DIY cutting Re: Terrain

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I've ordered a couple sets of GHQ stuff to check it out (flat and low hills).
I've also seen using the EPS stuff from Lowes. Anyone know if that stuff cuts
with a hot wire cutter? I like
the way the wonder-cutter zips through styrofoam.
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Roger, it can be done, but VERY slow going, and it's darn easy to break the
wire. A sawing motion is even more important than with bead foam, and the
motion can lead you to putting too much pressure on the cutter. Best to keep
to small cuts if you can.

I have a cutter with a thicker wire, at 4-5 times the cost of
wonder-cutter, but I can't find a name other than Avalon Products on it.
I think it was something like Copie. Alas, I heard the company went out of
production on it.

There are plenty of designs on the web for DIY building of your own large
cutter, using model train transformers, nichrome(sp?) wire, and the like. I
grok not the construction of electrical items, though.

Good Luck!

> I've ordered a couple sets of GHQ stuff to check it out (flat and

I'm suffering from a caffeine deficiency. Should have said "The hot
wires I've sold--to industrial cutters, sign ships, etc--will cut it,
YMMV." Can't think of the brand name. I wasn't in our cutting room much and we
didn't often have to cut EPS, but we'd have used either a