Craft your own Proxxon tools, QUICK and CHEAP!

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THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!
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Just got my Proxxon, and was thinking of buying jigs. This will certainly do for a while.

Thank you for this!

GENIAL Y GRACIAS

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.

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

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!!

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!

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

Very helpful, thank you!

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.

Excellent tutorial!

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

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?

Just earned yourself a Subscribe. Awesome man.

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

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

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!

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

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)

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

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.

Thats awesome! Thank you a lot!

And we said we'd never use geometry in our real lives... <grin>

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!!!

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.

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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.

Teaching us how to fish... thank you.

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

A true crafting Wizard you are!

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.

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.

Love your work, thank you for this. =)

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Thanks for sharing!