Adam Savage's Favorite Tools: Hot Wire Cutter!
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After making extensive use of this wire cutter in his most recent One Day Build, Adam dives deeper into how to use his favorite Proxxon hot wire cutter for shaping foam. It's a powerful tool for quickly carving foam sheets both thick and thin, and an essential piece for kit for modelmakers and other foamsmiths.
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Adam's One Day Build featuring this tool: ua-cam.com/video/beGXa1TO6vo/v-deo.html
this tool is so great
and if you look for tools to cut a circle there is a guy named Gerard Boom who makes great tools for cutting circles and pyramids.
@@nux4955 dude, when this pandemic thing ends, you have to visit the 'Miniaturen Wunderland' in Hamburg, Germany. The absolute miniature building paradise
Shout out to Gerard Boom and his fantastic add-on tools for the Thermocut. Check him out at Shiftinglands.com. The gate that comes with the machine is kind of inadequate and the Shiftinglands version allows you to do much more with it.
So one of the keys is temperature of the wire. If you cut something thick or you cut fast you you lower the wire temp quickly making it harder to cut smoothly. One of the things that makes the Proxxon so nice is the ability to set the temp. I would also make a big plug for Shiftinglands.com stuff. the upgraded kits are truly want make the tools so good. The biggest value in this tool over other is ability to cut straight lines accurately. This is because the wire holder has some spring to it and adjustable power supply. Other foam cutters can do the shaped cuts well but if I need a straight line this is the only tool I have found that does it. Think table saw not scroll saw.
I just started making dioramas with foam last year and it's been a lot of fun. This foam cutter has made it SO much easier to cut stuff. All of the work I've been doing with that is actually well lead me to watching this channel over the last couple of months. It's been pretty informative and entertaining watching the stuff you build as someone that didn't really watch a whole lot of mythbusters. Keep up the good work!
Adding this to my "Tools I Want and Have Zero Reason To Own" list.
Great for arts and crafts, D&D, foam dividers for board games, small models (we printed fighter jets on paper cut and glued the paper to foam and traced along the paper to make models)
Also known as just "shopping list" .
you can make one too dam 122 bucks
My version of this list is WAY too long 😁
Just film yourself playing with it and wasting foam en masse, turn it into an ASMR channel.
Ahh, the d&d machine. I have made hundreds of terrain pieces with this beauty
I have one of these I recently purchased for this same reason!! Still learning a lot. Currently struggling with cutting uniform square tiles
Black Magic Craft does some great stuff with this tool for anyone looking fir examples of how to use this tool for making great tabletop terrain/dioramas.
Shifting Lands also offers some guides for the cutter to assist with shapes/angles.
Me and my best friend have made 2 homemade hot wire cutters, one with a regular power supply and one with a battery. Salvaged a battery and connector from a dead hand drill and made it work.
I wish I had the smarts like u. I can barely cut a straight line even if I have a pre-marked line but u are one smart dude adam savage & I just wanted to say thank you for your videos
Proxxon needs to send you a check for this commercial. Looks like a blast!
I was looking at wire cutters last night because I want to do some custom foam cases, so this video is very timely!
I bought this years ago, it was my first Proxxon tool, love them!!
Made a hot wire cutter for cutting out surfboard blanks form huge blocks of eps foam. Super fun and easy to use, add a template to each side of the foam and you can get really accurate cuts.
you can definitely rotate that detachable tool 90 degrees and by moving it forward and backwards freely adjust the width of the cut.
This reminds me of a work experience I did when I was 14 (c.1992). The company would take big blocks of polystyrene (about 7ft by 4ft) and pass them through giant hot wires to make packaging
ahh i got that. buyed it from amazon duo to the link and advice from Black Magic Craft. He craft a lot of terrain for d&d and 40k with it
but the guide on it is a bit crapy... better get one from shiftinglands.com
Dont be Rude
@@alice_gacha5895 rude? where? what?... i just wanted to give advice.. didn't planed to be rude
@@alice_gacha5895 He means the metal guide for getting the foam at the right dimensions, not the video guide.
@@shepshifter8742 lol
@@diskutierdich2651 lol i didnt understand correctly srry
Mmm that sweet acrid smell that turns your stomach and gives you a massive headache when you use it for the first time not having enough ventilation.
You have your wire too hot
@@CodeKujo right, like i mentioned "first time" lol
@@justanotherdayinthelife9841 right, but you qualified your statement with "not enough ventilation", not "too high of a temperature".
@@poopfartlord9695 fully agree. I dont smell anything unless I mess something up.
