Thank you again and again Wyloch!! You are the man!! No other crafter on KZread has more actual builds on my table. You are hands down the best

Making proxxon tools with XPS, you madman, didn't think of that.

Making the fence out of foam was brilliant. That kind of material use makes me happy.

This came at exactly the perfect time for me-so thanks to both you and the algorithm. The system works people-bow down and worship your Creator, god or KZread celebrity alike!

This is, hands down, the most important video on crafting I’ve seen on KZread!

Good video Wyloch! Also I was thoroughly amused when I clicked through to the "Crafting With Precision" video and within 30 seconds there was some tongue-in-cheek trashtalk of Proxxon owners!

I've been looking at those shiftinglands ones BMC and others use with such jealousy... I can make my own!! This is awesome.

Saw your video yesterday, immediately went home and opened my Proxxon table that had been sitting in the packaging since I bought it last year. Opened it up for the first time, made these two tools, and got to crafting! It was the inspiration that I needed, so thank you!!

Great video. I just built my two first jigs thanks to you. They work great!

I will be sharing this with other crafters that need these tools. i made my own circle cutter video back in the day. too.

Just got a brand new PROXXON, and had this plan in mind. I'm sure I'll be watching this, whilst I build mine

You don't know how helpful this is, thank you!

Seriously, thank you so much for this. My proxxon and motivation had been languishing after fighting with the base guide. I'll be making one today!

I made my fence out of Lego a while back. and a similar circle jig with cardboard. You did a nice job here, Maybe I'll remake my fence in foam too. Great video!

I don't even own a hotwire, but the vid is so captivating. Elegant simplicity, easily doable, totally functional.

To show people how to craft is good, but to teach people personal knowledge to be better is honor by integrity. Plato would be pleased.

I think it's hilarious that you put this video out literally the week after I broke down and bought a set of wooden jigs. XD

Great video. The irony of its timing is this video drops the day after I spent over $100 on Proxxon MDF tools

And we said we'd never use geometry in our real lives... Seriously, nice vid. Always knew it would be simple to build these, just never took the time to figure it out. Thanks for showing us just how easy it was!!!

Thanks Wy

The circle jig is brilliant!

I take a fence to this video. Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck! :D Great video, thanks for sharing.

Commendable service to the community, as always! Saved and shared for other Proxxers’ reference.

@asafoetidajones8181

2 жыл бұрын

Remember when he was like "ok so you can stick an led tea light in but instead here's how to calculate the voltage, order the parts, and the exact part numbers, and here's how electricity works"

Omg...I never even thought to check if my wire is straight up and down... Sheesh. Thank you!

This is a very handy video, and should help a lot of people, since the "fence" that comes with the Proxxon is very shaky. But eventually you will probably want one that holds up longer. You can make a fence or a circle cutter out of just about anything. My home-made fence is made from plexiglas with the face covered with some steel sheeting, it should last a lifetime. My circle cutter is just plexiglas.

I just got my Proxxon and was frustrated with the standard guide, didn't even realize that it had another channel on the front for the guide to fit into!

You’re a gentleman and a scholar

Very cool.Now that I have a proxxon I'll be needing these as well. Thanks!

You. Are. Brilliant. 👍🏽

Good stuff! Btw, I made a foam “planer” years ago, because where I live in Western US, I could only get one thickness of foam. Just a sheet of melamine for low-friction sliding, and some 6”x 3/4” rectangle-profile trim around the perimeter to raise the table, making a 6” high open-bottom box to hide the wiring. Then a transformer, a rotary dimmer light switch, some Nichrome wire, two L-brackets as risers, and two thumbscrew-style window track locks to adjust the height. I put small but sturdy tension springs between the adjusters and cutting wire to prevent breakage…perhaps unnecessary. I can easily make a very smooth even sheet with this setup, adjusting temp and push speed to prevent waviness.

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

Don't use enough xps foam to need a proxxon, but this video explains the concepts well enough that I could probably build a frame for a handheld cutter that could use similar jigs - off to the drawing board (or at least some sheets of graph paper)

I'd been hoping for this! Thank you!

for a speed-cheap-solution: perfect! i made mine out of 5mm-acryl and plywood, long bevore the ones from shifing-lands came and still using my own ones. the only thing missing is a stop to stay at the same measurement. (but a small wedge does the trick)

Awesomeness!!!

