Nichrome 80-250' - 36 Gauge Wire - 250ft - 0.13mm - 0.005in - Made in USA - Master Wire Supply

It is very thin wire; 36 gauge wire is five-thousandths of an inch in diameter. The wire is bright and shiny and I feel no pits when I pull it through my fingers.I stretched about 6 inches between the alligator clips of a lab power supply set at 12 volts. It pulled about 900ma which means for that length of wire (eye-balled not measured) resistance is about 13 ohms. It glowed bright red. Note that wire increases in resistance as it is heated so this measurement will be higher than with an ohmmeter.I wrapped it around a pair of needle-nose pliers and pulled until it gave way. It required a few pounds of tension. Easily strong enough to use to cut Styrofoam, my opinion. I don't think copper will like the heat of a direct connection. For cutting Styrofoam, I think I would wrap it around a small length of steel wire and then push it through a steel butt connector and clamp it tight. Then attach the copper wire to the steel wire.

Right size for rewinding heating elements for smoke pellets in post war Lionel trains.

I used iy for cutting my insulation to the right thickness.

High strength/ high heat resistance wireGood stuff

I have not had any trouble at all with the Nichrome spool that I purchased. Ended up using it to make a foam cutter. It is able to take 50 amps without melting or snapping briefly, and is stable at 10 amps / 12v. Works well for what I bought it for.

this wire worked well in conjunction with the remote apparatus.

6" of this wire with about 9 volts applied from my variable DC supply and I was cutting 2# PE foam that was 2" thick, my equipment case came out great, I'm very pleased with the results.

But wire had dark spots on it that wouldnt clean off i used it anyway but will try a different brand wire next time