Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[el pollo rey]

Thanks Ben. We used to have that foam available in hospitals as egg crate mattresses - single patient use. Every now and then, one used to end up in a nurses apartment

. A cordless drill and a sharp new hole saw will cut them out perfectly ,, oh and I seen a similar egg packing foam at meyer hatchery last week when I was in the states oz might be worth a price check

 

[piglett]

. A cordless drill and a sharp new hole saw will cut them out perfectly ,, oh and I seen a similar egg packing foam at meyer hatchery last week when I was in the states oz might be worth a price check

i holesaw might rip it instead of cut it....but matbe not??
i say make a patern out of plywood, compress the foam & use the steel leather cutter


piglett

 

[Sally Sunshine]

isn't foam usually cut with a heated wire? why not rig a loop cutter?

 

[ozexpat]

isn't foam usually cut with a heated wire? why not rig a loop cutter?

cool, make me one

 

[perchie.girl]

isn't foam usually cut with a heated wire? why not rig a loop cutter?

I forgot about that thanks Sally.... It depends on the foam. My dad used to help build experimental air craft. They used the hot wire method for shaping wings before laying up the fiberglass or composits.... A wire cutter is inexpensive and can be bought at a model making shop. They run off AC or batteries depending on what kind you get. The wire used for those is very very very thin. Like around 1/32 diameter stainless.

I had one for a time somewhere for a science project for my son. I think a small one is around ten bucks.

Those cutters melt the foam.... so be prepared for a strong plastic odor so use them inside an open garage. Experiment on a scrap piece before commiting to a project.

FWIW those foams are made of some gnarly chemicals. Polyethelene, Polyeurethane, etc..... not good to breathe in fumes from for extended periods.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Hot wire foam cutter
http://www.traintekllc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=TIPPI&variation=&gclid=CMS3g4iA-LYCFUOCQgod5mwAFA

Tool for bending the wire into specifi shapes for cutting.
http://www.traintekllc.com/Tippi-Ho...l-Wire-Bending-Pliers/productinfo/TIPPI-BEND/

If you have a soldering iron check the foam to see how it smells when you melt it. Be aware Foam burns as well and it may not be a visible flame....

deb

 

[el pollo rey]

isn't foam usually cut with a heated wire? why not rig a loop cutter?

. That's a good idea

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: oz you make homemade bators I think you got this one! you just need current to get wire hot!

 

[scottcaddy]

isn't foam usually cut with a heated wire? why not rig a loop cutter?

Melted foam is smelly and maybe even the fumes are toxic, to say nothing about temp controll and keeping the just cut parts from touching again.
Just my thoughts after trying to cut foam with a big soldering iron gun.

Scott

 

[OffGridMAMA]

The lengths we crazy chicken people will go through heeeheeee