Dear Paul and others:
How do you cut foam?
With my carpentry skills I have always looked at foam as a weight reduction
technique. Therefore perfect for modules. However, I will start
considering foam for the primary layout.
I drive a small hatchback that does not hold an intact 4' * 8' sheet of
plywood. I can get the lumberyards to reduce my plywood to 2' * 8' strips
or less. That I can haul home and even close the the rear.
The sick plywood that started this thread was reduced by Home Depot to 4
boards where each are 1' * 8'. One of these is still intact and stored in
the garage. The other boards were further reduced so I had 3 boards 4
inches wide and 3 boards 8 inches wide.
Normally I cut my plywood by drawing a line on the board and then using
a hand circular saw with a plywood blade. (Odd shapes are cut either by
hand or by saber saw.)
I then cut and fit the boards into the layout. These latter cuts are
done with various people-powered hand saws.
How would I reduce a 2 or 3 inch thick sheet of 4' * 8' foam to strips 8
feet long? These strips need to be between 3 and 8 inches wide.
Thorin
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I think you are too hard on foam. I have an S scale layout with
extruded "pink" foam and it has worked great. True, I wouldn't walk on it
and it does have wood supports but the bulk is foam. It's cheaper, easier
to work with, needs less tools, has less fuss, can be easily changed. It's
just the material for folks who don't have carpentry skills/tools but want
to get something up & running.
Paul S.
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