Too hot, left it on for an extended time, or i forgot a peice of foam too closely... these things happen too frequently lol, but its my bad
Love my Proxxon foam cutter. The thing is wonderful. It’s got a couple of issues, but well worth it.
Thanks for the Tip about the ice cliff I’ve actually been trying to make a cheap lightweight Christmas village topography and this I think will solve that problem. I’ll have to make one.
I love that this seemingly oddly specific suggestion is exactly applicable to your project!
Yep. That qas soothing to watch for sure
i would recommend the accessories by shiftinglands for proxxon's wire cutter. they're great and help you do some awesome stuff with the wirecutter (especially since the fence can be a bit flimsy on the proxxon)
I have and use this Proxxon semi frequently and yet I still find myself listening to Adam sell me on it
Great for spray painting stencils. 👍
Adam mentioned a model train set. I still say you could easily set up a huge year-long project to dip in and out of during 2021, using everyone on the Tested team at various points, if you create a Model Railway circuit and diorama. Adam, Sean, Kayte, Jen, Jeremy, and Norm all would have expertise to contribute to something like that.
There are versions where you can lean the cutting wire to cut out some angels, and btw it also cuts EVA foam very well great for cosplayers, you have to raise the temperature a bit....
it's kinda funny that a lot of people who watch D&D /warhammer tabletop crafters watch this so we know this tool well.
Another thing I didn't know I wanted until Adam demonstrated... If this keeps up, I will have his cave duplicated at my house LOL 😁
I HIGHLY recommend getting a foot pedal power switch. You just step on it and the wire heats up instantly. And when you are done it cuts off.
Amazon has them Proxxon 38700 footswitch FS or any similar model. (I prefer the DTC foot operated on off switch because I can use it for many other tools as well.)
I have one of these, and use it to build D&D terrain. I don't get to use it nearly enough these days...
You should check out Black Magic Cratfs. He uses the Proxxon to make table top gaming pieces that are just beautiful
I'd definitely use that respirator or at least get some really good ventilation going. Probably doesn't matter if you aren't doing a lot and have reasonably good ventilation, but we had to send our props master to the hospital after he did too much hot cutting foam in a poorly ventilated space.
Little spray tack on that washer maybe help
That’s a pretty cool thingy
Adam, your spool carrier is facing the wrong way. The angular part has a slot for your cutting wire.
I love my proxxon but for the life of me I can never get the wire tension dialed in correctly and it always snaps after a few cuts.
I also need to investigate getting one of them cool miterboxes / templates that some makers have.
You should try Kanthal wire
SOLD
Any terrain crafters know the power of the hot wire cutter. 👍
While neat and handy if one was doing modeling , dioramas etc not a lot of foam use in my shop. I am surprised I have not seen a 3d plastic nor metal printer in your shop yet .....
There is an even better wire cutter called Styrocut from Germany. Yes, it is much more expensive than Proxxon and maybe too expensive for hobby user. But for professional model maker I can recommend Styrocut a lot.
*edit*
I was talking about styrocut.de not Styro-Cut 3D. Just to clarify.
You can move the wire out of the vertical to make other cuts and there are also very cleaver accesoriess for them
6:22 got me real nervous for a second
You cannot really hurt yourself with it - it will burn you a bit, but will not penetrate flesh.
Hello sir, I wanna know the min and max temperature of the hot wire. Plz answer me. Thanks!
Nichrome is a pretty cool material. When it heats up it creates a layer of chromium oxide on the outside which is really thermodynamically stable in air so it doesn't burn as easy when heated up. Makes great heating elements for toasters and hair dryers.
When I read the title I thought he was going to show a tool to cut live high volt wires.
Get one of these, and then visit "shiftinglands". They make jigs to help making even more interesting shapes.
The king of random hit it first tho
Rip my man
What happens if you touch it?
Adam, you really need some Shiftinglands tools to use with that Proxxon. They'll make this tool even better!
Pretty sure this is the one human that would make there own guids😂
@@zacharymathis2815 No kidding! Shoot, I made my own circle cutter out of some cardboard and a brad nail.
I made a high barrier and a circle jig for mine after seeing the shifting lands stuff. They are so useful
I'm new to Dremels, but this thing has been great. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxfPgcZ5_Cl0HDUKkMJAKde11YKQZVgMoR The variable speed is awesome and the cordless aspect makes it so easy to work with. I am constantly finding uses for it that make tasks easier. Recently I put in a new deadbolt on one of our doors. I knew I had to enlarge the hold where the deadbolt goes into the door frame. At first I thought I would have to get a big router and figure out how to use it for that, but then I rermembered we have the dremel. I was able to enlarge the hole almost as easy as if I was drawing with a pen. It's also great for grinding our dog's nails done and so many other household tasks.
