Foam cutter - How to make it the easy way!

[@Turnah81]

Thanks heaps for the support everyone! What do you think? Should continue to throw some “practical” builds into the mix now & then? I am also still planning on some more “catch up/ update videos” plus some other (fairly random) non-build comedy videos. I guess I am mostly going to make vids that my brain tells me but I am always curious to hear what people get out of this channel. Cheers guys!

[@Vitcodb]

Get them out there! You'll quickly find out what your audience likes and doesn't like. Regular content is key to growing your viewership (and to satisfying some desires I didn't know I had, don't tell Kristen). I think you found an awesome format. I personally am here because I like your humor and anything related to tech / building. Obviously can't speak for everyone, but you'll find out I guess :)

[@clusterfork]

Personally I subscribed for your sense of humour, and that makes itself known in every video of yours, regardless of content. So practical or not, I'll watch it!

[@lukebrew2623]

Just do what you do. You do it well 👍🏻

[@mark3863]

Really like the commentary, you’re a very funny guy. It doesn’t matter what you’re making I always get a good laugh and learn a thing or two👍🏻

[@ArcanePath360]

I love it all. I think everything you do is gold.

[@DavidM-um2uk]

That simple workaround for the temperature control is genius.

[@Turnah81]

Thanks man. Weird how sometimes the easiest thing just works out good.

[@jinglepockets]

This is the one of the greatest diy videos I've ever watched and it has absolutely nothing to do with the build. Pure entertainment.

[@Stonefxwalls]

Thanks Craig. I'm on it tomorrow. I make false beams with EPS . Been planning my own cutter for years 😊

[@Turnah81]

No worries. So...are you are builder? Would be great way to finish up a second story to get off work early i guess😆

[@Turnah81]

oh just checked your channel. I get it. 😊 nice

[@oldowl4290]

Nicely done. I have a shop and occasionally need special tools like this that you only use once or twice a year so keeping it cheap and simple is always the way to go and you nailed it here!

[@rundllx3228]

good video, but i dont understand why the video was upside down, apart from a vew seconds around 7 minutes or so. greetings from germany

[@windsunh2o]

@Gort Newton Could the wifi antenna just be turned upside down instead?

[@windsunh2o]

​@Gort Newton Still worth it to watch one of Turnah's videos =)

[@ChuckUnderFire]

As always.. heaps of entertainment. You’re totally right, my wife hasn’t noticed the hole in my dining room table at all!

[@johnathanboyd5506]

This guy needs way more subscribers this is gold

"Talk to your foam about feelings and stuff". Well lucky you. Mine just wants to roll over and fall asleep.

[@samg3884]

Aussies have just the right mix of Monty Python and Steve Erwin

[@obviousness8113]

Honestly, I have no interest in whatever it is that you're building, but I can watch your videos all day for your humor! I love it, keep it up!!

[@numbblackpicture]

Thank's. That kind of quality or rather budget is right up my alley. I hate videos where they say "for free" or similar stuff and then the build requires you to have some elaborate machinery...

[@MikeNovember101]

Just watched this brilliant video, spot on get's the job done and chuckled all the way through.I Was thinging what current, psu, contols, wire gauge I'd need. All questions answered. Cutting foam in the back of my campervan conversion simple, leisure battery connected to solar panel and stuff I've got hanging around. I will binge my way through other videos of your's - Cheers

[@elisa7joy9]

Holy crap!#! Thank you. I'm cutting a foam mattress and want to cut it when I pick it up from the former owner. I'm planning on just a bow made of wood and some wire. I did NOT want to create any electrical set up. The battery terminal connect is EXACTLY what i had in mind. Gonna have to re watch to see how you got the increase temp on the wire. I wasn't paying enough attention😳

[@jamesw1637]

I have no intention of making one of these but, watched the whole thing anyway. Am I the only one? Great job and thanks for flipping the video for those of us in the northern hemisphere.

[@philipwest4553]

I like both the absurd builds and the more or less practical builds; keep up the good work.

[@krustysurfer]

Brilliant video I especially enjoyed the tantrum which I think most people assume never occurs but it's part of the stress resolving process of creativity... Blowing things up also works 🤣 great video thank you

[@Turnah81]

Yes. It's a thing. You will like my next video then. I think I have my biggest ☹ moment yet.

[@krustysurfer]

@@Turnah81 ha!

[@mandrewsvideos]

I'm going to make this for my next foam kayak build

[@stephescobar575]

What if I don't have a tripod to kick? Will an empty paper sack work, and will it still work if it's Imperial not metric? Please help I can't get the rest of this built I'm stuck at the step.

