A fellow RC enthusiast ask me for more details on building this foam wire cutter...
so naturally the best way is to do a video
components include:
12.6v/2amp power transformer
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102702&utm_source=BZ&utm_campaign=product&utm_medium=CSE#
regular household dimmer (couldn't find the one I have in this vid, but this one will do the same):
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-25ecodZ5yc1v/R-100356866/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=dimmer&storeId=10051#.UDw5SdZlSok
+- wire with alligator clips
wood materials for building bow, and/or band saw type cutter
I got the bow wood at walmart in the paint department for $1
Basically AC wire pair - 1 goes into transformer, the other one goes into dimmer, and outputs into transformer. Dimmer controls how much juice is dumped into transformer, which ultimately dumps into wire. From there the transformer outputs + and - and goes into an alligator clip which is clipped on the guitar string or the wire. Turning on the dimmer basically puts juice on the wire and heats it up.
Make sure you start out at the lowest setting and start up from there.
and Pls Pls, proceed with caution and be careful when working with electricity...
