What gauge nichrome wire would be good for cutting complex forms from 5-7mm plywood and acrylic?
>>1235948
>nichrome wire for cutting plywood
what made you think this was a good idea?
>>1235955
When you run electricity through them they get extreemely hot. Even the thinnest ones cut real clean and smooth through 2-3mm thickness. Would be a good way to cut forms without any wood dust you get witv saws.
>>1235969
exactly. and for thicker wood, say 3/4" or so, I use an oxy-acetylene torch. fuck saw dust.
>>1235974
What gauge wire and voltage/amps you use for less than 3/4" ?
>>1235991
Yea. Bcus who wouldnt want to manually use a saw
>>1235984
10awg
250A
>>1235948
>cutting acrylic?
Foam shrinks away from the hot wire and leaves a 'kerf' for the wire to move through.
Acrylic is gonna just melt around the wire and make a mess.
>>1236181
And wood is just gonna burn and turn into carbon
>>1235969
>Even the thinnest ones cut real clean and smooth through 2-3mm thickness.
d-does this actually work?
>>1235948
0mm nichrome plated with a normal sized hand saw.
>>1237248
Well a laser CNC works on wood well enough, but to get the same effect on thick enough wood you'd need a very hot and very thin wire.