Cutting Foam Boards - What Tool Do You Use For Smooth Edges?
Decorating By djs328 Updated 2 Mar 2010 , 4:15am by cakesrock
i use this tool cut my foam core boards and it works great! even better when you use your michael's coupon.
http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displayProductPage?productNum=gc0421
then i use a piece of super fine sandpaper to make the edges even smoother. hth!
I use one like the one pictured below. There's a fine wire running between the two ends prongs. It heats up and you just slice through foam.
They're usually found in hobby stores that carry supplies for model train enthusiasts as they use it to carve foam to make mountains and things around their train set-ups. Along those lines, it's handy for carving foam for cake dummies to get unusual shapes, or to do initial rough carving if you make non-edible foam figures or things that you cover in gumpaste but need to be light.
I use an exacto knife too. I lay the board flat and use a ruler & the exacto to score the board (just a shallow cut), then I stand the board on end, place the exacto blade in the scored groove at the top of the board and cut downward, and I almost always get a perfectly smooth edge.
When I used to try to cut through the board with it sitting flat, I always got an uneven edge, but with this method, it comes out smooth every time. It works best with straight edges, but I do use it for circles too.
I hope you all lay that foam core on a piece of rubber shelf liner so it doesn't slide while you are using the Exacto knife. eeeek!!!!
TA DA...... here is the best tool ever............. an electric knife..
........ You're going to thank me for this bit of information......... 
You younger folks might not have one of these.. visit your local thrift shops.. you will find one.... and cheap too...
TA DA...... here is the best tool ever............. an electric knife..
........ You're going to thank me for this bit of information.........
You younger folks might not have one of these.. visit your local thrift shops.. you will find one.... and cheap too...
GREAT IDEA!!!!
Thanks 
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