in the area you wish to cut, then connect the clips, and then sort of blindly manipulate the wire . <BR>
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You simply work from one side only, and cut only as deep as you want to, having your work in full view at all times<BR>
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Try it and I think you will like it.<BR>
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Let me know if you do, or contact me directly<BR>
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Matt Kebabjian<BR>
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PS. This is the same gizmo I used in honeycombing my new Alliance wings. Same results as the more typical honeycombing technique, at a fraction of the time</FONT></HTML>