DON'T DO What We DID! How To Cut Foam Inlays for Power Tools and More.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- We were looking for perfection in creating these foam inlays for our tools, but it's not exactly cheap. We used our XTool D1 Pro 20W Laser to cut the Milwaukee Foam for our PACKOUT box. The lines are near perfect for each of the tools and no manual tracing is necessary.
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Manufacturers should offer free pdf/cad images for free.
Imagine if they offered free pdf/cad files for $4.99
Or just sell the cut outs for all their tools and you'd just arrange them and only have trim the outside to fit inside the took box as desired
The perfect cut-out would be with an copy jig. Perfectly making the contour of the stuff you like to put in.
why not just put the template on the box the tool comes in ? your idea is a good one.
its very easy to do this yourself by tracing the item and scanning it with a scale mark, then import the scan into CAD and scale it
How to cut foam - just use a laser cutter. Oh, I'll get just it out of my toolbox!
Cut the foam in half horizontally first, then let the Lazer cut the design completely through the top half, then glue the two half's together. Smooth, and no digging out.
I totally thinking the same thing 😁👍
When I worked at Pratt & Whitney over in Columbus Georgia. They had an cnc machine and the technician would lay our tools out in the drawers. The way we wanted them and they would cut them out. They had a yellow backing so when you pull the tool out the yellow would show and you knew that there was a tool not in that box
Hey brother nicely done. That was actually pretty ingenious. And I like that you showed us the cheap way first instead of making us wait till the end.
A $1K laser, guided by a $2500 Mac book, to cut $25 dollar foam....THAT's your suggestion????
Felt like I was the only one
WOW! That was so cool you gave away that kit! That is freaking great! I wished I was involved a year ago in your channel. $900 for a laser cutting machine is a little out of my price range but I did find a few cheaper ones on Amazon from $299-$500. I never knew that you could buy one of these damn things. WOW! But I think a $10 scapple will do for me. (for now) Thanks for sharing, this was pretty cool to see.
On your phone, turn on the level crosshairs and set zoom to 1. Then take a centered photo as well as a couple others. Pretty quick and easy to overlay them and now you have a custom layout, instead of having to hope the online flat images are correct.
I haven't cut a lot of Kaizen foam but a scalpel was very easy to use. Even tools with dipped/rubber handles won't be a problem. When cutting you keep the blade almost buried so you don't cut into the handles. So far I've done a couple screwdrivers and the Milwaukee install driver and it's four attachments. It was fast and accurate. Turned out really nice.
Very helpful! Just purchased a D1 Pro, but haven't used it yet.
Thanks for the vid! Al
Hey Tim, just noticed you're over 100K subs. Congrats, man!🙌
Thanks Mark. Appreciate it brother. It feels like it took forever.
It looks amazing, so pleasing. Such a great idea of finding picture and using thar
Every tool Milwaukee sells that can fit in a PACKOUT should have a perforated cutout of the tool on every box the tool comes in for the PACKOUT. Example When you buy a subwoofer there is a perforated circle you can cut out and apply to your subwoofer box to trace it out so your sun fits perfectly. It would cost Milwaukee nothing to add a perforated outline of the tool on the box that it comes with.so you can trace to packout foam or a regular toolbox foam.
Should but they want you to spend a fortune buying all the extras.
They think every tradesman is loaded. It's exactly the same thing as why vans cost more than a nice car and the things are rust buckets
Yea because these pack outs are to expensive tbh
That laser cut really fast and deep wow I thought you had it on high speed at the start lol. People can also use inkscape that has a trace bitmap option then you can save it as a svg file. Another awesome video thanks :)
Why not get the picture from manufacturer site?
I used an iPhone 15 pro max when you take a good picture you can long-press and swipe a bit and you’ll see a white shape encircling just the tool. Now save it and take that into photoshop for sizing. Very quick way to get a good template. As long as you can fit it on a 8.5” x 11” print out. A 13x19 printer would be needed for the bigger tools. I put the 5 tool M12 and a m18 hammer on one of those.
Good Video. One suggestion is to photograph the tools with backlighting so they appear as a dark shadow. the longer the lens (mm) you use, the more accurate the outline. You can also include a ruler for easy adjustment in computer software.
Do you know if this type of foam is safe to use with a laser? I couldn't see what the actual foam is. Some foams give off toxic fumes that will damage laser and damage the operator.
Thanks! PS: I have that laser.
I always cut 1/8” inside of the lines for a tight fit but keep the blade of what ever you are using to cut out the hole straight, over time the foam will loosen and create a memory.
