Help With Foam

[Dare-Spider]

Does anybody know a good way to cut foam?

[CosmicBeing]

scissors? :p

[Dare-Spider]

No i mean the kind of foam that can spread into little pieces.I tried that but i makes the whole thing uneven and bumpy.:angry:

[DareDevil9]

use an X-acto blade (razor blade) to cut it works just fine:)

[themod]

if you are meaning polysyrene or any other similar material
use a bit of heated wire
make sure you protect your hands tho

[Jack Squat]

You can buy a hot wire cutter at most hobby shops. Try not to breathe in the toxic fumes from the melting polystyrene.

[mbdeyes]

Originally posted by Dare-Spider
No i mean the kind of foam that can spread into little pieces.I tried that but i makes the whole thing uneven and bumpy.:angry:

I use an exacto knife, but I'll warn you that most of the time I end up with little peices all over the place. If you plan on doing a lot of work it might be worth buying the foam cutter (which is just batteries heating a wire in a way that keeps your hands out of the way). It's usually about $15.00 canadian. That's about $10 US right now.....