Re: Styrofoam top loads

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Original poster: "Brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ka1bbg-at-webryders-dot-net>

Hi, well machining foam is like being in a snowstorm except the pieces just
stay stuck to everything. There is brass leafing,gold, silver,tin,copper and
so on. If you have not done leafing you need to be taught by someone who is
skilled in the arts, otherwise you will just make a mess and waste expensive
product.....like i did for quite a while...i use fan schrouds from good old
cheap fans, the ones with steel wires on a frame..i find them at the dump
all the time. or use window screen on plywood formers. the best fan shrouds
are big diameter with a thin thickness..cul brian f.
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Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 2:35 PM
Subject: Styrofoam top loads


> Original poster: "John Richardson by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jprich-at-up-dot-net>
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> Hi Steve,
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> Wouldn't it be easier to purchase a large block of styrofoam from a craft
> shop as opposed to laminating together several thinner pieces?  I even
think
> that they can be purchased around the holidays in a circular shape for
> people to make wreaths, etc.  Another thought, although I'm not sure how
> practical it would be:
> When I was a child I remember my mother gold leafing picture frames and
the
> like.  The leaf was extremely thin, and one had to electrostatically
charge
> a small brush, pick up the leaf, and apply it to the surface already tacky
> with special glue.  It was time consuming, but I remember that the results
> always turned out smooth.  I'd take a trip to a craft shop for foam
> doughnuts, and then stop off at a picture framing shop to find out if it
> could be done.  I'm sure that there are metallic options out there other
> than gold, and the supplies should be cheap enough!?
>
> John Richardson
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