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lcomtois

Fire Cement
September 16, 2009 09:41AM

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Why is fire cement needed over the insulated nichrome wire in the ThermoplastExtruder 2.0 design ?

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nophead

Re: Fire Cement
September 16, 2009 09:56AM

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You need something to keep the wire in place that will stand the heat. Nichrome expands when it gets hot, so it will not stay tight.

Makerbot use Kapton tape instead.

[www.hydraraptor.blogspot.com]

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BodgeIt

Re: Fire Cement
September 18, 2009 07:57PM

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You can get Kapton tape from www.dealextream.com at Price: $2.92 with free shipping

link to 10mm tape 300c [www.dealextreme.com]

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/18/2009 08:10PM by BodgeIt.

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