Well after several miserable attempts to make a foam cutter I finally broke down and spent a few dollars and bought one.
The old train transformer I bought on EBAY turned out to be bad and it was too many months since I bought it to ask for a refund. So I tried different power sources and different types of guitar strings but was never happy with the results. So last night I decided to just buy some foam cutting tools.
A cool thing I discovered in the hobby store was a foam hardener that I can use after carving the foam. I may do this instead of using fiberglass as it looks like it makes it hard as a rock. This will be super for building my Rosie the Robot body and especially when making new heads for the Bus Stop Robots. I need to get those robots completed. I'm kicking around using earth magnets to hold the legs and arms on the robots so they can be removable for transport.
2 comments:
Hey Jim,,,I'm doing a project right now for Phil. Building a rocket ship for him. Anyhow, I want to use Styrofoam and cover it with plaster??? Does that sound right?
Mark [Eagle]
Mark, I was originally going to paint the Styrofoam with latex paint and then fiberglass it. Then I found a coating that was meant to go over Styrofoam and then dries hard. It's called foam coat by the folks at the Hot Wire Foam Factory. I found mine at a hobby store but their website is http://www.hwff.com They also sell a lot of different foam forming tools. The tools I bought were so-so but I was able to fabricate a new bus stop robot head last night. They have a DVD that shows their products in use and it's pretty informative. Also note the foam coat comes in a smoother indoor version and also a thicker outdoor version (for making fake bricks and rocks and stuff).
Good luck with the Rocket Ship ! Hope things are going well with your wife and you and that your son is doing good too.
Jim
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