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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2010 20:16:58 GMT
Hey Sword-Brothers, I thought I would tap into the immense knowledge here for some advice relating to cutting Styrofoam panels and ceiling tiles for drop ceilings, whatever they are made of I was doing some work around the house yesterday and trying to cut those, first I tried a box cutter, it was an epic fail, then I tried a machete and a bowie-type knife, they worked great on the Styrofoam, but my cuts on the ceiling tiles was still pretty ragged, how do the pros make such perfect cuts I bet someone here knows how
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2010 1:07:48 GMT
ok..this may take a minute to explain. 1st youll need a boxcutter...lol. the way you cut ceiling tiles is you have to reverse your grip on the tape measure. example: if your cutting 10 inches off of a tile, measure in ten inches from what ever side you want to cut, leaving the L shaped metal end towards the inside of the tile. If your right handed youll always hold your tape measure in your right hand. Hold the tape measure ( hold it firmly) between your thumb and pointer finger (if its a locking tape measure just lock it at ten inches) and use you finger as a guide to slide the L shaped part of the tape measure (which you'll be holding with your left hand) from top to bottom to score the tile ( it should at this point have a visible shallow line where youve just scored it running from top to bottom). now just do it again, hold (firmly) the side of the box cutter onto the L shaped piece ( to the outside of it) and simply rescore it till it goes all the way thru. you should get a clean line. just remember to use both hands to do this. Its mainly alot of upper shoulder work with your hands most time in a fixed position. I hope this make some kind of sense.
also...be sure to measure from the inside of the tile frame beacuse youll have to cut the recess out for it to seat itself properly.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2010 1:11:44 GMT
Set 'em up, and cleave them into shape! xD
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2010 4:20:01 GMT
a long straight edge... aka metal rule... work as guide for the box cutter.
but have you tried a sheet rock saw?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2010 12:32:47 GMT
Get a hot wire cutter, that way it melts the styrofoam as it cuts and it goes through it like a hot knife through butter
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Post by sparky on Sept 7, 2010 23:44:18 GMT
Styrofoam I use a non serrated kitchen knife (steak knife). Basically a relatively long and sharp knife.
For ceiling tile I do it like bradleee42, except I just score the finished side and then "snap" it to the unfinished side. about 52 seconds in shows what we're talking about.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2010 21:53:30 GMT
Sparky, thanks and +1 to you for that info ;D
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