I have printed a template onto paper. Glued onto timber. Routed freehand following the template. Worked fine. It's worth a try.
print out the stencils then glue them to some plyboard route these out and thats your stensil
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Make it as a flat bottom layer and a cut sides layer, glue together. Cut with hot knife or hot wire cutter - easy to make that yourself.Bit of a thread hijack but how would you go about routing shapes in quite soft foam? It's softer than the blue upholstery foam you can get. It would be to recreate the foam insert for a classic car tool kit like this:
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Is that doable with a hand router and ply stencil?
I tried making a hot knife to cut celotex foam but failed.Make it as a flat bottom layer and a cut sides layer, glue together. Cut with hot knife or hot wire cutter - easy to make that yourself.
I did wonder about that method. The foam sits in a shallow cardboard box so you wouldn't see the join in the layers. The cutters aren't expensive to buy, but wasn't sure they would cut that kind of foam.Make it as a flat bottom layer and a cut sides layer, glue together. Cut with hot knife or hot wire cutter - easy to make that yourself.
I am amazed that I simply can't find the closed cell foam they use in fishing pole rollers. It seems like some form of secret product. I am sure that would machine well.I did wonder about that method. The foam sits in a shallow cardboard box so you wouldn't see the join in the layers. The cutters aren't expensive to buy, but wasn't sure they would cut that kind of foam.
Nice, looks like they work a treat.
Maybe slight adaptation, print them in a square/rectangle format with a uniform height, and you could sit them into a frame to make doing words simpler and without the need for screw holes...