pyrography power supply

[bigal1968]

hi all thinking of making a pyrography pen and psu.does anybody know if this psu would work VARIABLE PSU Input - 230/240v Output 2v - 15v DC 1.5Amp Max or am i totally of the mark.Any input would be great.

 

[Myfordman]

22.5 watts max? sounds totally inadequate. My soldering iron is 50w
What do the commercial ones use?

 

[Wildman]

well far be it for me to contradict myfordman but weller are a respected name so look ye below
Ah well the weller only available in the USA and 22.5 W
but this one ok in the UK and cheap as well.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MXM14X2/ ... 0B70FNPAXW
and a cheaper one on Ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Wood-Burn ... SwPhdU8MqK

 

[Myfordman]

Hmm! looks like 15-30 watts is typical so seems like I'm wrong ?

just been beaten to it lol

 

[bigal1968]

ye i looked since i posted and i am not convinced this psu will be good enough its only 22 watts at 1.5 amps seems a little under powered.this is the unit in question

 

[SVB]

My homemade unit detailed here. Still going strong!

https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/pyrography-update-homemade-unit-t45369.html?hilit=Pyrography

Simon

 

[bigal1968]

3 years none smoking should of just kept my vapour box and kanthal wire would of worked a treat i could make coils all day long so simple looking at bench power units look a bit fancy.i will just sick some kanthal on a couple of 18650 batteries will burn a house down. i used to vape at 30 watts on kanthal 0.5 ohm coil 26 gauge 5 wraps was like a chimney the coil use to glow like a bulb

 

[sunnybob]

Peter chillds gets the most glowing (hah!) reports. Not cheap, but when you could actually burn your house down by messing with this kind of stuff, that would be my choice.

 

[bigal1968]

so simple no more complicated than the custom e-cig vape machines i use to make.works like a charm total cost £19.49.£18.99 for low volt dimmer psu, wife works at B&Q dimmer switch £0.50p wire scrap in workshop total time hour messing round fetching psu,job done.thanks for everybody's input.

Just needs a coat of paint all finished

 

[SVB]

Love the wooden eqpt box to mount it all complete with pen holder. Great job!