Cnc Hot Wire Foam Cutter Diy

The vortex rc 4 axis hot wire cnc is built using precision laser cut mdf interlocking parts and uses drawer slides threaded rods to keep the costs low.

Cnc hot wire foam cutter diy.

As devcnc foam is written from scratch thinking to cnc 4 axes hot wire foam cutting machines the interface is very clean it includes only command referred to foam cutting so it s very easy to use and all the features are optimized for foam cutting. It s possible to do without a cnc computer numerical control machine just by guiding a hot wire over templates. The four stepper motors control the x y x y direction movements of the hot wire and thus enable you to cut different shapes out of the foam block. Assembly is simple and mostly takes up to two hours.

A second plus is the realtime 3d preview of the cutting job. It cuts the foam in different shapes by using an electrically heated wire as a cutting tool. Rcfoamcutter hot wire cnc foam cutters will cut tapered shapes including a zagi like wing or a jet wing. The hot wire cnc foam cutter is a simple but very important machine tool especially for hobbyists.

You ve built your 4 axes cnc foam cutter and now you need some software to generate and send the g code for your foam wing or fuselage. Most types of foam can be cut with a hot wire and if you can control the wire accurately then you can make wings and fuselages for rc aeroplanes and many other things e g. The software is easy to learn with customers being able to build the machine and start cutting all on the same day.