[TriEmbed] Power advice

[Kevin McClaning]

Hey Craig --

Depending upon your "buy vs build" mentality: They make soldering gun 
rope cutting tips:

https://www.amazon.com/Wall-Lenk-LG2000RCT-Cutting-LG2000/dp/B01DVIUV5Q/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1525878396&sr=8-3&keywords=soldering+gun+rope+cutting+tips

A soldering gun is just a step down transformer that delivers lots of 
Amps to the wire that makes up the tip. You could buy a soldering gun 
and gut it for the parts.

Kevin


On 5/8/2018 7:57 PM, Craig Cook via TriEmbed wrote:
> Lets say I want to make a custom one of these: 
> https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CP70IDU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2IGZ09LPUKLVH&psc=1
>
> The blade gets up to 1200 F in a few seconds.
>
> What do I need to investigate to heat a blade safely like that? (I can 
> buy that blade for ~$23, or open to other blade ideas)
>
> I know I could buy one of these machines, I am interested in changing 
> the form factor though. Maybe add a motion sensor, when no motion, 
> shut the system off.
>
> I can borrow one to get measurements if that helps.
>
> Thanks
>
> Craig
>
>
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