I’m just interested in how everyone of you uses (if) a hot wire cutter and the way it can replace in some uses a planer a saw or a surform. What I need to know is: damn! do I really need to toss around and find the pieces to assemble this jig? is it worth the money and time to make it? a friend who makes sailboards sleeps with on under his pillow, but he works only with ‘balls’ polystyrene… thanks for contributing
I’m just interested in how everyone of you uses (if) a hot wire cutter and > the way it can replace in some uses a planer a saw or a surform. What I > need to know is: damn! do I really need to toss around and find the pieces > to assemble this jig? is it worth the money and time to make it? a friend > who makes sailboards sleeps with on under his pillow, but he works only > with ‘balls’ polystyrene…>>> thanks for contributing There’s a drawing of a hot wire cutter in the diagram section (boards). It’s a simple wooden frame with a violin string ( there much stronger ) you have to use a lot of tension on the string to make a nice clean cut. For power use a big truck battery, this wil heat the string perfect. Make sure that while cutting you do this in a nice even pull, NO STOPS ! and no slowing down, keep the same speed all the way. Good luck, Peter Rijk
What ever you do, don’t use a hot wire cutter with Clark Foam. It will product toxic gases. The hot wire cutter should only be used with EPS.>>> I’m just interested in how everyone of you uses (if) a hot wire cutter and > the way it can replace in some uses a planer a saw or a surform. What I > need to know is: damn! do I really need to toss around and find the pieces > to assemble this jig? is it worth the money and time to make it? a friend > who makes sailboards sleeps with on under his pillow, but he works only > with ‘balls’ polystyrene…>>> thanks for contributing http://www.viser.net/~anthwind/