In this video I've made a hot wire Styrofoam cutter. I'll be using it to cut the airfoil on the wings for an upcoming model airplane build. The hot wire cutter is powered by a transformer from an old ...

Make enough attempts to cut foam using whatever you’ve got — utility knife, hacksaw, serrated plastic knife — and you’ll wish hard for something that cuts cleaner, faster, and better. While there are ...

Rapid prototyping tools are sometimes the difference between a project getting off the ground and one that stays strictly on paper. A lightweight, easy-to-form material is often all that’s needed to ...