Cutting Your Own Foam Cylinders

Published on Jul 13. 2025 - 8 hours ago
Updated or edited 8 hours ago

Cutting you own foam cylinders will save you money in the long run so in this video I show you how I do this..

FoamBlocks;
https://www.fullingmill.co.uk/Products-UK/Ant-Body-Hard-Foam-Block-Cylinders-UK/Hard-Foam-Block-Ant-Body-Black-Orange-UK

Foam Cylinders..
https://www.fullingmill.co.uk/Products-UK/Ant-Body-Hard-Cylinders-UK

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