page_title: Hot-wire foam cutter
section_title: Simple manual table
hierarchical_section_title: Hot-wire foam cutter / Types of cutters / Tensioned wire / Simple manual table
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a support for holding the heating element of a hot wire foam cutter. It is designed to be installed on a commercially available scroll saw. It is made of particle board for electrical insulation from the scroll saw frame, and includes a coil spring in compression to compensate for thermal expansion of the wire due to heat, as well as for imperfections in the scroll saw's mechanical linkage. Русский: Это опоры для нагревательного элемента резака с горячей проволочной пеной. Он предназначен для использования на пильном диске. В механической связи с прокруткой пила она также включает в себя цилиндрическую пружину сжатия, чтобы компенсировать тепловое расширение провода из-за высокой
context_page_description: A hot-wire foam cutter is a tool used to cut polystyrene foam and similar materials. The device consists of a thin, taut metal wire, often made of nichrome or stainless steel, or a thicker wire preformed into a desired shape, which is heated via electrical resistance to approximately 200 °C. As the wire is passed through the material to be cut, the heat from the wire vaporises the material just in advance of contact.
  The depth of the cut is limited only by the wire length. Width of cut is limited by throat, if any.
context_section_description: Hot wire foam cutting tables can use a vertical or a horizontal wire, usually with a horizontal table used as a guide or for securing the foam work piece. 
  A table with a vertical wire is mainly used by hobbyists to cut small and complex shapes such as letters. Only prismatic members can be cut on this type of table.
  Tables with horizontal wires are heavily used in construction and packaging. The cutting wire is attached to tracks on either side of the table enabling it to be moved up and down making cuts very exact. This table type can also perform angular cuts.
caption: Simple hot wire foam cutting table
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