OH MAN that was satisfying to watch. Like ASMR for my eyes.
EyeSMR
@@xiu-quiahuitlleal3427 Get out of my head! :)
@@intent2modulate do you leave a fan on in your room sometimes.
This is one of the rare instances where I actually own what you're talking about as well! Can concur this thing is awesome!
I love my proxxon. I dont use it nearly enough.
These sort of barebones or grassroots (I don't know what to call them) videos by Adam has by far been one of the best things to come out of the pandemic. The lack of polish in the editing and the shots themselves actually makes them far better than anything that was on Tested before. That is not to say that Tested used to be bad in any way, it's just this style of filmmaking in relation to making things and showcasing tools and answering questions is just that much more real. Or down to earth? I don't know what to call it or how to describe it. It just feels more intimate in a good, enjoyable and comforting way. I absolutely love it.
Thanks Adam, for bringing a great deal of comfort and enjoyment through all these interesting videos. You have surely made a lot of people feel much better in these trying times.
Couldn't agree more
Wholeheartedly agree
TBF a ton of the recent videos are answering questions about mythbusters and the rest are answering questions about modelmaking which are really his strong suite. He might rather spend his time doing other stuff but he's being forced to deliver what people want due to the lockdowns.
To avoid cutting at an angle the template should be put on the bottom of the piece, so the wire won't bend so much
With so many cutting tools being noisy, this feels too quiet.
There's actually a really pleasing sizzle sound when cutting. Its VERY quite and I doubt it would be audible in such a large space as Adam's shop. But its very satisfying
My neighbours started a fire outside just as Adam started cutting. I was briefly confused lol.
“Fooled you again, brain!”
9:22 "You can also...", my brain went "...burn your fingers!"
Yeah.... don’t touch the wire lol
After his puzzle cut my mind was just saying, "Turn it off, turn it off, turn it off, TURN IT OFFF!
Have to admit watching it had my 'bandsaw safety' instincts on high alert.
Had one of these in my college's shop. I was cutting foam with it turned up high enough that the wire was red and a guy came up and said "is it hot" while touching the wire between thumb and forefinger.
Needless to say, he burned his finger.
They aren't that hot... and if you, like someone else here in the replies. Have it "red hot" its too hot! Turn it down!
Not saying it can't burn you. It can. And like all shop equipment, it deserves respect.
Different thicknesses do require different temps, but the guid temps are high, Adam could have gotten by on a 2 or 3, just would have had to go slower. And towards the end he turned it up and never turned it back down.
I have one of these. It's great. Adam doesn't mention it, but the owner's manual says you can cut good circles by simply taping a thumb-tack to the table, point up, and slap the foam down on that. Just rotate it around the tack, and you get a clean circle.
I am from 🇮🇳 India, I watched mythbusters and loved it!!
I've been using the Proxxon for years now and I love it! If you are getting regular use, one thing I highly recommend is looking into an aftermarket guide rail. Getting a little more height than the aluminum piece gives you is really nice when you are working with taller foam pieces. Shiftinglands.com makes a really nice one that people seem to universally love. They also have other jigs that people like to use with the proxxon. I made my own and it was easy enough, but that was before they had distribution from the US and the shipping costs were brutal.
Another thing I wanted to point out, is that this tool is so great for people of all ages. I love showing kids how to cut foam, and we make little houses or projects and they really have a good time with it. Yes the wire gets hot, but it goes instantly cool after you flip off the switch. While I have touched it myself from time to time on accident(not fun, but not horrible), kids really learn to respect it and other tools by getting hands on. To date we have had 0 child injury's due to proxxon wire cutters, and LOADS of fun!
Can highly recommend the add ons/jigs by shiftinglands!
Scrolled down to see if anyone had repped Shiftinglands, the stuff Gerard makes is awesome!
This reminds me when the King of Random built the “styro slicer” RIP Grant Thompson.
I've wanted to get this for a while now to make D&D terrain - seems so much simpler and more fun than modeling and then 3D printing everything.
Do it and dont look back. Can confirm 100% worth it!
Its awesome get it
You'll love it.
The best part is the foam doesn't rebond to itself.
