Buying 40G Kanthal?
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if you get it, will you be able to see it or even touch it without breaking it?? 40ga will be thinner than a hair.... more like a spider web strand.... and the ohms will be really up there... a 1 wrap coil on a 1.5 mm shaft 30 ohms 
When I first started rebuilding I ordered spools of 24 up to 32 gauge...yeah I'll never use the 32. I like to use a lot of cotton so it would be problematic to wick. 40 gauge? Forget it.
Also keep in mind that PVs do have an upper resistance limit (e.g. 3 Ω for the SX Mini and P3, and 2 Ω for the dna 40). I just checked on a coil calculator and a single wrap of 40 gauge on a 1/16" drill bit would be over 3 Ω. Like I said, forget it.
Also keep in mind that PVs do have an upper resistance limit (e.g. 3 Ω for the SX Mini and P3, and 2 Ω for the dna 40). I just checked on a coil calculator and a single wrap of 40 gauge on a 1/16" drill bit would be over 3 Ω. Like I said, forget it.
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I agree - I still have a spool of 32 ga i hardly ever touch.. sometimes its fun to mess with it for twisted coils.
40GA is usually reserved for Nichrome wire, you'll be hard pressed to find Kanthal in that size.
40GA Nichrome is available here - Nichrome 60 Wire
40GA Nichrome is available here - Nichrome 60 Wire
Was about to say, only 40g wire I've seen is Nichrome... And only thing I've seen it used on is claptons
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