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Cutting foam rubber for chair seats and other projects

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Soak the rubber in water, ring it out a bit and place it in the freezer for a few hours. Once it's hardened, remove it from the freezer and quickly saw your shape with a bandsaw or other saw before it has a chance to start thawing-out. Don't forget to dry off your saw's blade and table surface when you've finished to prevent the formation of rust.

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To solve this problem, start by filing the top surface of your tool rest straight and true….eliminating all nicks and gouges along the way. Next, use a fairly coarse sharpening stone to slightly round-over the two back 90o corner edges that will be riding against the rest during cutting.