Lately I bought a CNC hot wire cutter - pretty cool and very accurate. Ideal solution if you want something high-volume cut in 2D. If you think the whole process through you can also make something 3D, but that requires some more fiddling. Here is a lamp we designed with my friends that uses a CNC wire cutter for manufacturing: www.behance.net/gallery/66885329/AGLIO-LAMP
This is probably the only video he'll ever make where I already have the tool, and I got so excited to hear my favourite maker talk about how cool this thing is
You should check into all the attachments available for the Proxxon cutter from 3rd parties. Shifting Lands (www.shiftinglands.com/) is a great source of add-ons such as large fences, shape jigs, etc.
I'm thinking "wow I like that. that's so cool" and then I hear Adam at 9:18 go "right?! right?!". I feel like he's reading my mind
Adam, you should check out Gerard Boom’s website
www.shiftinglands.com/
He makes a wide variety of accessories for the Proxxon cutter. Shape jigs, circle jigs, and cone cutters, all sorts of attachments for the Proxxon to let you cut foam in ways that you can’t even imagine. I highly recommend you checking it out.
If only this thing was purchasable at reasonable price. They used to go for just over 100 CAD but since all these youtube foam crafters made this tool so popular it's always out of stock or sold by some shady 3rd party on Amazon for 300-400 hundred.
Have you ever looked at the Shiftinglands (by Gerald Boom) stencils and auxiliary tools? These tools are great
www.shiftinglands.com/
There is also a foot switch from Proxxon, which makes it much easier to work.
Check out shiftinglands for some incredible jigs for use with the proxxon
shop.shiftinglands.com/12-tools
Hopefully someone at Tested sees this... Go see ShiftingLands.com for a ton of Proxxon hot wire foam cutter tools and upgrades: circle cutters, a WAY better fence than the Proxxon one, geometric cutters, angle cutters, etc.
I made one of these for my High School physics project! Super fun to make, super fun to use. Love the smell of melting Styrofoam in the morning.
I love those moments when your brain realizes that it really *shouldn’t* love a certain smell but does anyway!
Do not shy away from the word "Craft". "Craftsmanship" is under-rated. Art is an expression of a unique point of view. Craftsmanship is the skillful manipulation of a medium. They each can exist with and without the other.
I love that, after the powers that be at the California College of Arts & Crafts stupidly decided to change its name to California College of the Arts, affronted students refused to accept the change for a long time, and would sneakily add “& Crafts” to everything from building signs to official correspondence!
I really hope you check out Shifting Lands and do a follow up episode for miniature/terrain building enthusiasts with the Proxxon wire cutting accessories!!!
What a crazy coincidence, I've just recently become interested in the whole tabletop crafting scene, been watching several youtubers do their thing and the proxxon wirecutter was one of the equipment on my wishlist. And here comes Adam with a favorite tool video.
3:13 I *so* wanted to hear Adam throw in a quote here, "Let me show you its features. (insert stiff german laugh)". :-D
This makes me squeamish. I can't see the wire therefore I think Adam can't see the wire therefore I anticipate him slicing off his finger. My face hurts from making that face one makes when one is squeamish. Side note: what an odd word that is when typed out. Onomatopoeia at its finest.
This would not slice your finger off.
At most, it would burn you a little bit, and then you would just back off when you felt the heat.
@@shawbros Nope, it would cut through it like a knife through hot butter. Just zip, gone. In a heartbeat, sliced clean off, cauterized and everything. Just a stump left behind. You can't talk me out of my irrational fear, nope, nada, zilch.
(Just having fun with ya. I would assume as much. But still, it makes me nervous.)
Adam. Make a little lathe like jig for it so you can cut spirals down square columns.
First?
Great video as always!
Looks like it, congrats!
I can see how this would be useful i will save the link to my list of stuff to get after I get more money.
All-time favorite tool - MONEY!
I've used that same Proxxon cutter for years, but needed Adam to show me it has a handy chart on the front. A helpful feature that wasn't shown is the ability to reposition the upper spool along the yoke in order to create angled cuts. Also, I think the power regulator adjusts the power to maintain a target wire temp as you speed up or slow down the movement of the material. And to echo Adam's comments about precision, one can get some very precise and repeatable cuts from this tool.
I'm an industrial design graduate and I wish I knew about this during my time in college. Awesome tool tip, Adam!
Fun Fact: Sliced bread was first manufactured by machine and sold in the 1920s by the Chillicothe Baking Company in Missouri. It was the greatest thing since…unsliced bread?? Any other ideas?
You said .." WIRE cutter.."
This is not a "WIRE cutter"
It is a "wire CUTTER".
Think about it.
