The manual suggests hacksaw blades or razor knives to cut the foam.
I tried them, along with serrated kitchen knives and anything else
that looked like it would be mean to a piece of foam. Far and away
the best tool for foam cutting (short of a hot wire) is a cheap
Japanese flush-cut saw I purchased for $7.99 from Harbor Freight.
It has a very thin toothed blade and cuts on the pull stroke. It
is ideal for trimming the foam from the undercuts that will form
hinge flanges on the rudder, aileron, etc. Overall, in terms of
bang for the buck, it's probably the most effective tool I bought.
It also cuts fiberglass well. I used it to cut my wingtips off
to install embedded navigation lights (a scary proposition - cutting
into the wingtip....)
David
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Subject: Time to really get started!
Hello everyone,
Just wanted to stop in here and report that our "chock" is complete and
looking pretty darn good! No major disasters that I can see, except for
a bit of waviness of the cloth weave in a few spots. The second layup
(of the uni on the bottom) went much better than the first, as we had
our act together. The only spot I am unhappy about is the groove cut in
the bottom surface for the flox. It was OK, but not the prettiest
thing. That foam really doesn't like to cut well with a razor knife,
even a very sharp one.
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