Hot wire foam cutter?

[Zaukrie]

Cork board is great for that. You can even make curves. I buy mine at the dollar store in sheets of 12"x12".

hmmmm. I'll have to look at that. Thanks!

 

[Nebulous]

You should watch a lot of videos from Black Magic Craft. He uses those extensively and makes some of the best home grown sets I've ever seen.

Black Magic Craft

My name is Jeremy and I build terrain and models for Tabletop RPG's and wargames. I use this stuff to play things like Dungeons & Dragons, Frostgrave, Kill T...

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[Zaukrie]

You should watch a lot of videos from Black Magic Craft. He uses those extensively and makes some of the best home grown sets I've ever seen.

Black Magic Craft

My name is Jeremy and I build terrain and models for Tabletop RPG's and wargames. I use this stuff to play things like Dungeons & Dragons, Frostgrave, Kill T...

www.youtube.com

I'm literally watching one right now........ he is great. really.

 

[Nebulous]

I don't know where he stores all that crap. The dude must have a separate house just for his gaming models. His attention to detail and modeling exceeds more than I would generally devote the time to, but damn is he good.

 

[Nebulous]

And he polls his subscribers, what do you wanna see me build tonight? That's awesome.

 

[Retreater]

I've learned most of my terrain skills from Black Magic Craft. I started with trying to learn on my own, then using expensive Citadel plastic; then to Hirst Arts; then to Dungeon Tiles; then to MDF terrain; then to BMC.

 

[pogre]

Just wondering if anyone has advice on what hot wire foam cutter they like (or really don't). I really would like to cut some pretty good sized circles, and I doubt I can get a great cut with a blade. 2 inch thick XPS foam is what I'm hoping to cut for this.

thanks in advance!

I have one of those expensive foam cutting kits - I've got the table and all the various tools. My advice is to save your money. It's nice for the occasional project, but I should have saved my money and just stuck with a cheap wire foam cutter - it can do 95% of what I need done.

 

[Zaukrie]

I have one of those expensive foam cutting kits - I've got the table and all the various tools. My advice is to save your money. It's nice for the occasional project, but I should have saved my money and just stuck with a cheap wire foam cutter - it can do 95% of what I need done.

Ya, I'd already decided that. I just don't think I'll need a fancy option all that often.....thanks.

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

At your own risk, but you can always make your own...

 

[Retreater]

On my project, I ended up using a utility blade to cut some big squares and circles. They aren't perfectly smooth cuts, but they turned out fairly well. I did not use my Proxxon, as I'm still getting the hang of it.