I just had a shop light bar about 4 feet on top of the foam and used the shadow outline of the actual tool to trace it with a silver marker🤷🏻♂️
How would two contour gauges work to trace out a tool??
I get my flat outline by putting the tools on the scanner bed of my workshop printer, a Canon PIXMA All-In-One (£36 from Amazon AtM). No manipulation required, just a 1-to-1 photocopy.
This is awesome, and the diode laser can do work on foam. The only suggestion I have is that unless you know for a fact that the foam is laser safe EVA - I’d get a vented enclosure.
Great cut ....shame you butcher taking out the centre bit ...you should have routered out the inner bit to get a neat removal and finish!
Super cool way to do it! Thanks for sharing with us!
Congrats to Texas winner.
Holy shit, thanks man! This worked beautifully
What about a router? Would that work? Instead of having to dig with your fingers?
Tim thanks for pitching my work light. I am going to make the Goose-Grip work light be able to support multiple battery platforms. So that said, can anyone reading this or Tim, if you know...what is the order of popularity of electric tool brands. Milwaukee then Dewalt, then ? and then ? and where do you think Snapon falls?
I have a much better solution: 3d scan it, make a boolean in your CAD software, and 3D print it in 24K gold.
Great video. Has anyone tried this with GIMP? I'm trying to make this work for the installation driver.
Like everyone has a laser cutter.
Or throw them all in a bag, since wasting space with boxes that have lots of dead space around the tools, is exactly what we were trying to avoid when we all threw away the molded cases that came with our old tools.
Thanks 😊
Great job though Id be careful cutting the foam without a fume extractor, burning that material is pretty nasty.
cONGRADS ON THE 100k SUBS~~~
вот у меня в хозяйстве еще лазера не было)))
This is killing me, I have a big thick one, and I just want to cut ✂️ in HALF , so I can use two to go in two separate trays
CNC? 🤔
This was painful to watch because everyone around was yelling at the screen, "JUST DO IT ALREADY"!!!
will most likly end up costing more than the tools
I watched 5 mins in until you got to laser 😂
Could you share the file?
shop tool reviews! is your head okay!?
to cut few pcs of foam you suggest to buy laser cutter for 569 USD!? ha! ha!
That's cool but i personally don't own a computer much less fancy gadgets.
That was 20 minutes I will never get back. First 3:25 was a waste of anyone's time. Should have been called "Hardest way to make a cardboard template"
just use a scanner, most people own a scanner/printer... easy to do
Is there anyway to get the file, I follow your steps but the layout comes out to big or to small.
$9 foam cutter wi do the same thing......😅😅😅😅😅
The first thing is, is to not use cheap foam
Or just place the tool down and outline it with tooth picks.
Yeah i just got all them equipment laying around to do this... For real? who you fooling with on how to cut inlays, sure ain't the average joe's
What an incredibly complicated way to solve an issue...and who has a 10 000 dollar laser cutting machine anyways? come on
Nope. Done it both ways. First of all, the harbor freight sheets are 4 for $9 (not $15) and yea, you do 2-3 layers (sheets are much larger). Use contact cement to adhere them. Much easier, you aren’t poking and grabbing an imperfect layer and the foam is much better quality (it’s meant to be stepped on my fat 400 lbs dudes). Be honest, Kiezan foam is actually pretty crappy quality. Look at when you buy expensive tools and hand tools and you get them in a plastic case, they always have a more high density foam, like the HF, the cheap tools you buy or tools that don’t come in a case, come with crap foam, like Kaizan
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It's too complicated for diy.
I guess everybody has a $10,000 laser cutter and is a photoshop expert nowadays….back to the Matt knife for me…
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Why does this guy always scream on video.
Y’all spend to much time with tools and no women
Blah blah blah
My wife says that about me too! :) Thanks for watching.
Get to the point
Sorry like I’m not able to afford a layer cutter just to cut out 7 tools pockets fit my pack out, I’m not a rich boy or silver spoon in my mouth. Plus I don’t even have a laptop Cant afford one on my retirement money. Wished I could sure would make a nice cut but I bet I couldn’t find anyone to cut me out some at a affordable price everybody wants to fuck everyone. What had happened to just flat out helping people any more I don’t charge anyone for anything nearly guess that’s why I’m Anastasia broke
Rocker sells large foam sheets at a decent price, i would get a kaisen knife set that comes with the special markers, cutters and a hole cutter. I will mention that foam looks cool but there ends up being a ton of wasted space.