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Everyone wants a Proxxon<\/a>, I blame Jeremy at Black Magic Craft<\/a> for doing shiny things with his. But I don’t have a Proxxon. I have a cheap little foam cutter I got from eBay years ago for about \u00a330. And it does the job, but it means I can’t use the nifty tools from Shifting Lands<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Cheap
cheap and cheerful<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The main thing I wanted was a circle cutting jig. Being able to cut neat circles comes up all the time, but I never had a decent way to do it. So I thought I’d implement my own circle jig into the bed of the cutter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Super simple, I drew a line at a diagonal from the wire (to allow for the largest radii), then marked it with centimetre increments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Holes<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then I drilled a hole at each mark. Finally with a little bit of dremel work, a small 3mm head rivet became a small pin. It sits surprisingly securely in the holes, but the sharpened pin makes a nice clean pivot point in the foam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Rivet<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The only real flaw is I can only cut even numbered diameters, so no 23cm circles for me. But it’s a minor issue. I guess if I really wanted to I could draw a line on the other diagonal and mark it at centimetres, but start at 1.5cm instead of 1. Then I could cut a 11.5cm radius circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Foam<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yes, that is one of the failed cuts from my Victorian Town<\/a> streets :). Never throw anything away, a hobbyist’s mantra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foam cutter can now cut circles! Nice and simple, and free, best kind of hacks I reckon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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