|
|
|
Squire
 
Group: Awaiting Activation
Last Login: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 7:51 AM
Posts: 40,
Visits: 450
|
|
| ok, another question, but iv'e made a few daggers and short swords but for the life of me my trusty stanly knife cant cut a straight line, it's leaveing the blades somewhat jagged, does anyone have any techneques that work to cut a streight blade?
___________________________________________________________________ LT: Robert O'malley (the meatshield) Harts Pillaging a village near you, with a bottle of Stumpys homebrew
|
|
|
|
|
Heroic Knight
Group: Basic Members
Last Login: Today @ 1:03 AM
Posts: 162,
Visits: 2,966
|
|
There are a few things you can try. The first is to make sure you use a Sharp! blade when you cut - a good quality, fresh edge helps considerably.
You can otherwise go towards the more sophisticated tools. You can get a very effective hot wire device from Games Workshop which consists of a battery attached to some resistance wire; I'm sure similar devices must be available elsewhere.
There are power tools consisting of scalpel blades heated to a high temperature designed for cutting foam. Note that with these two techniques you still need a good degree of coordination to get the blade straight.
If you want to go a step more advanced I've seen people rig up mechanisms whereby you can place the sword in at a fixed angle with an electric carving knife attached securely to the frame. This apparently gives a rough, but straight finish; I assume you may be able to rig the same sort of thing up using resistance wire, but be careful about it bending/snapping.
The basic design is to get two planks of wood at the desired angle, with a hole for the blade. More advanced setups would involve being able to adjust the angle as needed.
Finally, a tip I was given on another forum was to take a clothes iron to the blade's edge, with wax paper over the foam to keep it from sticking, using a low heat and keeping it moving all over the surface to smooth it out.
Hope this helps!
PD - Maelstrom: "Steel" Drane Haversham
Masquerades & Massacres: Hrabia Podstoli, Baltazar Komorowski, Ordynat Komorowskowie, the Szlachta Sierota
Scurvy Scum: (was) Light Blue
DUTT: ref
'Curse you! What am I supposed to angst about if you continue resolving my emo background plots?'
|
|
|
|
|
Champion
Group: Basic Members
Last Login: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 12:31 AM
Posts: 449,
Visits: 1,387
|
|
I've read that a rotary sanding drum can be used effectively (with warnings about masks and goggles because of the polyethene fragments you'll produce).
Somewhere on this forum I wrote about hot wire cutting.
A longer blade than a Stanley knife might help. Whatever you use for the cutting, I'd imagine that some sort of jig or frame would be a very good idea.
|
|
|
|
|
Squire
Group: Awaiting Activation
Last Login: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 7:51 AM
Posts: 40,
Visits: 450
|
|
right ok hot wire cutting it is :-) anyone know where i can get a decent hot wire cutter from? b&q? i know Games workshop sell them but at a guess it'll be over priced rubbish
___________________________________________________________________LT: Robert O'malley (the meatshield) Harts Pillaging a village near you, with a bottle of Stumpys homebrew
|
|
|
|
|
Champion
Group: Basic Members
Last Login: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 12:31 AM
Posts: 449,
Visits: 1,387
|
|
|
|
|
|
Squire
Group: Awaiting Activation
Last Login: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 7:51 AM
Posts: 40,
Visits: 450
|
|
lol i know i read that however i asked does anyone know where i can get a decent wire cutter from?
___________________________________________________________________LT: Robert O'malley (the meatshield) Harts Pillaging a village near you, with a bottle of Stumpys homebrew
|
|
|
|
|
Wag
Group: System Moderators
Last Login: 2 days ago @ 8:16 PM
Posts: 1,689,
Visits: 3,275
|
|
| You can't beat a new stanley blade and practise- no matter how many short cuts you take- use a steel edge to make sure the initial cuts are straight and an orbital sander to smooth it afterwards (belt sanders are good but fast).
|
|
|
|
|
Heroic Knight
Group: Basic Members
Last Login: Today @ 1:03 AM
Posts: 162,
Visits: 2,966
|
|
As far as I know (admittedly, not very far), there is no such thing as a 'hot wire cutter'. Even the one GW does is just a battery coupled to some resistance wire. I do not recommend rigging up your own unless you know what you are doing, however. Best go for a hot-scalpel if you want to try something that makes cutting easier, but be warned, it still takes skill to get a good result.
PD - Maelstrom: "Steel" Drane Haversham
Masquerades & Massacres: Hrabia Podstoli, Baltazar Komorowski, Ordynat Komorowskowie, the Szlachta Sierota
Scurvy Scum: (was) Light Blue
DUTT: ref
'Curse you! What am I supposed to angst about if you continue resolving my emo background plots?'
|
|
|
|
|
Devil's Advocate
Group: Basic Members
Last Login: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:07 PM
Posts: 1,146,
Visits: 1,405
|
|
Andy Rimmer (8/7/2007)
You can't beat a new stanley blade and practise- no matter how many short cuts you take- use a steel edge to make sure the initial cuts are straight and an orbital sander to smooth it afterwards (belt sanders are good but fast).Do you keep the blade in the handle? doesn't that limit your range to the 3/4" that sticks out? Can i ask how you support the weapon/sander? I've tried both securing the weapon and taking the sander to it, and vice-versa. I'm not sure which one is easier - either way i get problems when the sander "spins off" the weapon due to the force.
If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.
|
|
|
|
|
Apprentice
Group: Basic Members
Last Login: Saturday, March 08, 2008 10:02 PM
Posts: 18,
Visits: 22
|
|
| ...GW hot wire cutter....pants pants pants pants pants pants....gonna give that iron and wax paper a go though... another way of doning a edge is using a sanding disk(like whats used in uphulstery)...or an angle grinder(i dont really reamend that one..)
"if you want it broken ... give it to Bait"
|
|
|
|