Nichrome wire?

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Nichrome wire?

Post by Kurt_ » Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:59 pm

Where can I buy nichrome wire? Anywhere locally like home depot or someplace?
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Post by ransoman » Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:11 am

Buy a scrap toasted and steal it from that.

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Post by Kurt_ » Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:24 pm

Stole some from a dead soldering iron. Didn't do what I wanted it to.

How do I make nichrome wire glow red with something that's portable and cheap (using it to ignite smoke bombs and other explosives/firey things)

Kind of like a time delay so I can run away before it goes off.

Two things:

1) How do I make nichrome wire glow red thats cheap + portable?
2) How do I make a time delay (electronically [free TI chips!] or otherwise)
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