Hotwire cutter
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foxidrive
Retired Admin
That's a winner!
It sounds like you can get some relief from it - thankfully!
Here's a tip or two - maybe it will work?
Freezing is one suggestion
Using a grinder is another.
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general-archive/machining-soft-urethane-74583/
I'm not sure if this is useful - but it has some info too:
http://www.jobstinc.com/industry-news/18-polyurethane-machining-guide.html
misi
Growing Little Guru
Useful!!! I'll try it as soon as I buy an angle grinder or buying a little accessory to my driller.
Look at the earlier attached pic:
Freezing it with full of water then cut it with a sharp knife.
The result is poor...(should try it in a cool room perhaps? Siberia is another option...)
foxidrive
Retired Admin
Perhaps a grinder will work on a frozen one too.
Let us all know how you go. It would be so frustrating to have pain when you walk, not to mention painful! Just ask TeeEm!
misi
Growing Little Guru
I will as soon as I experiment with it again.
foxidrive
Retired Admin
Did you manage to cut the foam in the end, misi?
Has it helped give you more comfort in your shoes?
Has it helped give you more comfort in your shoes?
misi
Growing Little Guru
Not yet on a good way...
I do it on the bad old way...(Freezer)
I do it on the bad old way...(Freezer)
foxidrive
Retired Admin
Damn. Is an external battery workable with the hotwire thingy?
misi
Growing Little Guru
This weekend I'll try my torches.
One of them has two AA the other has four D sized batteries.
2*1.5=3 Volts, 4*1.5= 6 Volts
Next step: 240Volts...
foxidrive
Retired Admin
Aiden feels your pain misi... 5 visits to the Docs in 3 weeks. Toe hurts like hell. ( Maybe the Devil lives under his big toe nail )
misi
Growing Little Guru
I visited another doctor a few weeks ago.
In his opinion taking off the nail would not help in my case.
Taking off the toe would but he didn't recommend it.
foxidrive
Retired Admin
misi
Growing Little Guru
No, he did not.
Perhaps the muscles are already damaged in my toes?
That's what I think.
ATM my toes are behaving pretty good, I can wear shoes for hours without strong pain.
I'm wearing my "rings" and using a cream(not designed for my toes).
What's the cream for?
I noticed that my feet are behaving much better after a shower.
The water makes the hard skin softer.
What about making the skin softer for a longer period?
The cream does that.
My hotwire failed to deliver good result, giving up.
Thinking about another solution, it might work.
Ordered a clutch for my fast driller because it went on strike.
I'll try to buy a little saw for it and try to cut the foam with it.
I'm not in a hurry with it because the scissors, knife, freezer do the job until I find another solution.
foxidrive
Retired Admin
That's good that they help, plus with the cream.
One other thing that a shower does is make the capillaries/blood vessels
expand, as well as the muscles relax from the warm water.
You could get a simple square bowl and use warm water at home to try it,
and there are the foot spa around - like my Mum has - which add bubbles and
massage and heating I think.
It's curious that he didn't say why. Maybe the shape of your foot is part of the problem?
If it rubs in spots inside shoes due to an odd shape then that could be a major cause.
I'm no doctor - just a layman.
misi
Growing Little Guru
It can be the problem because I remember now that he mentioned to visit Vietnam to make some shoes cheaply.
foxidrive
Retired Admin
Doesn't Vietnam have lots of unexploded landmines around the place?
That will fix your toes.
foxidrive
Retired Admin
I guess you have tried the warm foot bath already - is it as effective as a warm shower?
misi
Growing Little Guru
Permanently...
Same effect. Makes it softer for a little while.
Cream works longer.
foxidrive
Retired Admin
nod. I have calloused heels and forgot to apply heel balm (by Eulactol) to them and one cracked in a few places last week. Stoopid me. Fortunately it hasn't become infected and I'm applying the heel balm as I should have been doing - I mention that to ask what cream that you find is good for your feet?
I had sorbelene cream and used that but the heel balm stays on with a film on the skin and has a better effect - the sorbelene had very little effect over several days for me.