Hah, neat, make it out of the stuff you cut. I am going to be buying a wood/MDF fence but I saw this while searching for one to buy and this is super neat.

This is great. I need to make some these. If you are taking requests and want to do a little math, I can use some help making a hexagonal jig for the Proxon. I make hexagonal terrain tiles using chipboard and would love to add some verticality with foam. I can send a picture on Twitter or wherever, if you want.

Can’t thank you enough for these helpful videos. You are a true legend in our craft!!

Want to start off by saying "Thank you!". I just stumbled on this video after wishing i had a guide pro cutter. I work at a shop and was thinking about making out of aluminum, but that would cost me money. We all have Foam and cardboard though, so thank you!

Awesome stuff. I just got one and will be making these. Thanks for sharing your designs for custom tools!

This is the video I have been wanting for a long time! I got a Proxxon a while ago, and always wanted to try and build my own tools for it. Thanks so much for this!

Awesome vid, Bill! I'm reasonably happy with my home-made fence. But my foamcore circle gauge kinda sucks. I'm going to take another swing at it using your system. Probably the biggest revelation for me was the toothpick. I used one of those cylindrical push pins, with the handle part cut off. It was too short, and not secure enough in the base. Toothpick+cardboard+hot glue=solid bond. Thanks!

Wylcoh: Engineer, Crafter, Scholar, DM & Gentleman!

Ive been watching your channel off and on for quite a while. I just recently bought a tabletop hotwire cutter, the Hercules. Thank you for this video. I really appreciate it.

Side note, you can texture an paint the fence. Just not the bottom. Make it look like stone or some kinda diorama lol.

Functional and low-cost DIY realisation, well done 👌🏻

I may not have a foam cutting cool but it's still interesting learning new things

Thank you sir very much for this tutorial.

I made my own circle cutting jig out of cardboard a while back, can't believe it didn't cross my mind to build my own fence out of XPF. I picked up one from Shifting Lands and it is a quality product, as are many of their tools. Imagining any other tools I might need and can similarly are now on the table.

@MrFabFighter

Жыл бұрын

The fellow from shifting lands teaches you how to make a pattern roller out of PVC pipe, a marker to draw the patterns, and a dremel to engrave the patterns. Will take quite a few hours, but you'll have your own unique roller for life. Also teaches you how to make a texture roller out of cardboard cigar case, Elmer's glue, and rocks.

Thanks, Wyloch. Great demonstraion.

Never thought of doing it that way. Thanks.

Great video. I do not have a Proxxon, but I have a variation and making these is on my list. The only difference is the channel on the side. I'll have to use clamps to steady/lock the guides in place.

Find a cheap wooden box such as a wine bottle presentation box, check for square then add a perpendicular rail or if it overhangs the bed one at each end so it sits flat when not in use. Square fence and storage box all in one and the weight of contents would help keep it stable when ripping foam.

Thought we were about to see you jury rig a wire and a battery to build a hot wire table, but I'm not complaining.

I would like this video a million times if I could! Thank you so much for making this, now off to the proxxon!

Thanks for this, Wyloch! You're the best, man. Gonna make me a circle cutter soon...

Love these vids, thanks! 👍🍻

This is a godsend. Thank you so much. You've saved me 30 quid on buying a pre-made guide :)

At our Wednesday gaming night , a few of the wives and partners were talking... seems 2 of my friends are getting 3D printers for fathers day.... my wife, before bed, asked if l wanted one also , but l said no , ( thinking eventually l could piggyback projects with them), so l said , but l have been thinking of a proxon system.... this afternoon at work my wife forwarded me this... with the tag "YOUR BUDDY WALLACE SAID THIS IS ALL YOU NEED "... I had a huge laugh and am expecting a set of BBQ tools or a tie for work..

A true crafting Wizard you are!

Amazing video! Thank you.

Excellent tutorial!

Very nice... especially considering the price of those jigs. Did mine out of old LEGOs. Single width LEGO blocks fit right in to that Proxxon slot. Just need a little sanding if you want it to slide.

Please do some more tool making guides for the foam cutter ! This video has been invaluable help, so please come up with some more.

Very helpful, thank you!

The windows 7 as a square made me laugh out loud so much

Thank you for this!

