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I've got the HSGM hot knife cutter. Mains powered but used on the boat with a small transformer - 12v to 230v. Works well, bought used...

For cutting acrylic canvas, I tend to use large tailors scissors for cutting speed, then quickly run the angled section of the hot...

We keep an old wooden cutting board specifically for this job. We often cut acrylic canvas with the hot knife as it seals the edges as...

Thankyou your comment makes sense, it's just the cost making me hesitate

Oh and I do keep a cutting block with each of them. It helps to have something to cut on if you want to cut rope neatly.

That looks like a great fun and usefull tool. Thankyou

Thanks, it looks worth considering

Have had one the £30 gas ones for years, works well, but to cut for dyneema needs to be left to really heat up, only other snag is the...

Thanks. I did a search but couldn't find cordless, there's no power on the boat. Unless I found a small transformer I guess

I bought a Butane one, can't remember the make, useless....

Thanks for this, it looks like these are corded. I was looking at cordless for use on the boat. It's not used a lot just for running...

Talk to the chap - I forget his name - at Hadlow Marine Absolute mine of information on the matter of boat windows.

Does anyone have experience of using cordless versions of a hot knife? Trying to decide between cheaper butane ones, c£30 vs v expensive...

Success. The free fall worked a treat...I was a bit cautious at the outset so it took a bit of work to reset as the hydraulics were not...

It's there now, just updated mine. Never been so organised. Thanks chaps!