Cutting Depron

Since I figured my DX would not last long, I cut up the plans and glued the patterns to poster board. This way when its time for a new one I can just place the pattern on the foam and cut around it with a razor knife.

coveredup said:

I received my order of Depron and cant wait to get started on my foamy. I have the sheet plans of the 3DX, but not sure how to cut depron. Should I cut out the patterns from the plans, lay them over the depron and trace? Not sure how this is done.

Thanks

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Best to cut with a new xacto knife.. # 11 blade..

Cut the plans paste them to poster board.. trim posterboard to plans.. use template to draw pattern to depron.. cut on lines.. sand rough edges smooth.. .. glue mount radio gear... fly to your hearts desire.. the 3DX is a great plane to learn on or just fly..

the problem I found with cutting depron is when cutting a curve. What is the trick there to get a smooth clean cut ?

What size (mm's) of depron are you using?
I think I ordered the wrong stuff!

Texas 3D said:

the problem I found with cutting depron is when cutting a curve. What is the trick there to get a smooth clean cut ?

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I just cut a little way thru each time with the blade straight up and down..

rcairnut, I use 6mm Depron.

Texas 3D said:

the problem I found with cutting depron is when cutting a curve. What is the trick there to get a smooth clean cut ?

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I cut a little away from the template... or line on a corner.. then use sandpaper and sand it down to the line.. nice round corner..

Try a #2 Exacto blade with a the bigger handle. They last longer and it's easier to get a perpendicular cut in 6mm depron. I cut over a piece of heavy poster board in one pass.

has any one tried using a hot wire to cut out foamies??
Brandon

I tried, but I didn't have the patience to make smooth templates from Formica. I know that hot wire run around a poster board template looks like ass.

It's a foamy, does it really matter? X-acto just outside the lines a bit and sandpaper is what I do except I skip the sandpaper part :lol: Mine don't last long enough to put that much effort into them :? I doubt anyone could tell the difference in flight of any cut line being off an 1/8" or so.
Matt

Since I'm out of the business, I suppose whatever somebody wants to do would work for them 8)

I was trying to stack and cut 4 at a time, and I never did get a good batch and was wasting Depron. If I was cutting out a fan fold for a night of indoor, it might have been different.

ChuckAuger said:

Since I'm out of the business, I suppose whatever somebody wants to do would work for them 8)

I was trying to stack and cut 4 at a time, and I never did get a good batch and was wasting Depron. If I was cutting out a fan fold for a night of indoor, it might have been different.

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Did you ever set up a foam cutting "table saw" (uses a hot wire). I havent tried that yet but I have cut a lot of foam, mostly Gremlin wings, Combat is hard on parts, allmost as bad as 3D :lol:
I know you are out of the business, who has the Chuck Flyer plans :?:
Are they out there in DXF or PDF?

If you are fed up with this Chuck Flyer stuff let me know and I will not post on it again.

BTW Thanks for the shipment of CF got it just in time :tu:

Pauly did them in CAD, Look in the "Chunk-E-Flyer" Thread..