dangerousamateur Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 In the past I had a spool of 2mm Visco, obviously chinese, wich I was not happy with. I never had any failures, but this stuff breaks IMHO to easily when bent. When you bend it many times the powder rinses out. I don't like that. Now, in europe a polish vendor offers this stuff:http://www.pyrogarage.com/img/fuse/30mm_1hq.jpghttp://www.pyrogarage.com/img/fuse/3mm-cs01.jpghttp://www.pyrogarage.com/img/fuse/3mm-cs02.jpghttp://www.pyrogarage.com/img/fuse/3mm-cs03.jpg"This fuse is made of a different technique than the common Visco which contains string inside. Our product consists of 5 paper fuses, double-wrapped by the string and carefully coated with nitrocellulose lacquer. This makes it totally unbreakable!" Totally enbreakable - sounds nice. How does this fuse behave in general, did someone here has made some experience with it?
Scrumpy Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 I have 100m of this fuse I was sent as a sample by pyrogarage, it is very good, better than any Visco I have seen. I've tried bending and pulling it and I must say it is far stronger than it looks.The question I ask is,'What is it I look for in a good fuse?'1. A high quality product that can be bent and twisted and will still perform, whatever the price.2. A cheap fuse that doesn't fail to ignite whatever I use it with.
dangerousamateur Posted March 30, 2012 Author Posted March 30, 2012 Thanks for your opinion. Well, there are some applications where I want to use only the best there is. I have nothing particular in my mind. Normally I use cheap stuff off course. Anybody else?
dagabu Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 Thanks for your opinion. Well, there are some applications where I want to use only the best there is. I have nothing particular in my mind. Normally I use cheap stuff off course. Anybody else? I have found a few applications where visco broke due to bending it around a sharp corner or feeding it through a hole in a tube. I think this would be a fantastic solution for that issue. I cant wait to see it in the US soon. -dag
Potassiumchlorate Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) This far I have only made stuff that I light manually. I have 3mm and 2mm Visco of a relatively cheap sort. The 2mm is a bit weak, and my spool is damaged on a couple of spots, but this far it hasn't failed. I'll probably test Pyrogarage later this year. Right now I have to give priority to boring but necessary stuff like repairing my car etc. *Sigh* Edited March 30, 2012 by Potassiumchlorate
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