Quote Originally Posted by ldice View Post
What would be the best way to cut the foam out? I have tried copper tubing, but they look kind of torn up. That is a nice looking popper.
Probably the best thing I have found is the shaft from a wrecked umbrella. If you can find a automatic umbrellas that collapses to a smaller carrying size they are ideal, some have steel shafts, some brass. Either works well if you will chuck it in a variable speed electric drill, an AC powered works bettter than a cordless because they have higher speeds at the top end. Square off the end of the cutter and sharpen the edge, the dremel does a nice final sharpen, deburr. The umbrella shaft will possibly yield two or three sizes of cutter. I found one with a hexagon shaft that worked great.