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Cooler testing question for Richard K.
Actually did something similar a few years ago. I ordered a big batch of
prime steaks for a party we were having from one of those mail order places. They came packed in a nice big bare Styrofoam cooler with 2" thick walls. To good to throw away so I covered it in epoxy and 6oz glass. I have a feeling it would run circles around anything on the market for keeping ice. -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com "BF" wrote in message ... Did that 20 or so years ago, except used 2" sheet eps home insulation instead of a premade cooler. Made it custom to fit between the second and third thwart on a 25' Old Town canoe. Not only will it hold food and beer for 6 and keep it cold for 3 days, but also provides a quite comfy seat for that station on the boat. No carbon fiber, way too expensive back then. Still in good service today. BF "Richard Lamb" wrote in message link.net... Larry wrote: "Glenn Ashmore" wrote in I want you to add one more cooler to the test...... Go down to the dollar stores and buy the biggest cheap styrofoam cooler, the one that just styrofoam and $6 you can find. Test it to and it'll wipe the nose of all the others....(c; Floats, too, even fulla beer!...(c; And they can make a interesting fiberglass practice project. This is a good sanity check for anyone thinking of building a fiberglass airplane. (sorta also applies to glass boats?) If you can make a nice looking glass cooler, you might be able to build a nice airplane - or boat. Otherwise, do something else. Ultimate Beer Cooler Project: Select a cheap Styrofoam cooler. Using 5 ounce BID, and epoxy resin (!), glass micro balloons, and chopper cotton fiber --- cover the cooler. Plan on 4 layers on the bottom, 3 on the out sides, and 2 insides and 4 on the floor(!). 1" overlaps typical. 2 layers BID on the lid. Don't forget to prep the lid / cooler clearances! Probably easier to take some off of the bottom of lid than to attack the inside edge of the cooler. Lay some extra glass tape along the contact area of the lid. Sand for a tight fit when it's all solid. If you just happen to have some of that neato looking carbon fiber tape handy, add a wrap around the cooler during the lay-up. - and - presto - the World's First Carbon Fiber Reinforced Beer Cooler! In the end, if it looks nice and weighs less than 10 pounds? If the wife points it out, "can you believe HE made that?". If you didn't break out in hives, or scratch rashes. And found you are allergic to latex (nitryl gloves). It's almost kinda fun. sorta... |
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Cooler testing question for Richard K.
"BF" wrote in message ... Did that 20 or so years ago, except used 2" sheet eps home insulation instead of a premade cooler. Made it custom to fit between the second and third thwart on a 25' Old Town canoe. Not only will it hold food and beer for 6 and keep it cold for 3 days, but also provides a quite comfy seat for that station on the boat. No carbon fiber, way too expensive back then. Still in good service today. BF The problem with the test as initially reported is that coolers do not stay closed and are opened repeatedly during the course of a day on the water. That alone is a variable that is not taken into account. Regardless, I would just rely on what the manufacturers claim and leave it at that. Life is too short to worry about one cooler keeping things colder than another for a whole 3 hours, 25 minutes and 22 seconds. ;-) Keep the cooler out of the sun and the top highly insulated brands will all do equally well. For me it would be more of a matter of cost. Another consideration is a 12v cooler. They work great if you have the battery capacity. Cooler Joke: A redhead girl was walking down the street. She was carrying a boxy object suspended from a handle and ran into a blonde friend of hers who never saw such an object. The blonde asked what it was, to which the redhead friend replied: "It is a cooler. It keeps hot things hot and cold things cold". The blonde was impressed and immediately purchased one. The next day the blonde was walking down the street with the cooler and ran into one of her blonde friends. Her friend asked what she was carrying as she had never seen such an object, to which the blonde replied: "It is a cooler. It keeps hot things hot and cold things cold". The other blonde was impressed and asked what was inside, to which the blonde replied: "A cup of coffee and a popsicle." :-) |
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Cooler testing question for Richard K.
I like the Thermos bottle story almost as much:
Two ethnics of your choice were discussing amazing inventions, like television - it shows moving pepole from anywhere, and telephones that speak any language and one insisted taht the thermos bottle was the most amazing thing ever. The other stopped and asked why he thought this was so amazing and got the answer: "Well, you can put hot stuff in it and it keeps it hot, Or you can put cold stuff in it and it keeps it cold. How does it know?" Matt Colie JimH wrote: "BF" wrote in message ... Did that 20 or so years ago, except used 2" sheet eps home insulation instead of a premade cooler. Made it custom to fit between the second and third thwart on a 25' Old Town canoe. Not only will it hold food and beer for 6 and keep it cold for 3 days, but also provides a quite comfy seat for that station on the boat. No carbon fiber, way too expensive back then. Still in good service today. BF The problem with the test as initially reported is that coolers do not stay closed and are opened repeatedly during the course of a day on the water. That alone is a variable that is not taken into account. Regardless, I would just rely on what the manufacturers claim and leave it at that. Life is too short to worry about one cooler keeping things colder than another for a whole 3 hours, 25 minutes and 22 seconds. ;-) Keep the cooler out of the sun and the top highly insulated brands will all do equally well. For me it would be more of a matter of cost. Another consideration is a 12v cooler. They work great if you have the battery capacity. Cooler Joke: A redhead girl was walking down the street. She was carrying a boxy object suspended from a handle and ran into a blonde friend of hers who never saw such an object. The blonde asked what it was, to which the redhead friend replied: "It is a cooler. It keeps hot things hot and cold things cold". The blonde was impressed and immediately purchased one. The next day the blonde was walking down the street with the cooler and ran into one of her blonde friends. Her friend asked what she was carrying as she had never seen such an object, to which the blonde replied: "It is a cooler. It keeps hot things hot and cold things cold". The other blonde was impressed and asked what was inside, to which the blonde replied: "A cup of coffee and a popsicle." :-) |
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Cooler testing question for Richard K.
