jetra2
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Hi all,
Thought youse guys might get a kick out of this - it's so simple, easy, and fun to do that you'll never buy your own motor igniters again! (Electric matches for charges are a different story.)
OK...Here's what yer gonna do.
That's as far as I've gotten with the one's I've been making. I am going to buy some nichrome off of eBay this week, and I'll update this thread then.
See ya'll around!
Jason
Thought youse guys might get a kick out of this - it's so simple, easy, and fun to do that you'll never buy your own motor igniters again! (Electric matches for charges are a different story.)
OK...Here's what yer gonna do.
- Go to Home (rocket) Depot
- Buy yourself some CAT-3 Station wire. The kind that has 8 little wires inside of one big jacket.
- Go home.
- Cut yourself about a foot of the station wire off.
- Split the jacket open until you can grab the little wires with your teeth or pliers.
- Pull all the little wires out. I think they are somewhere in the range of 22-24 guage.
- Choose two of them, and trim them to a equal length.
- Now take one of the wires, and trim about a half inch off. Just cut it clean off!
- Strip the ends of both of the staggered pair of wires about a quarter to three-eighths of an inch. It's not rocket science, so DON'T measure it, unless you are just a perfectionist.
- Line the two wires up so that the solid copper wire that is exposed is staggered. If you did it right, you should be able to make the opposite end flush and have about a eighth of an inch between the end of the lower copper wire and the beginning of the higher copper wire.
- You OK so far? It's easy enough...
- Now hold the wires TIGHT between your thumb and the middle of your first finger right below the two copper wires. Hold it however you feel comfortable, but make sure your holding it tight!
- Now start twisting for about two-ish inches. See why we're holding it tight now? If you were holding it loose, it'll start turning itself between your fingers and you'll never get it twisted right!
- Ok, now that you've done that, go ahead and mover down to about 3 inches from the ends of the leads. Again, start twisting. Do it for about 1.5 inches. You want enough to keep the clips apart!
- Don't strip it now...do that at the field!
- Now smooth everything out nicely, and make sure it's mostly straight. Looks like an igniter almost, doesn't it?
That's as far as I've gotten with the one's I've been making. I am going to buy some nichrome off of eBay this week, and I'll update this thread then.
See ya'll around!
Jason