[@sabrekai8706]

Great video. I'm needing a foam table at the moment, and the prices are insane. Pretty sure I have most of the stuff on hand already. One thing I would add is a couple of diagonal braces to the vertical and horizontal aluminium tubing. Nothing fancy, I have endless amounts of 1/8 x 1 inch flat bar, and a pop riveter. 2 braces, about 6 inches long will do it nicely. The other thing I'd add would be an eyelet for the wire to run through to the underside. Tilting the arm will tend to pull the hot wire into the table top. Either an eyelet or a small bit of brass or aluminium tube.

[@ehomhomler3182]

A thought.. Remove the ends from the glass fuse. Drill a hole in the wood for a press fit the O.D. of the fuse. It would be insulate th wire. Thanks for your videos!

[@SnikelGit]

This video alone has got me subscribing. Practical and hilarious.

[@Turnah81]

Cheers hope you enjoy future videos.

[@saltwaterpurl]

Best foot controller ever. Love. ☺️

[@ArialStacy]

Awesome. Video

[@Coolarj10]

This tutorial was friggin awesome and hilarious. Absolutely loved it, thank you!!

[@greenfield1944]

Like the 'Disconnect' switch, keeping Health and Safety Regulations adhered to.

[@carlhumphreys9024]

Awesome video!! I made a small foam cutter the other day, I power the cutter with my soldering stations DC out put. It cuts styrofoam at 6 1/2 volts, 9 1/2 volts cuts a Star Destroyer model and balsa wood!!! Thumbs up and Subscribed. I have a table and wire, I need to order the square tubes and end plugs tomorrow, great video!! You will now be known as: Sir Duke of Foam Cutter

[@Turnah81]

Great work! They are handy I go back to it a lot. You can use steel angle brackets (like for shelves) as a cheaper alternative to click connectors. Just takes a bit longer. Cheers!

[@shawngreenforussenate6277]

This guy cracks me the funk up!!

[@nesonhisgame]

Love this ...hilarious

[@IornlandCitizen]

Yay another video! Thank you Santa for working your magic.... I guess it was well worth it sitting on Santa's lap this year

[@Steamrick]

Damn. That crocodile clip on the wire is such an easy control solution I bet there's more than a few other builders facepalming after watching this.Also, doesn't what you've got also count as a foot controller? I'd put it in the cathegory of 'close enough'. You could always insulate the spring and then just use that crocodile clip as your on/off.

[@Turnah81]

love it. I reckon I will do this!

[@rickbailey7183]

'Egg of Columbus'...

[@silvoweiss347]

I agree that crocodile clip on a wire is so simple and yet so awesome. I have just improved my own foam cutter the same way. Comes very useful especially if you are cutting different kinds of foams since some require higher temperatures.

[@wordreet]

Nice ideas here, yes, the shorter the connection the hotter the cutting wire gets! Actually, I'm looking for ideas for a horizontal hot wire cutter, for cutting airfoils for wings, there are quite a few of those around too. 👍

[@Turnah81]

Pvc bow I reckon is a good option. I used one for wide but super thin cuts

[@Afterburner17]

You sir, are sooo hilarious. I just love your sense of humour. Keep going!

[@nathanieldking]

Excellent solution to vary the heat!

[@Turnah81]

cheers man.

[@TheCbrown146]

RIP King of Random

[@crafteromine2493]

TheCbrown146 mate this isn’t the king of random

[@charadremur333]

@@crafteromine2493 he knows

[@charliebrown6512]

@@crafteromine2493 it's The King Of Random(TKOR) May he rest in peace🙏

[@ThemeParkBeast98]

@@crafteromine2493 I'm sure he said that because the video uploaded mentioned TKOR.

[@petedufault8047]

Love the sweet foot controller!

[@magicaleyes1412]

Why is this channel so underrated smh. Best content i've seen on this platform in a while

[@barrylitchfield250]

Okay, I've gotten past the two cat videos and have moved on to this video for building a hot wire machine to cut expanded polystyrene foam. After drilling a hole in the middle of your parents dining room table it seems a little "out there" to risk getting thrown out of a free room and board living situation to only get a hot wire to cut foam with. Perhaps you could improvise this hot wire in the middle of the dining room table to also cut meat and meat byproducts such as balogna. The added benefit of this is so obvious, I can't believe that you didn't already have this completed, or at least partially completed. The obvious added benefit is: As you slice the balogna with the hot wire, you're converting a plain old piece of cold meat byproduct into a delicious, hot dinner entree... Grilled hot balogna sandwiches. You can control the degree of cooking temperature of each slice by slicing faster for rare, and slower for well done. What more could your guests expect? Cooked-to-order meat, cooked and prepared right there at the dinner table. I know, it's NOT like a Japanese restaurant that chops up food with razor sharp knives and flips it around in the air landing in perfect alignment on your dinner plate. But look how much money you've saved by staying home to entertain and feed your dinner guests.

