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Review on uxcell FeCrAl 1mm 18 Gauge πŸ”₯ AWG Heater Wire - 0.45 Ohms/ft, 7.5 Meters by Larry Daniels

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Ideal for creating your own wood burning tips.

I use this nichrome wire to make my own burning tips for my Burnmaster machine. Wire in a new tip, this wire works fine and is a lot cheaper than buying a 19 gauge from Burnmaster. I made a tip that was basically a spool of wire so I could draw multiple lines at once. It had a lot of wires in it and the Burnmaster couldn't turn it orange which was odd for its 130 watt output but it still burned well and it was the only one I'd made it had inches of wire in it so would this would require a large amount of nichrome to heat. I also like that the 18 gauge is slightly larger in diameter than the regular 19 gauge used by Burnmaster, which makes it much easier for me to straighten the wire for some tips. It doesn't seem like a lot, 0.9mm for 19 gauge compared to 1mm thickness for 18 gauge, but it's a lot when flattened out.

Pros
  • Average wire diameter: 1 mm; Wire Gauge: 18 AWG
Cons
  • The list will be long.