Topic: Cutting Foam

[blu666z]

Just curious what you guys use to cut the foam your using in your Pelican cases?  I have been using scissors but the cuts are real jagged and rough.  Girlfriend suggested shaping a piece of wire, heating it, and melting through the foam but seems like it would flame up rather than melt cleanly.

-Kevin

[Simp-Dawg]

your g/f sounds pretty handy!  though i'm not sure if that's a good solution or not, maybe try it on a spare piece of foam.
my pelican case came with the pick n pluck shit, and for parts where i wanted 1/2 height, i took a big section of foam, and gently sawed it in half using a very very sharp cutco knife.  it came out kinda jagged but that side faces down and the good clean side faces up.

[Kevin]

I had trouble cutting the foam too.  But then I bought foam from pelican that was specifically made to fit my case so no cutting needed (assuming its a pelican) if not then try a exactoblade

[blu666z]

My case is actually an old cigar box.  Making it holds my Oktavas.  Right now I just have trimmed down the foam that was in the Oktava case and it fits decent.  Want something I feel a little better about though.  May check on that Pelican foam.  Did you buy it straight from them?

-Kevin

[F.O.Bean]

My case is actually an old cigar box.  Making it holds my Oktavas.  Right now I just have trimmed down the foam that was in the Oktava case and it fits decent.  Want something I feel a little better about though.  May check on that Pelican foam.  Did you buy it straight from them?

-Kevin

yep!!!

[zhianosatch]

X-Acto knives!

[Kevin]

http://www.casesbymasco.com/product_detail-4516.asp?bhcp=1
thats where I got it from and it might be the right choice b/c there small squares so you probably could get it to fit better without even cutting it

[Brian Skalinder]

X-Acto knives!

Works great!