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Scottski:
Ok guys I have looked and not found what I was looking for. Any one have any plans or know how to make a feather burner from a soldering gun? I tried the train transformer but my transformer was not powerful enough to het up a wire. New ideas! I do have a soldering gun, or if you have a burner you are will to get rid of? Thanks for any help you may have.

osage outlaw:
Here is one I made from some scraps I had in the garage.  I used a battery charger for the power source.  One time I used jumper cables and a car battery.  I unhook the power in between arrows and brush the element off.  I gave this one away when I got a Young feather burner.  I wish I would have kept my home made version.  I like using it better.  You can just hook each lead from the soldering gun to each post I think.  I never found an old soldering gun to use.

Del the cat:
I made a hot wire feather burner, it was a pain in the butt. As the wire gets hot it expands and unless it is under tension it won't hold shape. If it is tensioned it can only cut a straight line.
Far simpler and more effective is to simply cut out the shape you want from a sheet of brass or copper (a bit of pipe opened out flat will do)
Heat it up held in grips and then touch it over the roughly trimmed feather. Cheap simple easy effective!
http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/curved-profile-feather-shaper.html
For comparison here's the post about the hot wire cutter:-
http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/hot-wire-feather-cutter.html
I think you can see which is simpler :laugh:
Del

osage outlaw:
Del, the flat ribbon that 3rivers sells doesn't lose its shape when heated. 

Pat B:
An electric soldering gun will work as your power source. I think a battery charger will also but that I'm not sure of.

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