Foam cutter - How to make it the easy way! 

Thanks heaps for the support everyone! What do you think? Should continue to throw some “practical” builds into the mix now & then? I am also still planning on some more “catch up/ update videos” plus some other (fairly random) non-build comedy videos. I guess I am mostly going to make vids that my brain tells me but I am always curious to hear what people get out of this channel. Cheers guys!

That simple workaround for the temperature control is genius.

This guy needs way more subscribers this is gold

good video, but i dont understand why the video was upside down, apart from a vew seconds around 7 minutes or so. greetings from germany

Nicely done. I have a shop and occasionally need special tools like this that you only use once or twice a year so keeping it cheap and simple is always the way to go and you nailed it here!

As always.. heaps of entertainment. You’re totally right, my wife hasn’t noticed the hole in my dining room table at all!

"Talk to your foam about feelings and stuff". Well lucky you. Mine just wants to roll over and fall asleep.

I like both the absurd builds and the more or less practical builds; keep up the good work.

Honestly, I have no interest in whatever it is that you're building, but I can watch your videos all day for your humor! I love it, keep it up!!

What if I don't have a tripod to kick? Will an empty paper sack work, and will it still work if it's Imperial not metric? Please help I can't get the rest of this built I'm stuck at the step.

Brilliant video I especially enjoyed the tantrum which I think most people assume never occurs but it's part of the stress resolving process of creativity... Blowing things up also works 🤣 great video thank you

Damn. That crocodile clip on the wire is such an easy control solution I bet there's more than a few other builders facepalming after watching this.Also, doesn't what you've got also count as a foot controller? I'd put it in the cathegory of 'close enough'. You could always insulate the spring and then just use that crocodile clip as your on/off.

This is the one of the greatest diy videos I've ever watched and it has absolutely nothing to do with the build. Pure entertainment.

Just watched this brilliant video, spot on get's the job done and chuckled all the way through.I Was thinging what current, psu, contols, wire gauge I'd need. All questions answered. Cutting foam in the back of my campervan conversion simple, leisure battery connected to solar panel and stuff I've got hanging around. I will binge my way through other videos of your's - Cheers

You sir, are sooo hilarious. I just love your sense of humour. Keep going!

Funniest video i have watched in a long time, and i learned something!

Thank's. That kind of quality or rather budget is right up my alley. I hate videos where they say "for free" or similar stuff and then the build requires you to have some elaborate machinery...

This tutorial was friggin awesome and hilarious. Absolutely loved it, thank you!!

Love your videos I look specifically for the kind of stuff you build came across your channel. Brilliant, funny, right to point.

thanks for making this, Craig! you've got some great videos!

Now that is my kind of foam cutter!!! The best i have seen!

Yay another video! Thank you Santa for working your magic.... I guess it was well worth it sitting on Santa's lap this year

I have no intention of making one of these but, watched the whole thing anyway. Am I the only one? Great job and thanks for flipping the video for those of us in the northern hemisphere.

Aussies have just the right mix of Monty Python and Steve Erwin

great stuff...thanks. Love your sense of humor.

Best foot controller ever. Love. ☺️

I really love watching your videos!

This video alone has got me subscribing. Practical and hilarious.

Hugely entertaining, can't wait to see the flying esky. Thank you!!

just found your channel mate awesome! good to see a fellow Aussie on here : ) keep up the great work!

Thanks for sharing. Nice job.

You are awesome. Love your cat videos. Thanks.

Great Build, Inspired me to get of my backside and have a go. Love the humour!

Nice video man! This is exactly what I was looking for!

A thought.. Remove the ends from the glass fuse. Drill a hole in the wood for a press fit the O.D. of the fuse. It would be insulate th wire. Thanks for your videos!

Thank you Craig for making this video , your funny to watch and simple building that is really cool, thanks have a nice day !!

never seen your vids before.. was loking up basically how to make a cutter using an old PC power (you didnt do that) .. BUT I found your video kinda funny, playful like .. and this is why im now subscribed to your channel . cheers and have a good one

This guy cracks me the funk up!!

Simple and functional! You are the best dude! Great video. Thanks

Love your builds’

Yay! Been waiting for another vid 👍👍👍

Awesome videos Turnah! Keep up the good work mate

Thanks mate love the vids

Glad to see you post a video on my birthday

I'm sooo hyped about the new video!!!!!!

Love your stuff 😁

Holy crap!#! Thank you. I'm cutting a foam mattress and want to cut it when I pick it up from the former owner. I'm planning on just a bow made of wood and some wire. I did NOT want to create any electrical set up. The battery terminal connect is EXACTLY what i had in mind. Gonna have to re watch to see how you got the increase temp on the wire. I wasn't paying enough attention😳

Well done mate

Great video. I'm needing a foam table at the moment, and the prices are insane. Pretty sure I have most of the stuff on hand already. One thing I would add is a couple of diagonal braces to the vertical and horizontal aluminium tubing. Nothing fancy, I have endless amounts of 1/8 x 1 inch flat bar, and a pop riveter. 2 braces, about 6 inches long will do it nicely. The other thing I'd add would be an eyelet for the wire to run through to the underside. Tilting the arm will tend to pull the hot wire into the table top. Either an eyelet or a small bit of brass or aluminium tube.

