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Tried tokyuu hands and couldnt find one

Edit. Ok nevermind found them

Too late, I know, but hot wire cutters are rubbish and only make your life difficult. Get a nice long, sharp knife and you'll find things going much more smoothly.

Just my 2yen

me_in_japan wrote:Too late, I know, but hot wire cutters are rubbish and only make your life difficult. Get a nice long, sharp knife and you'll find things going much more smoothly.

Just my 2yen

I think it depends what you want to use it for. A knife will give you some nice neat lines if it is sharp enough. The wire cutter will zip through polystyrene very quickly if you are cutting out hills etc. All of my foam terrain was made with a hot wire cutter for the most part.

I really hate the foam cutters I have used I would agree with MIJ on this one. Wow I never thought I would say that.

Like Prim, I like the hot-wire cutter for broad-stroke work like hill-sculpting.

Knives + styrofoam = lots of mess and a horrible, horrible squeaky noise. Worse than fingernails on chalkboards.

Hot wire foam cutter ..and the verdict is:

I LOVE IT!!!

You can make jig saw puzzles and no mess.

I saw mike the pikes hills today they looked very good an they were done with a foam cutter I still think you are better off with a band saw in a big shop but the way you use the foam cutter is very important.