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Re: minicell price - Ethafoam?
By:M.A. Catlin
Date: 2/26/2000, 10:20 am
In Response To: Re: minicell price - Ethafoam? (Douglas Kuik)

> A knife cuts as well as a hot wire and a rotary sander or coarse grit sand
> paper can shape ethafoam relatively easy.

Hello,

I have found that an electric knife works well. The type if knife where the two blades slide back and fourth against each other. Great on shaping convex contours and if the foam is deformed properly a "hollow" can be cut by shaving off a flat and letting the foam spring back.

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Greg -- 2/24/2000, 10:44 pm
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lee -- 2/24/2000, 8:05 pm
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Hank -- 2/24/2000, 11:05 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 2/25/2000, 11:23 am
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Douglas Kuik -- 2/25/2000, 11:18 am
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M.A. Catlin -- 2/26/2000, 10:20 am
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Ian Johnston -- 2/25/2000, 10:35 pm