Build Your Own Hot Wire Foam Cutter - Professional Tools for Modelers

Build Your Own Hot Wire Foam Cutter - Professional Tools for Modelers

By MINOVA November 27th, 2023 889 views
Build Your Own Hot Wire Foam Cutter - Professional Tools for Modelers
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. [MINOVA] built a hot wire foam cutter that can cut any type of foam with ease, be it Styrofoam or grey craft foam.

There are a ton of ways to heat up a taut piece of nichrome wire, but few of them are as good looking as this one. [MINOVA] designed and printed a table with an adjustable fence so it can be used like a table saw.[MINOVA KD-6A] is also a circle-cutting jig that looks really handy.

MINOVA KD-6A Hot Wire Foam Cutter Table is pretty versatile, but you could go even smaller with a handheld version, or build a larger, CNC-based machine.


In this video, I will show you some of the basics of using the MINOVA KD-6A tool, including how to make bevel cuts and the balance of temperature and speed of feeding foam into the hotwire.

You can buy a MINOVA KD-6A Hot Wire Foam Cutter Table using this link - https://www.minovatool.com/products/minova-hot-wire-foam-cutter-table?VariantsId=10469
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