RE: [terrain] wire cutter

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From: owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
[mailto:owner-gzg-l@lists.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU]On Behalf Of B Lin
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 2:36 PM
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: RE: [terrain] wire cutter

1) Floral foam cutter from Wal-mart ~$10.00 - cons - will barely cut 2"
thick material, will only allow you 6" of depth, requires 2 D batteries.

2) Industrial table top hot wire setup ~$150.00 - will cut up to 6" (or
more) and usually allow depths up to 18" - cons really pricey

3) Make your own - ~$20-40 need Nichrome wire (the heating element from
toasters, can be found at some small appliance repair shops) a power
supply
(toy train transformers work well), some wire to connect the parts and a
frame.	You can then make it to any size you want.  Cons - moderate
amount
of effort and finding all the parts may be tricky.

One example of self-built:
http://www.ray-vin.com/casting/hotwire/hotwire.shtml

Hot knife: http://bigwebpages.com/members/candlecutter/

--Binhan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: laserlight@quixnet.net [mailto:laserlight@quixnet.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 1:06 PM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: [terrain] wire cutter
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> anyone have suggestions on what to get, and where?  For
> cutting styrofoam
> up to 2" thick
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