I'm going to make this for my next foam kayak build

Good video thank you from sri lanka🇱🇰🙏🌷

You do entertain...Great channel 👍👍👍

Funny and useful video, I will definitely be building one soon!

Remarkably innovative :)

CRIKEY! Could you build a WIRELESS version of this build, too, mate? 😜

Excellent solution to vary the heat!

I’ve just found your uhhhhhhh tutorials on you tube. Awesome original content. Two thumbs up mate 👍🏻👍🏻. Aussie ingenuity at its best.

I love you man.

Love the sweet foot controller!

Nice ideas here, yes, the shorter the connection the hotter the cutting wire gets! Actually, I'm looking for ideas for a horizontal hot wire cutter, for cutting airfoils for wings, there are quite a few of those around too. 👍

So this guy is my kind of humor, but it was his timing on the 4:34 joke that made me subscribe.

you got a new fan my friend, great video had to watch 3 times, couldn't stop laughing the first 2

That has to be one of the funniest crafting video ever!!!

Great video, and great humor!.. I subscribe!

Awesome. Video

Your foam cutter the one I am most likely to make. Haha. Simple is the best. Thanks for sharing

RIP King of Random

Thanks! I needed that. 😆The laughs, not the cutter. Actually I can find use for the cutter to but for now,😆😆😆😆😆😆

I watch and laff...................... watch and laff again. Your sense of humor!!!!!

oh boy , another shiney guy

Very clever build and problem-solving--you're funny, too---thank you for the video my good sir.

A great video my friend will build one for myself with this videos help Thank you . God bless .

Looks like it worked great, nice simple build! Awesome job!

Like the 'Disconnect' switch, keeping Health and Safety Regulations adhered to.

Hey, great video. Thanks. What was the gauge of your NiChrome wire? (AWG?) Thanks.

Awesome video!! I made a small foam cutter the other day, I power the cutter with my soldering stations DC out put. It cuts styrofoam at 6 1/2 volts, 9 1/2 volts cuts a Star Destroyer model and balsa wood!!! Thumbs up and Subscribed. I have a table and wire, I need to order the square tubes and end plugs tomorrow, great video!! You will now be known as: Sir Duke of Foam Cutter

Thanks for the video. Will be making one of these to cut out foam inserts for the clubs groups tool chests so maybe they will put shit back in the right spot!

0:06 At first I heard, "...with random sh*BLEEP* sourced from around the shit." and thought you forgot to, or intentionally left out the bleep for the second expletive. That made me chuckle LOL!

Can this be used for slicing Swiss roll? I don't have any foam, would cheddar be a safe substitute? 👍 ☺

Great stuff. Love the humor. Laughed so much at a video of yours this morning that I'm here again this evening and subscribed.

Why is this channel so underrated smh. Best content i've seen on this platform in a while

OK, OK, that we really entertaining AND actually quite useful.

You're insane... That being said, I love what you do! Just found your channel. Randomly. Awesome. You've got a new subscriber and possible supporter. Cheers, Charles

hi, interesting video....what was the wire you used for the cutter itself? thanks

SO low on carbon!Thanks for this

Extremely entertaining, informative and F**king funny!

Good stuff :)

loved it, thank you, made sub as soon I watched this, off the store i go! weee

holy shit he's back

Okay, I've gotten past the two cat videos and have moved on to this video for building a hot wire machine to cut expanded polystyrene foam. After drilling a hole in the middle of your parents dining room table it seems a little "out there" to risk getting thrown out of a free room and board living situation to only get a hot wire to cut foam with. Perhaps you could improvise this hot wire in the middle of the dining room table to also cut meat and meat byproducts such as balogna. The added benefit of this is so obvious, I can't believe that you didn't already have this completed, or at least partially completed. The obvious added benefit is: As you slice the balogna with the hot wire, you're converting a plain old piece of cold meat byproduct into a delicious, hot dinner entree... Grilled hot balogna sandwiches. You can control the degree of cooking temperature of each slice by slicing faster for rare, and slower for well done. What more could your guests expect? Cooked-to-order meat, cooked and prepared right there at the dinner table. I know, it's NOT like a Japanese restaurant that chops up food with razor sharp knives and flips it around in the air landing in perfect alignment on your dinner plate. But look how much money you've saved by staying home to entertain and feed your dinner guests.

Does this work well for soft foam you use in upholstery?

I have an old hairdryer where the bearing has gone bad. I've kept it, because I thought I could maybe try to straighten the heating element in there, which I think is nycrome. It probably has no transformer, so it would run on 220V. Would it get hot enough for 12V if it's short enough, you think?

You're very clever and hilarious (which was a lovely surprise). Thanks for this video! Going to use your method. Quick and simple: cheers!

So good love the sarcasm

Love this ...hilarious

Wow, clever.

Your building techniques scare me. But they also remind me of some of the strange and stupid things I built a lifetime ago at uni while doing a threatre production course. I do love your sense of humour and after watching your back catalouge of videos I look forward to the third installment of your cat repelling video.

HAHAHAHAHA that was awesome! Thanks loads, very helpful (and entertaining) :)

Mate....your a fuckin legend! love your dodgy builds and humour! subbed

First non-cat video, you've got the best marketing on YT mate. Cheers.