Hot Wire Wing cutting
Hot wire cutting of wing out of EPS, XPS, EPP The details/wisdom of how to cut wing cores out of foam (different variety) is captured below The Bow There are many method of making a bow.. the essential points while making one are 1. Should be easy (light) to use.. the feel of balance while holding it will ensure good cuts 2. Should be long enough so it is able to cut the required pieces.. You may require more than one bow for your different needs 3. It is essential that the hot wire is very taunt while cutting... it is good to have some method of controlling/ tightening the tension applied to the wire. I simply add more twist/turns to the tensioning cord to shorten its length which stretches the lower part of the legs and stretches the cutting wire 4. The cutting wire needs to be hot enough, be thin, and should be able to be stretched taunt .. I use thin ss wire and some times a the thinnest guitar string. 5. Any safe DC/AC power supply @ 30V and 5A should ...