Re: Crate shop equipment - hot wire cutters for foam

[Hotmail Ginette Clément <ginetteclement@hotmail.com>]

Thanks Geoff for this safety info.
If cyanide release working with a specific material ?  What about working
with Polyethylene Foam (like Ethafoam) ?
In my forum (mostly in French but you can post in English too)
http://forum.infotecmuseo.ca/bb/index.php?showforum=23 I have a Satety
category dealing with hasardious artifacts or materials use in exhibitions.
I will be happy to post some references about hot wire cutters.
I take a look to Bosch foam saws.  Is the movement similar to jigsaw ? Work
well with any blade lenght ? Do you use the Footplate ?

Ginette Clément

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> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:10:37 -0600
> From: "Geoff Browne" <gbrowne@terrydowd.com>
> Subject: RE: Crate shop equipment
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> Dear Katie:
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> Beware of using heat in any form, but perhaps especially hot wire
> cutters for foam - one compound released in the process contains
> cyanide. We use Bosch foam saws for foam, and traditional paper
> cutters...
>
> Geoff Browne