[SML] Wire Foam Cutter

[Stephen Clear]

We used nichrome wire. Attached to an auto transformer for voltage control.

On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 9:40 PM Jon Lagerquist via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> I remember hearing about folks using fish tape. I would guess it would
> hold a profile but take a lot of power.
>
> Jon
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> On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 1:21 PM Dan Sheehan via Stagecraft <
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>> Been quite a while, butI have used piano music wire, forget which gauge.
>> It's super good steel.
>> Compromise between amperes required to get it hot enough
>> and maintaining enough  strength to hold shape while hot.
>>
>> And the fumes were nasty.
>> Fan blowing across the work to outdoors,
>> worker stands between fan & work.
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 11:41 AM Jeffrey Kanyuck via Stagecraft <
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>>> Hello Everyone!
>>>     I am in the process of setting up a hot wire foam cutter to make
>>> specific shapes such as large oversized moldings for sets. What wire have
>>> any of you used for creating a shape that stays while running the foam down
>>> it?
>>>
>>> Jeff Kanyuck
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