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VicS

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Electric carving knife.... but dont force it .. allow it to cut at its own pace
 

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Another vote for the electric carving knife. Can't imagine why anyone would want such a thing for catering purposes, but they're great for foam. I bought one specially.

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Luckily I never throw anything away, so I was able to find our electric knife in the loft where it had sat for 20 years.

20 years before I bought mine, I was 9 and not very interested carving knives whether electric or manual :)

A straight edge below the foam makes it a simple job.

Not if all your edges are curved :p

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I recently used my B&D scorpion saw with the metal cutting blade,6' memory foam was raised of the floor on 4' wood battens and had someone gently separating the foam as a cut, as someone said don't rush the cut, i found a pendulum action the same way a jigsaw cuts worked best, pushing the top of the balde into the foam then letting the bottom of the blade catch up and ended up with a perfect edge :encouragement:
 

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+1 for electric carving knife.

Spray the blade with silicon so that it slides smoothly but not if you intend glueing cut edges together.
 
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