Great informative video on a foam wire cutter. 👍👍Sub you. Your cutter is very fast and easy to use. Thanks for sharing with us.😎😎⛏⛏🔥🔥
I play Warhammer 40,000 and my buddy and I bought one of these with the intention of making terrain for our table. absolutely no regrets, plenty of rock formations, crystals, structures, and anything we want to make things look good.
Awww gunther or Joey didnt put **sander noises*** when Adam went to the sander lol. Missed out boys! OR even Adam ;P
Also Adam remember no noise either, if you need to do it in a quiet area, little to no impact but no noise... this can be beneficial in nighttime making, in an apartment when one cant sleep...but you need to do SOMETHING...this can help making Bucks, Or Pieces for later on in the day.
I made one from the Late Gant Thompson, once of the best ones I made, these things are fabulous. Thank you for sharing yours!
A thousand years ago when I worked in film we needed to make a boat load of stuff out of foam. We bought the wire and made our own cutter out of electrial conduit wood and a dimmer switch . It was adjustable up to 4'. It worked amazing I have since used it to make props for my kids school plays.
Fun Fact: That's Owens Corning extruded foam board not Dow's
I was thinking the same thing. Foamular has such a distinct purple-pink color. I am looking at a sheet of it right now. I bought a 4x8 1 inch sheet to actually insulate something and have half a sheet left over for crafting/making.
Does it cut more than foam? If so, what kinds of materials can it cut?
Gonna guess most things that melt accurately and don't catch fire. Also good if the melting doesn't create poisonous smoke
@@TheFantazingo yeah, you're probably right, I'm just curious how versatile such a tool could be. I do a lot of mixed media things and if this thing cuts leather, that would be sweet.
Watching all of his gadgets makes me want to sneak into his mancave and sleep in some corner. 🤣🤣
Just to be near all the beautiful tools! Yep, right there with you, in an adjacent corner ☺️
As an industrial designer I must say that was the tool that I used more on the University. I have a big one with more than 50cm of space between the arms and use dual cardboard templates for most of my cuts
HE's using it WRONG!!! I've been using my proxon for about 2 weeks, and I can make things better and faster!!! sigh ; OH and his wire thing ontop is BACKWARDS!
It's just a fancier StyroSlicer that Grant Thompson made on The King of Random several years back.
Would this power adapter cord work for a hot wire cutter? SHNITPWR 3V ~ 24V 3A 72W Power Supply Adjustable DC 3V 5V 6V 9V 12V 15V 16V 18V 19V 20V 24V Variable Universal AC/DC Adapter 100V-240V AC to DC Converter with 14 Tips 5.5x2.5mm 4.0x1.7mm 3.5x1.35mm
Hi Adam, built my own wire cutter on my table saw to utilize the adjustable fence to cut large panels of XPS to insulate my Skoolie. I like that Proxxon grid table, might need to make one for mine. Thanks for the review!
Why diss the word “craft”???
CRAFTSMEN were the experts !!
I suggest it is rather sexist to reject the word “craft” just because MILLIONS of Femmes enjoy CRAFTING untold number and manner of things for education, decoration, entertainment, utilitarian purposes.
Definitly USE A SUITABLE RESPIRATOR or make sure that you have very good ventilation when using tools like that. If you get a hedache after using it, you know you've done something wrong. Don't ask me how I know.
I've used pink foam for radio control sailboat hulls...but always with bandsaw and sandpaper until recently.
I build mine from an old maple cutting board and battery charger.
Guitar string is also perfect for wire, it's identical material ! I've also used .020" aircraft stainless safety wire.
For my fence I recycled some Rockler T-slot parts and aluminum angle stock.
.... I have made foam core reinforcement by sandwiching with both wood and fiberglass for my sailing/racing needs.
>>> My point is that if you think you don't need one, until you have one. Then it becomes a "must have"
Commenting premeptively, not sure if Adam mentions it, but a company (a dude named Gerard Boom) out of the Netherlands makes *really* good Laser cut MDF jigs designed to work with the Proxxon cutter - like *really* useful jigs - highly recommend giving them a look.
Adam Savage has a H.S. diploma, Einstine was a poor student, the Wright brothers did not finish high school. higher education is what????...... it's what you make it. let's learn how to fly!!!!!
You can also make great templates from plywood even lasercutting a thin plywood (like 3mm) and using that as a template. You can also buy bigger less expensive versions from E-Bay. Proxxon is great but a bit costly as usual...great quality although...
Wanted a cutter, watched the vid, was impressed, and purchased one. Works great. Wish the guide was a lil more regid for cutting bigger stuff, but otherwise wonderful. Highly recommend.