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Old 01-21-2010 | 09:43 AM
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Default RE: Hot wire cutting tips?


ORIGINAL: combatpigg

Steve, I see what you're up to now......piece of cake. The wing you are doing will have the pivot point pretty far back there. IIRC I had to clamp an extension to my work table to get the pivot point far enough back to cut 30 inch plus panels.
Yes, I came up with a pivot point around 6.5 feet from the root template.

would you use the 2 piece template / where you cut the top then remove the airfoil shape and theres a bottom template ( which was supportig the top template) then cut along the bottom template.?


OR

just screw a template onto the foam and cut all around that 1 template?

is that clear???


Also I see some templates have the " nub" on the LE to rest the wire as you enter the cut.
How does this leave the LE?

Ahhh the details LOL..

Steve