This is a shameless plug for my daughter's online business. She sells surplus items on the web. We have a large quantity of every size and shape of nichrome wire. Our most popular item is an assortment of three different sizes of nichrome wire from 18 AWG on down. She codes the web page, takes the orders, and I handle marketing and technical questions. We specialize in small quantity orders. Nichrome is good for: Flame tests in chemistry Inoculation loops in biology Supporting ceramics in kilns Rebuilding antique toasters making foam cutters wiring together beads making temperature dependant resistors warming telescope lenses to reduce condensation fixing fences (it never rusts) Lile Engineering Nichrome Sales http://members.socket.net/~llile/index.htm -- Lawrence Lile -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.