Foamcore
Motivation
Introduction
Grain Direction
Bending
Cutting
Rabbet
Exacto Board Cutter
Other Specialty Tools
Curves
Joining
Putting it Together Part 1 [Optional]
Putting it Together Part 2 [Optional]
Shearing with the Hotwire
Learn about why you would want to use foamcore
Go over what foamcore is, where you can get it, and why you would want to use it.
Foamcore has a grain direction, and you need to pay attention to it while you build stuff out of foamcore
Learn how to go about bending foamcore
How to effectively cut foamcore. Pay extra attention to safety!
An introduction to the Rabbet Cutting tool
An introduction to the Exacto Board Cutting tool
A few more tools specifically designed to help you work with foamcore
How to cut curvy shapes and make curved surfaces in foamcore
Joining different pieces of foamcore together to make more complicated prototypes
A special project where you get to use the foamcore skills covered here to make a small catapult!
Part 2 of the foamcore project video
A bonus video about using a hot wire cutter (see blue foam tutorials) to shear paper off of foamcore