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I would like to cut some two inch thick styrofoam for an audio project.I started with a wire saw and it not only was a mess but the cut looked terrible.My next thought was to make a wire saw(so-to-speak).This one was to be powered by ac or dc.The wire would heat up and I could cut without the mess.I tryed by using a battery and it heated up the battery and scared the heck out of me.I made the saw out of some four layer plywood with handles and I can apply tension to the wire with a mechanism on the back of the saw.It looks cool but sits cold.Help.
kgveteran
kgveteran OP
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the fumes were bad.I will be using a resperator.Saws are out as they make a mess and require me to sand to a paintable finish.Thanx guys.Keep the idea's coming .
kgveteran OP
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sean,I checked out some variacs on line and it's all coming together.I must now go to the,"surplus store".These guys have everything and cheap.I built a switchbox that turns on my triggerless amps for peanuts.All five amps using seperate 20a lines,overkill....absolutly.
john_3146279c
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The copper wire's resistance was probably too low for the battery. Use what Rives suggested.

Be careful with the variac. Most of them are not isolation tranformers, so your wire "blade" and its associated wiring will be electrically "hot". Touching it and a ground simultaneously would be very unsafe.
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