Thats awesome! Thank you a lot!

Thanks for sharing!

This is so great

Now I feel like a dumdum. Here I am thinking of ordering MDF laser-cut fences and circle jigs. Guess I got homework this weekend!

Just earned yourself a Subscribe. Awesome man.

Thank you!

Love your work, thank you for this. =)

I made my ownguide and it was shiite. Ill try this one and hopefully save me some money instead of buying the fairly expensive one from Shifting or that other guy.

Teaching us how to fish... thank you.

Oh wow! This is great. I'm definitely going to get that proxxon cutter. Do you have a recommendation on where to get the cutter?

@WylochsArmory

Жыл бұрын

Yep, Amazon, see link in vid description!

GENIAL Y GRACIAS

Made mine from wood, same process, just with a jigsaw, but the channel thickness is really annoying, wouldn't have been too complicated to make it 1cm, instead of 0,77cm

How is the Wire think? My Wire when hot do a arc. Can i reduce it. ?

Love the circle jig, but they don't come with a fence?

@WylochsArmory

2 жыл бұрын

They do, but it's tiny and flexible and basically useless.

@themakeshop1499

2 жыл бұрын

I put a piece of sticky backed 180 grit sandpaper between the tan angle guide and the guide rail to give it some fiction. Helped, but didn't completely remove the issue. The adjustment piece is just a wedge that throws off the angle when it gets tightened.

You delayed this video *just* long enough for me to order those two tools on the internet and spend 50 bucks on them. Dammit! ;) Seriously though, nice vid.

I feel weird in saying that I'm sure I have enough woodworking power tools that I could make these out of wood, but I keep saying I don't have the money to buy a Proxxon machine.

Very useful video; shame I hadn't seen it 2 weeks ago, as I went and bought a circle cutter jig for £33 online......DOH! 🙄

I clicked on this thinking you were going to make a homemade hot wire cutter.

For a perfect square you might actually be better off using legos

Rad

fauxxon

Creating tools for a hotwire cutter made of foam and cardboard...this sounds like a really terrible idea.

Just posted this to Black Magic Craft's review of Shiftinglands' Guider Pro, if you want a sturdier DIY for a Guider without using your foam. "Just wanted to say that there is cheaper alternatives to some of Shiftinglands items, notably the Guider Pro, the Shiftboard, and Circular Cutting Board. I decided to head to the hardware store and see what I could MacGyver together. First is the guider is limited to straight 90 degree lines but what I did allows you to still use the included guide, keep in mind that what is available to you might not match up with what I found due to different brands or standards so you might need to do a little thinking/experimenting while you're at the store. Shopping list: 2x ZMAX Galvanized Stringer Connectors ($2.62 each), 1x ZMAX Galvanized Rigid Tie Flat for 2x Lumber ($5.51), 1x 4.5" (11cm) trigger clamp ($12.97), 2x Everbilt #6-32 x 5/8" machine screws ($1.38 for a pack of 6, you could also use bolts and shorter screws), 2x Everbilt #6-32 wing nuts ($1.38 for a pack of 6, could use different nuts), a pair of gloves (I use gardening gloves with rubber palms that were about $8, leather gloves might also work, and a thin sheet of wood or metal (if it's thick enough) that is about 12 in. x 5.5 in. (I used scrap wood so I can't include a price). Instructions: a) Slide one of the Stringer Connectors under the Proxxon's included guide b) slide the extended part of the Tie Flat under the back of the Proxxon c) align the other Stinger Connector to two of the holes on the Tie Flat, making a pseudo-shelf with a lip, and attach it using the screws and nuts d) you can now use the clamp to hold the Proxxon's guide in place which will also keep the other Stringer Connector in place, it adds a little bit of height but if you put the sheet of wood/metal between it and the Proxxon's guide then it will add the height you need with only a little bit of a difference between it and the foam you're cutting. That replaces the Guider Pro and using the glove will let you use your hand instead of the Shiftboard (if you're worried about burning yourself that is). As for replacing the Circular Cutting Board, Wyloch's Armory [kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKVpkpSzYpqtqbw.html] has a video that shows how to make a foam version of the Guide Pro and a cardboard Circular Cutting Board. So, I'm not going take credit for that and will send traffic his way."