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Cutting pink foam.

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Posted by RideOnRoad on Friday, September 25, 2015 5:10 PM

Another vote for scoring and snapping. I use a snap blade for scoring and for shaping foam.

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Posted by BroadwayLion on Friday, September 25, 2015 4:37 PM

LION mostly uses a circular (table) saw.

But you can also cut it very nicely with a knife. You DO NOT cut through with the knife, you score it and then break it like cutting a window or a sheet of plastic.

Some time I just break it over my knee.

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Cutting pink foam.
Posted by CGW121 on Friday, September 25, 2015 4:33 PM

What tool(s) work best to cut pink foam? Drywall saw didn't work very well neither did a knife, I do not have a band saw, so what else should I try? Its the back side of a ridge that is a bear to get at, otherwise I would do plaster.

 

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