Hot Wire Styrofoam Cutter (Black-15W)

When I first started using this - I was pretty frustrated. It was not performing the way that I expected. However - the more I used it - my technique improved greatly. It takes some practice to get the hang of how to use it. Once I figured out what I was doing (right & wrong) - it was a breeze to use. I am glad I did not give up. I love the tombstones I made for Halloween!

Does a smooth cut.

I got this to carve some XPS foam that didn't fit on my hot wire table. I had issues at first not being patient to let it heat up fully before taking it to the XPS foam. It takes a minute or so to get hot enough to cut XPS cleanly. My only (minor) complaint is the heads get unplugged a little too easily. I've unplugged cutting tip several times when moving it through the XPS foam. It hasn't happened often enough to refund/1-star this product.

I just received it today and wasn't ready to work on my project yet. But, of course I had to open it to make sure it worked. And, boy did it work! It warmed up fast. I played with the wire tip and the small pointed tip. It cut some styrofoam I had just like butta! I can't wait to start on my Christmas village display now. The only concern I've had so far was changing out the tips. I was afraid of burning myself while exchanging them. So, I used my oven mitt just to be safe. I was very surprised how quick it arrived too!

I have attempted to use only about 3 times since bought. The only attachment that seems to actually work, without shutting down the system, is the wide wire attachment. The curved hook, short and long straight will not heat up enough to even "melt/cut" through much of anything without tripping the overload circuit and cause the control box to start blinking and power light on the hand piece to blink. You follow the directions and make sure to keep the "volts" less than" for each attachment and it still doesn't work. Can turn it off and back on, and it works for a few seconds then once it starts to heat up it overloads again, WOULD NOT RECOMMEND!!! it's a pain in the....

Easy to use but the adapter broke within a few days so I had to buy a new one. But overall pretty good. Wish It got hotter

This cutter was inexpensive and very easy to use. I needed to make bases for a window display of Department 56 Santa's Village. This allowed me to build them ahead of time and then make small adjustments when I installed them. I am very happy with my purchase!

These are not the first hot wire tools I have used, but I will be sticking with these. They heat up and cool down quickly and I like that the tips are interchangable with the wands. Very cool, and very effective.

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