- 1. [FOT] hot wire no lbc (score: 1)
- Author: "rob" <19to1tr6@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:11:34 -0500
- Hello all I am trying to cut a bolck of styrofoam thats 18 "X18" and niether a cross cut or rip saw is doing the trick I would like to use a hot wire with DC or AC current Does anyone know anything a
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- 2. RE: [FOT] hot wire no lbc (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:19:46 -0700
- I found that an electric carving knife works well. Just don't tell the wife how I know. Joe C. Hello all I am trying to cut a bolck of styrofoam thats 18 "X18" and niether a cross cut or rip saw is d
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- 3. Re: [FOT] hot wire no lbc (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:09:21 -1000
- Sure, I do it all the time. You can get a hot wire cutter at most hobby shops to make life simpler, or do your own. I use a 12 volt battery and a piece of nichrome wire. Two fairly heavy wires (elect
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- 4. Re: [FOT] hot wire no lbc (score: 1)
- Author: EDWARD BARNARD <edwardbarnard@prodigy.net>
- Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:23:22 -0800 (PST)
- Rob: I've cut full size aircraft wings with a hot wire. We always used a battery charger and the nichrome wire and wood handles Bill mentions. Same thing he is doing with a model only longer and wide
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- 5. Re: [FOT] hot wire no lbc (score: 1)
- Author: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:25:12 -0500
- I have seen homebuilders (airplanes, not houses) use an electric train transformer for power. You can adjust the hot wire current with the speed control. John H. ____________________________________
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- 6. RE: [FOT] hot wire no lbc (score: 1)
- Author: "Don Carter" <don@carterdesignassociates.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:38:08 -0600
- Rob: All the advice you've received is good, but pay special attention to the "it stinks" and "use in a well ventilated area" part. We use a wire cutter to make mass models of buildings in the early
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- 7. Re: [FOT] hot wire no lbc (score: 1)
- Author: BillDentin@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:47:34 EST
- Much to the chagrin of our poor fire fighters, who go into building insulated with the stuff. Bill Dentinger
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