[@wendyme4835]

Barry Litchfield 🤣😂

[@amysun6080]

Your foam cutter the one I am most likely to make. Haha. Simple is the best. Thanks for sharing

[@jimreimer6140]

Now that is my kind of foam cutter!!! The best i have seen!

[@kccustomuph]

You are awesome. Love your cat videos. Thanks.

[@THEATREGOD3]

Love your videos I look specifically for the kind of stuff you build came across your channel. Brilliant, funny, right to point.

[@jagathkegallage7552]

Good video thank you from sri lanka🇱🇰🙏🌷

[@deankay4434]

There are about 283 different foams but only expanded or extruded polystyrene. I did not know what kind as the description was vague. Electric fence wire is cheap on large rolls and work fine. As 32 foot boats and larger to not come with trailers, storing them for sale, servicing then in a static position or inside / outside winter storage, these were placed on large 4 X 4 foot (You convert to meters, i’m not) but we used a simple two man wood frame, attached electric fence wire to either end and used an old arch welder withe leads attached to either end. On a low setting, we used the angle of support for the boat using high density polystyrene bold, marked the compound angle on two sides of these blocks. Switch the welder on/off, so not to overheat the wire, simply pull the frame with an eye on the wire and it’s mark. Worked great. I know that art, shapes, origami and other items can be cut, but what is it’s main use for? Packing parts to safely transport shapes so they fit into a box? Just curious! Thank! Nice bleeper!!! Oh, I never give total strangers money, gamble or feel that money comes into my wallet real easy. We got 3 cent per bale of hay to stack on a trailer, then Stacy into a barn. Three weeks of actual work, we where happy to make $13.00. I was the oldest on a family farm and never got an allowance. Not even gas money to head off to college. So?

[@karlnash7105]

Subbed as soon as you showed the foot controller. I knew that you were a like minded individual. ;-) Thanks for sharing 👍

[@michaelparham1328]

So this guy is my kind of humor, but it was his timing on the 4:34 joke that made me subscribe.

[@bigchippa101]

never seen your vids before.. was loking up basically how to make a cutter using an old PC power (you didnt do that) .. BUT I found your video kinda funny, playful like .. and this is why im now subscribed to your channel . cheers and have a good one

[@toddwmac]

great stuff...thanks. Love your sense of humor.

[@blubbietweeduizend]

I found out that a single thread of a steel clothes line combined with a car battery works great.

[@davidfarmer1736]

I watch and laff...................... watch and laff again. Your sense of humor!!!!!

[@Turnah81]

cheers for viewing

[@cookieboi4449]

I used fuse wire susptned with a heavy load tied to the bottom of the wire, connected + and - from the batterry, then slid the 50 mm polystyrene along,,, just a length of fuse wire suspended from anything in free air and a load at the other end,,,, worked fine, the bottom end of the wire is pendulating, but with the right weight and a slow motion of the polystyrene,,, I got nice straight cuts.

[@lukebrew2623]

I’ve just found your uhhhhhhh tutorials on you tube. Awesome original content. Two thumbs up mate 👍🏻👍🏻. Aussie ingenuity at its best.

[@Turnah81]

yeah..."tutorials". You should see me trying to pick the youtube category option when uploading some of these. haha

[@marcosmota1094]

First non-cat video, you've got the best marketing on YT mate. Cheers.

[@ArmouryTerrain]

Your building techniques scare me. But they also remind me of some of the strange and stupid things I built a lifetime ago at uni while doing a threatre production course. I do love your sense of humour and after watching your back catalouge of videos I look forward to the third installment of your cat repelling video.

[@thelotec007]

You do entertain...Great channel 👍👍👍

[@thelotec007]

Your off the hook, don't stop

[@burtnolan]

OK, OK, that we really entertaining AND actually quite useful.

[@quassisbelltower9408]

That has to be one of the funniest crafting video ever!!!

[@jasonthompson6267]

Funniest video i have watched in a long time, and i learned something!

[@mikeynaziri]

Glad to see you post a video on my birthday

[@PlayingWithFireOutdoors]

Awesome stuff , I .want to build some stabilizers to my kayak. I do have some fair sized pieces, just needed to confirm the build in my mind.😁

[@Turnah81]

cool. good luck with the build

[@xrale8159]

Wait cat video 3 is coming soon!? Yeessss!!!

[@clusterfork]

Well done mate

[@simonwallace-tarry355]

Extremely entertaining, informative and F**king funny!

[@Turnah81]

Hey cheers simon!

