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  Topic: oven made from what material?
thebluecanary

Replies: 10
Views: 5644

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:26 am   Subject: oven made from what material?
Since my design was an over/under I was paranoid about any HardiBacker breaking loose and falling down on my platen. So I used self tapping sheet metal screws to screw the HardiBacker to the oven's wo ...
  Topic: small molds
thebluecanary

Replies: 3
Views: 5399

PostForum: Fabrication Techniques   Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:20 am   Subject: small molds
Check these out might give you some ideas:

http://www.playtrek.com/pages/HeadMolding.htm

http://www.ffurg.com/casting_and_molding/making_resinfigures.htm


I like this stuff for my rubber mol ...
  Topic: Retro Adventure Team 6-wheel ATV project
thebluecanary

Replies: 12
Views: 20464

PostForum: Action Figure Talk   Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:39 am   Subject: Retro Adventure Team 6-wheel ATV project
Man, I used to have one of those yellow swamp buggies when I was a kid. Thought I'd died and gone to Heaven. Would still have it today if I didn't wind up with a... little brother. Shocked

You kno ...
  Topic: Heating elements on Ebay.
thebluecanary

Replies: 3
Views: 2463

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:07 am   Subject: Heating elements on Ebay.
I'ld like to know what "project" he had in mind for them.
  Topic: Toy Guns with Sounds and Lights - Help
thebluecanary

Replies: 10
Views: 19774

PostForum: Weapons Locker   Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:48 am   Subject: Toy Guns with Sounds and Lights - Help
I had to put the project on hold, I moved and got married. And atm my workshop is in a houndred little boxes! I am hoping i van get it all back to something functional by the end of this month. Jus ...
  Topic: Anyone have AutoCAD experience?
thebluecanary

Replies: 5
Views: 3804

PostForum: Off Topic   Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:51 am   Subject: Anyone have AutoCAD experience?
Check out sketchup.

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/

A lot of people are doing a lot of work with it. If you can sort though the junk, you can find some good stuff.

Also the 405th H ...
  Topic: Easy strong forms? Spray urethane hardcoat on foam forms
thebluecanary

Replies: 17
Views: 10355

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:39 am   Subject: Easy strong forms? Spray urethane hardcoat on foam forms
Have you thought about making plaster copies of the epoxy foam? That way you keep your "good" orginal, and if you bust a mold, it was only the plaster one.

Just some ideas.
  Topic: Easy strong forms? Spray urethane hardcoat on foam forms
thebluecanary

Replies: 17
Views: 10355

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:29 am   Subject: Easy strong forms? Spray urethane hardcoat on foam forms
Excellent information. You covered all the information my co-worker told me and more. The only thing I can add now is that all of the high temperature engine paint I tried will ate through my pink f ...
  Topic: Howdy gang
thebluecanary

Replies: 4
Views: 3069

PostForum: Introduce Yourself   Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 6:49 am   Subject: Howdy gang
You know I will be calling once I finish remoding my kitchen. =) The "almost-wife" has given her OK for me to go crazy in my work room. =)

About time you showed up. I'm only upset that ...
  Topic: Howdy gang
thebluecanary

Replies: 4
Views: 3069

PostForum: Introduce Yourself   Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:41 am   Subject: Howdy gang
About time you showed up. I'm only upset that you beat me to building mine. And I had also had figured that I would have to do that same thing with mine. I didn't have one AMP breaker heavy enough. ...
  Topic: Darktrooper Progress thread (Pic intensive!)
thebluecanary

Replies: 349
Views: 128839

PostForum: Costumes & Equipment   Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 7:27 am   Subject: Darktrooper Progress thread (Pic intensive!)
Dude. That is awsome! I wish I had heard about this before. This will help me with my project lots! You have some some wonderful work! I can't wait to see as yours moves along.
  Topic: Toy Guns with Sounds and Lights - Help
thebluecanary

Replies: 10
Views: 19774

PostForum: Weapons Locker   Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:22 am   Subject: Toy Guns with Sounds and Lights - Help
OK I am working on a project to make a replica gun from a movie (Not Starwars) and I wanted to add some sounds when it fired. So I thought, hey why not just buy a toy gun and hack it for the sounds. ...
  Topic: Cotter Pins (Cotter Keys) VS. Ceramic Insulators
thebluecanary

Replies: 8
Views: 3873

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:43 pm   Subject: Re: cheap ceramic insulators
You can get a box of 25 electric fence insulators for less than $6 at Tractor Supply.
http://www.mytscstore.com/wcsstore/ConsumerDirectStorefrontAssetStore/images/products/600/3600710.jpg




I ...
  Topic: Oven and HIS
thebluecanary

Replies: 1
Views: 1723

PostForum: Vacuum Forming & General Stuff   Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:42 am   Subject: Oven and HIS
Something I learned about ovens, if you have uneven heat you can add mass, like a pizza stone, tiles, or a few bricks. Just make sure there it is not glazed and lead free.

It might not work for al ...
  Topic: Helmet Sculpt in polyurethane foam **PICS**
thebluecanary

Replies: 15
Views: 15677

PostForum: Costumes & Equipment   Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:42 am   Subject: Helmet Sculpt in polyurethane foam **PICS**
what do you do if you happen to make an error? Start over? Or can you add some kind of filler?
 
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