Home-made foam cutter for storm-cases

[ez bake]

Stumbled across this - if you're a tinkerer like me and you are on a budget, here's a way to cut your own foam in a storm-case (or the like) and make it look very professionally done:

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=4&t=292695&page=1

Oddly enough, I stumbled across this while surfing Sniper's Hide and the referenced the link over on Arf Com.

 

[NikatKimber]

Wow....

 

[Perplexed]

That is one NEAT idea! I've tried cutting foam for firearm cases, and I don't mind saying I suck at it. Maybe with this idea, I'll produce halfway decent results. Thanks, ez!

You might save yourself some trouble by using two half-height sheets of foam - then you only have to cut one sheet, and lay it on top of the other sheet. But that'd work best with one or a few firearms or items of relatively uniform thickness.

 

[Shooter00]

Try this $60 if you don't want to get McGyver...

 

[NikatKimber]

Try this $60 if you don't want to get McGyver...

Slick, but would something like that have the reach to cut foam for a gun case?

 

[Spiff]

Try this $60 if you don't want to get McGyver...

I think people use that for parts to cannibalize and make a bigger arm/table.

 

[Shooter00]

Slick, but would something like that have the reach to cut foam for a gun case?

I wouldn't imagine you'd need to turn it, like you would a scroll saw. It should cut in any direction, so I would think that with the 12"x14" top, you could cut up to a 24"x XYZ" piece, moving the piece left, right, up and down. No need to turn it.

I think people use that for parts to cannibalize and make a bigger arm/table.

I'd go for that...I'm tim - tim - timid (read southpark style retarded) about rigging up anything electrical - too many "science projects" gone bad.

 

[Kyle Cline]

It is a great idea and is great that people share these things.

 

[Shadowrider]

Works good for styrofoam too. And you can get by with just a battery charger for a car.

 

[Ksmirk]

Beats the hell out of my serrated steak knife method! and the foam for Storm Case ain't cheap!!!! practice on something you don't mind screwing up first. Later,

Kirk