Hot Knife Foam Cutter Hot Wire Styrofoam Engraving Tip 3 in 1 Tools Kit By Calcor

It feels a little delicate, if you go too fast the rod will bend. I haven’t snapped the wire yet, but it comes with spare wire, and really the trick is just being patient and going slow. An all around great tool, be sure to do it outside or with ventilation, DO NOT breathe that stuff in.

attachment wires are simple to pop in and out of the handle and have a simple variety to allow for different cutting shapes. I used this to cut 1" pink insulation foam to form rocks & hills for model train terrain. No issues, nice results with clean surfaces, and substantially easier & cleaner than using a knife (no dust and little foam bits). wire attachment is the cleanest cut and burns the least amount of foam. thicker wire "blade", due to the thickness and amount of heat to dissipate produces more foam out-gassing, so best to in a ventilated area (open window). Any wire cutter will have this consideration

Very useful tool for cutting foam and works fine (slow cuts only). Only gripe is the rest is very lightweight and easy to knock over, so be careful or mount it to a sturdier base / create your own rest. In a perfect world the cord would be a bit longer, too, but not a dealbreaker; just makes using with an extension cord awkward due to the weight of the connecting plugs.

If you work with foam this is an awesome tool. Easy to use. Highly recommend it. Just get it. My son and I purchased this specifically for a diorama build for his YouTube channel (Will Build Everything). We were making a contoured lake bed out of an insulation foam board and found this tool. It worked great. If you’re interested in seeing the tool in motion you can go to his channel: Will Build Everything and watch his Hollow Knight video on his channel. At the 4 minute mark of the video he shows how the tool works. Since it’s cutting with heat but sure to wear a mask.

This is a ok product for beginners, you can change the tips very easy but it not a very good design, I find my tips keep losing up or even falling out in use and there is no heat adjustment, just on and off switch. but heats up and cools do fast, cuts well, if I will get a nother hot knife I would look around for a little better one next time, like I said this more for a beginner or someone that is not using it a lot.

I actually bought 3!!! The first one was for me and the other 2 was for crafty friends that they could not resist after they saw how great it works. It saves you a ton of time cutting foam! I love crafts and arts so you better get it. Promise that you will not regret it. The heat it is the one one that probably a lot of people is worry about but it is the perfect heat to cut foam and not leave holes on between when you cut with a knife. With this thing it comes nice and neat

If you plan on cutting much foam then buy something better. I have only used the hot knife attachment so I cant' speak to the other two pieces but I suspect many of the problems with them will be the same. To start off, right out of the package this thing appears to be cheaply made. The hot knife seemed to be under powered. I had to go very slow to keep from bending the blade. The blade kept coming loose out of the handle. There is no way to lock it in place. The other two attachments will have the same problem. I'm sure if used this much the connection would just get worse. It just seems that the people who made this were primarily driven by cost not quality. I will be looking for a better one.

I ship a lot of ceramic art and people give me all sizes of foam, for shipping, instead of throwing it away. Some big, blocky pieces are very difficult to cut down into useable sizes. I had so much fun with my new toy, I stayed up late cutting all the foam I had into useable 1.5" slices. I want to share this secret with all my ceramic shipping friends.I also used kitchen scissors to cut open the package and inadvertently cut the wire on the wire cutting tool. Thnaks goodness replacement wire was included. All this for $24!!!!!!

Excelente producto, a la varilla larga y la en forma de arco les cuesta un poco el corte pero funcional

Heats up fast, but delicate. must be handled carefully. It does its intended job beautifully, but no gaurantees on durability, hence pricey. It works on 110V AC, US voltage, but a 110>220V converter has been provided.

We used in 4 inch styrofoam and had to do in sections because of the size,but worked great

The short cutter stop heating after two use

Got them fast and they work great