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:04:23 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS wrote: Another variation: Her friend asked what she was carrying as she had never seen such an object, to which the blonde replied: "It is a cooler. It keeps hot things hot and cold things cold". reply: "But how does it know?" |
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"Matt Colie" wrote in message ... I like the Thermos bottle story almost as much: Two ethnics of your choice were discussing amazing inventions, like television - it shows moving pepole from anywhere, and telephones that speak any language and one insisted taht the thermos bottle was the most amazing thing ever. The other stopped and asked why he thought this was so amazing and got the answer: "Well, you can put hot stuff in it and it keeps it hot, Or you can put cold stuff in it and it keeps it cold. How does it know?" Matt Colie Don't give up your day job Matt. ;-) |
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Cooler testing question for Richard K.
"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in
news:htIRf.504681$0l5.8607@dukeread06: Actually did something similar a few years ago. I ordered a big batch of prime steaks for a party we were having from one of those mail order places. They came packed in a nice big bare Styrofoam cooler with 2" thick walls. To good to throw away so I covered it in epoxy and 6oz glass. I have a feeling it would run circles around anything on the market for keeping ice. Piggly Wiggly suddenly had this fantastic little Kraft cheeze cooler made of bare styrofoam with a plastic top with a sliding plexiglass door you could see through to see the cheeze inside. It has this little refridgeration unit in it at the top with a tiny compressor like you'd find in a water cooler or overpriced boat ice box converter. Every time I walked by it shopping, I couldn't help but think how nice it would be to have that cooler filled with fine English ale in my little home bar. After it had been there a couple of weeks, I asked a "contact" I'd been courting for favors at the PigWig what they were going to do with the cooler when the cheeze promo was over. "Oh, they'll just trash it. There's no room to store it and Kraft will send them different ones next time.", he replied to my astonishment. Reminding him of the last DVD player I fixed for him a few months ago, I asked him to quietly ferret out the cooler when The Pig was done with it and just call me to get it. I was right. It doesn't make any more noise in my bar than the chicken- feeder water cooler in the kitchen. Those fine English Ales and a row of Warsteiner Dunkel look much better in the little plastic viewing door than the cheeze ever did....(c; I even found the thermostat to adjust it to just the precise serving temperature Boddington's recommends.... The Kraft signage came right off.... Best free cooler I ever had.... |
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Cooler testing question for Richard K.
Matt Colie wrote in news:ZaJRf.79$nO1.44
@fe02.lga: Two ethnics of your choice Very tactful, Matt. But, won't all the ethnic organizations be standing at your door with guns and goons, instead of just the JDL or NAACP?....(c; In the South, the ethnics of choice are always referred to as "Democrats", which seems to keep them calm or ignorant of who the joke is about... |
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Cooler testing question for Richard K.
This doesn't sound like the way to have a cheap cooler.
My conscience says "three bucks" every time I add an ounce of epoxy resin to the mixing pot. (System Three prices) Fiberglass isn't cheap either. Roger http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm "Richard Lamb" wrote in message link.net... Larry wrote: "Glenn Ashmore" wrote in I want you to add one more cooler to the test...... Go down to the dollar stores and buy the biggest cheap styrofoam cooler, the one that just styrofoam and $6 you can find. Test it to and it'll wipe the nose of all the others....(c; Floats, too, even fulla beer!...(c; And they can make a interesting fiberglass practice project. Ultimate Beer Cooler Project: Select a cheap Styrofoam cooler. Using 5 ounce BID, and epoxy resin (!), glass micro balloons, and chopper cotton fiber --- cover the cooler. Plan on 4 layers on the bottom, 3 on the out sides, and 2 insides and 4 on the floor(!). 1" overlaps typical. 2 layers BID on the lid. Don't forget to prep the lid / cooler clearances! Probably easier to take some off of the bottom of lid than to attack the inside edge of the cooler. Lay some extra glass tape along the contact area of the lid. Sand for a tight fit when it's all solid. If you just happen to have some of that neato looking carbon fiber tape handy, add a wrap around the cooler during the lay-up. - and - presto - the World's First Carbon Fiber Reinforced Beer Cooler! |
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Cooler testing question for Richard K.
"derbyrm" wrote in message news:mEYRf.824853$x96.391861@attbi_s72... This doesn't sound like the way to have a cheap cooler. My conscience says "three bucks" every time I add an ounce of epoxy resin to the mixing pot. (System Three prices) Fiberglass isn't cheap either. I think the point is that you would do this to gain the experience of working with fiberglass on a practice project, not just to have a cheap cooler. --AG |
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Cooler testing question for Richard K.
When you have been through a couple hundred gallons of the stuff a couple of
ounces don't mean nuttin'. Building a big boat warps your sense of value. Besides if I hadn't spent it on epoxy I would have spent it on Scotch. It is about the same price per gallon. :-) -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com "Alan Gomes" wrote in message ... "derbyrm" wrote in message news:mEYRf.824853$x96.391861@attbi_s72... This doesn't sound like the way to have a cheap cooler. My conscience says "three bucks" every time I add an ounce of epoxy resin to the mixing pot. (System Three prices) Fiberglass isn't cheap either. I think the point is that you would do this to gain the experience of working with fiberglass on a practice project, not just to have a cheap cooler. --AG |
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