old feather burner

[burn em up chuck]

 i just wanted to share what my mother and father enlaw got me at a garage sale. correct if i'm wrong but is'nt this an old feather burner? there's only one sticker, and i can only read one word EASTERN. looks like there were two words just can't read the second word. maybe someone here knows?
  question; what kind of wire was used for burner wire? should i try and use it or copy it for use?

                                                                                                   chuck



                                                                 
             

[Bowbound]

Pictures? Can't rally tell without pictures

[welch2]

Here's a link to a related discussion. Your burner looks like a large wire wound resistor ,that is in series with the burner wire.

http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/43344#reply-43344

It seems people have used several things as the hot wire ,even small diameter guitar strings . One of the preferred is heating wire (can't remember the technical name) the same wire used in toasters .

Ralph

[markinengland]

Chuck,
If you gert hold of an old toaster the toaster wire from that should work OK.
This very long link may help set it up.  You can find it through a google image search for easton feather burner
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bambooarrow.com/burner02.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bambooarrow.com/burner.html&h=1537&w=736&sz=315&hl=en&start=4&usg=__mPOM-NBgnz8B2I0DijO85zsCPHk=&tbnid=2FHXlBmIoqe16M:&tbnh=150&tbnw=72&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfeather%2Bburner%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26ie%3DUTF-8

[welch2]

I hate when I can't remember stuff , so I looked it up. The wire used in  toasters is Nichrome wire and it is an alloy of nickel and chromium .You can buy spools of it on that online auction site.

Ralph

[El Destructo]

                                     I just used an old Soldering Iron...and some Stainless Steel Wire

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[mullet]

  Good, cheap idea, Mike.

[El Destructo]

            yeah....and all you have to do is bend a different shape wire...for different Arrows....I cut these with it too....

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[Cromm]

Very nice....

[chessieboy]

A friend has that same model.  He loves it.  You can get replacement wire at the hardware store.  Usually like $.15 per foot.

[stickbender]

     Hmmmm, now all I have to do is remember where that old soldering gun is......or hit the flea markets.
Cool idea!  Sure beats $90or more dollars.  Also, I think I remember something about using the old model train set transformer, which has an adjustable rheostat, and two screw clamps for the wire.

                                                                               Wayne

[scattershot]

You can still buy the nichrome ribbons at Kustom King and 3Rivers, I believe.

[PeteC]

I built the simple feather burner shown in the link above,, yesterday.I am using my battery charger set on 6 volts ,as suggested.Man,I wish I had built this thing years ago.IT WORKS GREAT!!!! God Bless