[terrain] wire cutter

anyone have suggestions on what to get, and where? For cutting styrofoam up to
2" thick

I own and enjoy my Woodland Scenics foam cutter. It plugs into the wall so I
don't have to worry about batteries.

www.woodlandscenics.com

If you have the $$, consider springing for one of the foam factory's products.
They are arguably superior in performance, thought the cost reflects it.

http://www.hotwirefoamfactory.com/

> On Thursday 11 December 2003 03:06 pm, laserlight@quixnet.net wrote:

1) Floral foam cutter from Wal-mart ~$10.00 - cons - will barely cut 2"
thick material, will only allow you 6" of depth, requires 2 D batteries.

2) Industrial table top hot wire setup ~$150.00 - will cut up to 6" (or
more) and usually allow depths up to 18" - cons really pricey

3) Make your own - ~$20-40 need Nichrome wire (the heating element from
toasters, can be found at some small appliance repair shops) a power supply
(toy train transformers work well), some wire to connect the
parts and a frame.  You can then make it to any size you want.  Cons -
moderate amount of effort and finding all the parts may be tricky.

One example of self-built:
http://www.ray-vin.com/casting/hotwire/hotwire.shtml

Hot knife: http://bigwebpages.com/members/candlecutter/

--Binhan

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> I own and enjoy my Woodland Scenics foam cutter. It plugs into the

http://www.woodlandscenics.com/items.htm/ToolsAndAdhesives#st1435
would be the frame you seek; I found drilling down to it painful. Some people
just don't want your money...

> If you have the $$, consider springing for one of the foam factory's

My best friend LOVES his, after I had invested in a couple of the far less
versatile blue-green handled beasties, the name of which illudes me. The
Foam Factory 'starter kit' is US$5 less than the comparable Woodland Scenics,
right?

However, I would really like a 'table' model as I also want to do fairly large
pieces. I think Model Mart has 'em, but REALLY pricey...

Whoops, just found:
http://www.demandproducts.com/multicut.html
Oh, right, like I've got a spare US$900 lying round the homestead.

For DYI, Woodland Scenics has the heavy gauge wire.

Or, follow this person, and NEVER USE NICHROME... *shrug*
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~orman/air/cutter/hotwire.html

Natch, somebody has this and more on some Yahoo group, but I don't go there
anymore.

The_Beast

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Errrr.... I don't remember responding to this one. Must have been a error.

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