[@CharlesHFikes]

Way to go Turnah 81. Give them little beasties what four! And remember, Take no prisoners.

[@billfusionenterprise]

oh boy , another shiney guy

[@nathanpickett8202]

Funny and useful video, I will definitely be building one soon!

[@maccxxster]

CRIKEY! Could you build a WIRELESS version of this build, too, mate? 😜

[@Cheese_1337]

Strong laser perhaps

[@sarahainge8115]

Really

[@Ruckster20]

Nice video man! This is exactly what I was looking for!

[@jtbmetaldesigns]

Thanks I did not want to have to design some elaborate control circuit. I just want to cut foam I find dumpster diving so I have the right size and shape for shipping things sold on eBay. Also, I see many artist casting concrete sculptures using styrofoam as a cheap mold form.

[@missingsock18]

Very clever build and problem-solving--you're funny, too---thank you for the video my good sir.

[@onelpeiris]

You've got the perfect head shape for a cartoon drawing! That's not a bad thing... don't worry!

[@dingdong1059]

thanks for making this, Craig! you've got some great videos!

[@BionicFusion]

Looks like it worked great, nice simple build! Awesome job!

[@Turnah81]

Cheers man. I still use this to this day. Only takes about 10min to set up. the Hole in the table has extended itself a little though from heat. If there was a ceramic plug at the bottom it would be sweet though

[@abbaskhan6238]

A great video my friend will build one for myself with this videos help Thank you . God bless .

[@Turnah81]

No worries, glad it is useful. Tag me in any pics of your build so I can check it out ;-)

[@fcbrants]

Hugely entertaining, can't wait to see the flying esky. Thank you!!

[@-loki-7727]

Thanks for the video. Will be making one of these to cut out foam inserts for the clubs groups tool chests so maybe they will put shit back in the right spot!

[@trustno1785]

Simple and functional! You are the best dude! Great video. Thanks

[@Turnah81]

Cheers

[@warrenmaker798]

God I love Aussies sense of humour :))))

[@gladiatormechs5574]

The cutting wire is WIRE NICHROME RES 80 .32 MM.. this wire is a resistance wire and gets hot easily when current passes thru it..

[@Popeye64]

Works swell. Had a good laugh at your on off switch

[@Turnah81]

Cheers. It's how I shut most things down

[@lb4082]

SO low on carbon!Thanks for this

[@sagesends]

holy shit he's back

[@jimreimer6140]

You could leave out the expletive!

[@JoshWeaverRC]

Great stuff. Love the humor. Laughed so much at a video of yours this morning that I'm here again this evening and subscribed.

[@sayntfuu]

I love you man.

[@tanyaeletto3468]

You're very clever and hilarious (which was a lovely surprise). Thanks for this video! Going to use your method. Quick and simple: cheers!

[@Sonora0Redwing]

I really love watching your videos!

[@tukanar]

(O.O) When he said it was going to be super quick built, I didn´t expect to be that quick. However, I'll be installing a switch, otherwise, I will burn myself pretty often. XD

[@Techtot]

I'm sooo hyped about the new video!!!!!!

[@ojkolsrud1]

I have an old hairdryer where the bearing has gone bad. I've kept it, because I thought I could maybe try to straighten the heating element in there, which I think is nycrome. It probably has no transformer, so it would run on 220V. Would it get hot enough for 12V if it's short enough, you think?

[@Turnah81]

Hmm. Not sure might be too thick. Doesn't need much heat though to cut. It may be wavy while stretched out though.

[@csucskos]

Good thing you installed a fuse. Safety first!

[@Turnah81]

Haha! I loled at that. It's true.

[@mark3863]

Love your stuff 😁

[@shanebeaudrot777]

Thanks! I needed that. 😆The laughs, not the cutter. Actually I can find use for the cutter to but for now,😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@howtocreatesculptures6713]

Thank you Craig for making this video , your funny to watch and simple building that is really cool, thanks have a nice day !!

[@efrainberrios8494]

Great video, and great humor!.. I subscribe!

[@Norseman13]

Seriously i love your fathers movies....

[@nickbutler7935]

Great Build, Inspired me to get of my backside and have a go. Love the humour!

[@johnball3634]

All this is very good, but can you somehow combine this with your flying cooler and design something to stop folks thieving beer out of my esky?

[@theinfinate]

Mate....your a fuckin legend! love your dodgy builds and humour! subbed

[@Ag3nt47-u1z]

0:06 At first I heard, "...with random sh*BLEEP* sourced from around the shit." and thought you forgot to, or intentionally left out the bleep for the second expletive. That made me chuckle LOL!

[@rxvsell2498]

Love your builds’