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HarmB
Jun 19, 2006



Hu Fa Ted posted:

I don't know about commercial CNC hotwire setups, but I've seen some hombrew jobs that are just that, x/y table and stationary hotwire. I don't think a jigsaw style would work as a hotwire is usually a nichrome or steel wire with current passing through it. In this case you'd likely just drill/cut a hole and thread it through to make the internal cutout.

It'd be possible if you had a loop you plunged in. You'd have to program the routing to keep the second part on the 'waste' part of the cut though. Wouldn't work if you needed your cut outs to be in one piece though.

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