Cutting foam in a pelican case

[SunuvaButch]

What do you all use to cut the foam? Want a very clean "made for it" kind of look. Thanks!

 

[molzarella]

tagging myself in this

 

[SunuvaButch]

tagging myself in this

Yea I don't blame ya! I have a new noveske and I want that baby sitting purty in the foam lol

 

[Bulletsmith]

Use an electric meat cutting knife. The kind that has 2 blades. Works great ! Don’t cut you fingers off !

 

[360moa]

^this. Also, don’t store any gun long term in foam.

 

[molzarella]

I wonder how good this works?

http://www.pelicancases.com/HotRod.aspx

 

[Badfinger]

Use an electric meat cutting knife. The kind that has 2 blades. Works great ! Don’t cut you fingers off !

First one I did with electric knife:

 

[TN Shooter]

Like others have said, electric knife works great.

 

[usmcmad]

I started with a HotRod type device. Gave it up. Got out my pocket knife, a Benchmade, and cut it up. Wouldn't bother with all that electrical crap again.

 

[JRodMT]

A sharp filet knife works just fine too.

 

[Gilly]

I’ve used a hot knife in a few and had excellent results. Can be had pretty reasonable from amazon. Just do it in a well ventilated area as it puts off some fumes

 

[Tree]

I used a 3" long straight leather cutting razor. Worked great for me. Originally Tried one of those hot wire cutters didn't work so well for me, and stunk all to hell.

 

[Bill k]

Looks great

 

[whatsupdoc]

I used a 3" long straight leather cutting razor. Worked great for me. Originally Tried one of those hot wire cutters didn't work so well for me, and stunk all to hell.

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Looks way better than mine!

 

[Tree]

It did take me 2 hours to trace and cut it but really didn't want to mess up.

 

[davsco]

i just put my rifle in at the end of the day, all super hot, and it melts away the exact cutout needed.

j/k, above cut jobs look real clean and nice.

 

[Tree]

That would have been quicker.

 

[Langford]

I've done a few with the my electric fillet knife, it works well...but I find holding the knife perfectly perpendicular to the surface the biggest challenge. And when you try to clean up a spot where the knife wasn't level, it looks like hell. Before I cut the foam on my new cases, I think I'll try to rig up a hot wire type cutter, watched a few videos on YouTube on how to make them...seems pretty simple and gives a perfect cut.

 

[Engineer260]

this topic has come up fairly often this month. here are some more options.

https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/pelican-storm-case-foam.6871326/

https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/precision-rifle-foam-insert-for-pelican-1750.6871593/