This machine can be used to cut wings for rc planes surfboards crown molding packaging foam and lots more the original design was built in order to cut rc wings even tapered wings where one side is different then the other side polystyrene eps and xps will cut using a hot wire other.
Cnc hotwire foam cutter plans.
Devcnc foam the innovative application to drive a cnc hotwire machine devcnc foam is an application to drive a cnc 4 or 5 axes hot wire foam cutting machine.
I built a 4 axis cnc hot wire foam cutter.
I have been using it to cut out airfoils for rc pla.
This new version can also manage the 5th rotary axis.
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2 for 5 pcbs any color.
All parts are laser cut and powder coated.
Rcfoamcutter hot wire cnc foam cutters will cut tapered shapes including a zagi like wing or a jet wing.
It s possible to do without a cnc computer numerical control machine just by guiding a hot wire over templates.
Mechanically its not complicated to make a cnc hot wire cutter.
See the supported controllers page to have more info about the cnc you can actually drive using devcnc foam.
All you need is 4 independed linear axes two horizontal axes and two vertical axes stacked on top of it.
It uses a modified version of grbl to run g code of any shape.
Assembly is simple and mostly takes up to two hours.
Make a cnc hot wire foam cutter from parts available at your local hardware store like homedepot.
The software is easy to learn with customers being able to build the machine and start cutting all on the same day.
The axes are driven by stepper motors.
This can be acheived by any means such as linear bearings smooth rods and also drawer slides.
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Each of hot wire cnc foam cutters is available in 3 different lengths or 3 variants of x axis.
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