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Title: Feather Burner How-To Video
Post by: bowhunter15 on July 13, 2016, 02:51:00 PM
I had originally posted this in the Pow-wow, but figured there might be some guys who only frequent the bench who'd be interested.

It was actually pretty easy to build one. I gathered as many different plans from the internet as I could. Initially, I had plans to make it adjustable in a couple planes so that I could fine tune the arrow location relative to the wire and quickly swap carbon or wood arrows with different diameters. In the end I stuck with a more simple design.

For the power source, I used a Lionel model 1016 from e B a y, which was $10. For wire I used 24 AWG Nichrome 80, which was $5.89 on Amazon. I used brass nuts and washers for holding the power and burning wires in place on the bolts.


  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PuxMkc2k5w&feature=youtu.be
Title: Re: Feather Burner How-To Video
Post by: jsweka on July 14, 2016, 08:51:00 PM
Great video.  Thanks for posting.
Title: Re: Feather Burner How-To Video
Post by: ty_in_ND on July 16, 2016, 12:26:00 PM
Nice video!  I know sometime in the future I'd like to get into feather burning, but I wasn't sure the route I wanted to take to get there.  While I really like some of the nice looking box burners that have been posted here, your setup looks like a good way to get one together if aesthetics is secondary to function.
Title: Re: Feather Burner How-To Video
Post by: BenBow on July 16, 2016, 10:09:00 PM
ty_in_ND you could make a bigger box and put a train transformer in it.