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DIY temperature-controlled styrofoam cutter build a hot wire cutter for precise foam cutting

In this video I've made a hot wire Styrofoam cutter. I'll be using it to cut the airfoil on the wings for an upcoming model airplane build. The hot wire cutter is powered by a transformer from an old ...
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Hot Wire Foam Cutter Does Circles, Too

Foam is all kinds of useful, but trying to cut it with scissors or a serrated plastic knife is usually an exercise in futility. What you really need is a hot wire for nice clean cuts. [Elite Worm] ...
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Foam Cutter Moves Like A Hot Knife Through Butter

Make enough attempts to cut foam using whatever you’ve got — utility knife, hacksaw, serrated plastic knife — and you’ll wish hard for something that cuts cleaner, faster, and better. While there are ...
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Building a hot wire tool to slice styrofoam cleanly

The science pros at TKOR build a hot wire cutter to slice Styrofoam cleanly. India won a World Cup, but it doesn't feel the same anymore. Here's why Remember the meme boy whose laugh took over the ...