"Removing heads and limbs" Topic

How is this best done? I use modelling knife but is there very saws that are quicker?

A razor saw works well and leaves a cleaner cut.

A knife will not remove material but will often distort metal as it goes through (you seldom get an absolutely flat section with a knife, although you can bend metal back afterwards) … plastic is more forgiving under the knife but some hard plastics can fracture.

Saws do give straight cuts but do remove their own thickness of material as they cut (so if you removed and arm with a saw then repositioned it, the arm would be shorter) … if noticeable, this can be fixed using a filler.

I use a thin model saw unless I don't want to deal with the loss of material on the saw line (usually with smaller scale figures) …

Phil

I use a jewelers saw. It looks like a miniature hack saw. I have never liked the razor saw as I think the cut is two thick. I have seen people use nippers if they are not trying to preserve the part that they are removing but I tend to take the extra effort to preserve all the pieces so they can be used on other projects. I would discourage the use of a modeling knife for deep cuts. Every time I have had a little accident it has been from trying to do too much with the hobby knife!

Chk out a jeweler's saw.

I use a dremal with a thin cutting disk.