But [HowToMechatronics] knew that the polystyrene foam blocks he’d be using would easily yield to a hot nichrome wire, minimizing the cutting forces and the need for a stout frame. But the ...

While there are all sorts of ways to build a hot wire foam cutter, this design from [jasonwinfieldnz] is both interesting and imitable. If you don’t already know it, nichrome wire is nifty stuff ...

It has been three years since Dean Bertram took the plunge on a new career. A machinist by trade, Bertram purchased Innovative Foam from founder Glen Kadelbach, a longtime acquaintance of his. It ...