Author Topic: Foam cutter ?? (Read 799 times)

Ant · « **on:** January 31, 2013, 02:55:33 PM »

Hey all

Does anyone know how to cut a nice clean cavity into a foam flying wing for battery placement?

I dont want to hack away at it with a knife - any ideas ?

Ant

Cupid Stunt · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2013, 03:48:37 PM »

Soldring iron set on low power

Ratty · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2013, 04:03:54 PM »

I use a knife and plyers most of the time, because i dont like the smell of melting foam.

When we did the No.1s tho we used a soldering gun, with bent coathanger to the right shape.

http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FM8/AEPI/GWKKNQHC/FM8AEPIGWKKNQHC.MEDIUM.jpg

Ant · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2013, 04:33:43 PM »

Nice - I will give that a try on some scrap tonight !

Ta

MrBen · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2013, 06:01:37 PM »

Same as ratty, looks neater when the slot is cut in, like the way I sunk this rx in but on a larger scale

https://fpv-forum.com/index.php?topic=521.msg4197#msg4197

Balders · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2013, 07:30:28 PM »

I used a gun-type soldering iron with some bent wire, neat as can be.

Here's a link to mine:
https://fpv-forum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=509.0;attach=1520;image