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jeudi 27 juillet 2017

Kinds Of Handheld Foam Saw And Their Uses

By Anthony Allen


Some people have projects for work that uses foams which needed to be cut into shapes according to their needs and specifications. Using an ordinary cutter, saw, blade or other sharp tools is inadvisable because these materials may get contorted due to the texture. This is why specialized tools are needed in doing these tasks.

A taut thin metal wire is one thing that composed this material which are made usually from nichrome or stainless steel. This handheld foam saw will have its wire heated with an electrical resistance that vaporizes the material even before contact is made with it. You can buy these devices commercially or create one yourself according to your preferences and needs.

Two types of wire is used for this task which are preformed and tensioned. The former is shaped into certain forms with pliers or manually and is attached to a handle where the operator would guide it through the foam. Using this will enable you to create multiple copies of similar patterns which is helpful when your project calls for this.

The latter type is tightly held by a frame that has springs and people usually use stainless steel with single strand in this rather than nichrome. Homemade ones use leader wire used for fishing or musical instrument strings because of their inexpensiveness and availability. Those commercially made though prefer nickel based alloy wires.

Cutters of different kinds under this type are available that depends on their specific purpose and structure. Handheld uses short string and operators can handle them easily to cut the foam into what they need. People commonly create this kind at home themselves because of their simplicity which enables anyone to make them themselves.

Simple manual table cutter can be either horizontal or vertical and a table is used to secure or guide the foam. Vertical ones are utilized by hobbyists to cut small complex shapes such as letters that are only prismatic. Horizontal have the wire attached on tracks on either side which are movable upwards and downwards to cut exact sizes making it ideal for packaging and construction.

Template guided ones have the string attached to templates on either side of the foam block and guides it in forming prismatic or tapered shapes. This can be moved manually by hand or using a pulley mechanism with weights connected to the string on each end. The accuracy of the created patterns depends on the templates and the skills of the operator.

Push through slicer with an evenly spaced and parallel strings attached to frames that are either horizontal or vertical. Large blocks are pushed through either with gravity or on rollers and sliced into sheets being sold for work in construction. The strings can be replaced and adjusted allowing you to produce different thickness.

Computer numerically controlled guides a tensioned wire to form a prismatic or tapered shape on both sides of the block. Various components of the device affect the accuracy including how tight is the sting attachment. Some are offering lathe attachments which make spiral shapes cut possible.




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