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what foam core is heat shapeable
Here is the best source I have found for less than case quantities:
http://www.fiberglasssupply.com/Prod...materials.html For full cases try Composites One or one of the other big distributors that service professional builders. wrote: Where do you get Divinycell from? KT -- 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 |
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what foam core is heat shapeable
Where do you get Divinycell from?
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what foam core is heat shapeable
There's a bit of a learning curve in heat forming foam. Not enough heat and
it breaks. Too much and it's not exactly foam. Also, there's a capital investment in whatever heating apparatus you choose. For a small project, consider strip planking with foam. dg wrote: Looking for ideas on what foam coring product I could use to make a dodger hardtop. A guy in the marina recently cold molded one out of door skins wood and epoxy. Seems to me that making a male mold and heat draping some foam or something would be a better approach than driving and removing 3000 staples. Maybe balsa would drape more easily? |
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what foam core is heat shapeable
"dg" writes: Looking for ideas on what foam coring product I could use to make a dodger hardtop. A guy in the marina recently cold molded one out of door skins wood and epoxy. Seems to me that making a male mold and heat draping some foam or something would be a better approach than driving and removing 3000 staples. I'll be using 1" Divinycell. 1) Build a male mold using a frame and battens to get the shape, or a door skin, then cover with plastic sheet.. 2) Attach Divinycell with low cost deck screws from the inside. (Weight the foam down to conform while attaching screws.) 3) Glass the outside. Remove screws, lift from mold, then glass the inside. Fair out as necessary. HTH -- Lew S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the Southland) Visit: http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett for Pictures |
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what foam core is heat shapeable
There's a bit of a learning curve in heat forming foam. Not enough heat and
it breaks. Too much and it's not exactly foam. Also, there's a capital investment in whatever heating apparatus you choose. For a small project, consider strip planking with foam. dg wrote: Looking for ideas on what foam coring product I could use to make a dodger hardtop. A guy in the marina recently cold molded one out of door skins wood and epoxy. Seems to me that making a male mold and heat draping some foam or something would be a better approach than driving and removing 3000 staples. Maybe balsa would drape more easily? |
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