I have used a number of different makes of cauteries and have always found that reducing the number of batteries from two to one makes a good film cutter. Shortening and rebending the flat brass strip found inside to connect one cell is easy. Leave the other cell in place to take up space.
Ray
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo@...> wrote:
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> On 20.5.2012 3:22, Tom wrote:
> > http://www.fhmedicalservices.com/Surgical-Cautery-Fine-Tip-2200oF-10-bx.html
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> What sort of temperatures should the cautery use; how much current
> through the tip? I got my hands on a replacement cautery tip, but I
> suppose that is for a high-temp one. Maybe setting a larger rheostat in
> series, or using pulse-width modulation to cut down the effective
> voltage, would make this tip a useful film cutter?
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> -Tapio-
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