http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/24/modelmaking-made-easy-a-foamboard-rabbet-cutter/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/24/modelmaking-made-easy-a-foamboard-rabbet-cutter/#comment-98018 Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Toolmonger’s Top 5: The Week In Tools Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:58:51 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/24/modelmaking-made-easy-a-foamboard-rabbet-cutter/#comment-98018 [...] Modelmaking Made Easy: A Foamboard Rabbet Cutter The next time you’re building a not-quite-to-scale (thanks, Doc Brown!) model with foamboard, you might want to give this handy tool a try.  It makes cutting rabbets (read: lengthwise notches) in foam a simple two-part process. [...] [...] Modelmaking Made Easy: A Foamboard Rabbet Cutter The next time you’re building a not-quite-to-scale (thanks, Doc Brown!) model with foamboard, you might want to give this handy tool a try.  It makes cutting rabbets (read: lengthwise notches) in foam a simple two-part process. [...]

]]> http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/24/modelmaking-made-easy-a-foamboard-rabbet-cutter/#comment-97232 Matt Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:38:55 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/24/modelmaking-made-easy-a-foamboard-rabbet-cutter/#comment-97232 Depends on the type of "styrofoam" you're using. If it's the type that apears to be made of tiny spheres, I'm pretty sure the spinning router bit will tear out the pellets. It might work with the more homogenous types, like foamboard or extruded polystyrene. I think you'd be better off looking at hot wire cutters. There are even a number of guides online if you want to make your own. Depends on the type of “styrofoam” you’re using. If it’s the type that apears to be made of tiny spheres, I’m pretty sure the spinning router bit will tear out the pellets. It might work with the more homogenous types, like foamboard or extruded polystyrene.
I think you’d be better off looking at hot wire cutters. There are even a number of guides online if you want to make your own.

]]> http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/24/modelmaking-made-easy-a-foamboard-rabbet-cutter/#comment-97196 Ken Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:08:37 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/07/24/modelmaking-made-easy-a-foamboard-rabbet-cutter/#comment-97196 Have you ever used a router on styrofoam? I was thinking of giving it a try for a new project that I am working on. This tools seems interesting but its size limitation might not work for me. I am going to be using 2" styrofoam and was interested in flush trimming the sides. Maybe using a trim router. Thoughts? Have you ever used a router on styrofoam? I was thinking of giving it a try for a new project that I am working on. This tools seems interesting but its size limitation might not work for me. I am going to be using 2″ styrofoam and was interested in flush trimming the sides. Maybe using a trim router. Thoughts?

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