Where to buy foam??!
- Thread starter theyonger
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Check your local fabric or craft shops. You may need to stack 2 or 3 layers of it but use spray adhesive like spray 77 it works great. Dont forget to post pics when your done.
Try this company:
DB Engineering, the have all different type of foam. The also have a waterjet that will cut the foam to any shape you desire. Number is 817-453-1100,
speak with Vicki.
DB Engineering, the have all different type of foam. The also have a waterjet that will cut the foam to any shape you desire. Number is 817-453-1100,
speak with Vicki.
Your thread brings up a sad moment in my life. My first wife started foaming at the mouth and I had to...
Haha! I can tell you now as it is long ago.
That wasn't foam and I was glad I got out of there before you came back!
One of my favorite foams for applications like this is a roll-up sleeping pad that you will find in any sporting goods store. The stuff is moderately high-density closed-cell foam perfect for lining tool boxes or guitar cases.
I buy mine at Canadian Tire, you may not be so lucky :
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow...ing%2BPad%252C%2B24%2Bx%2B70-in.jsp?locale=en
Dave
I buy mine at Canadian Tire, you may not be so lucky :
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow...ing%2BPad%252C%2B24%2Bx%2B70-in.jsp?locale=en
Dave
NASA's' apparently doesn't glue well-and is too hard. Or is that Thiokal's?
Surplus may be available soon.
you do want high density foam rubber
You do want high density foam rubber. I had a connection years ago but they apparently went out of business. I'll be checking the posts here for a new supplier myself.
Hu
You do want high density foam rubber. I had a connection years ago but they apparently went out of business. I'll be checking the posts here for a new supplier myself.
Hu
Why don't you buy a zipper case, used maybe, and tear out the inside to use? Should work and you will have proper cue holding areas. Unless you really would like to make your own inside.
http://www.thebilliardwarehouse.com/cases/lucasi/lucasi-lc5.htm
http://www.thebilliardwarehouse.com/cases/lucasi/lucasi-lc5.htm
Don't forget Hobby Lobby and Michael's
Those two stores don't generally have as good a selection of foam as Joann Fabrics which is why I left them off.
Been down THAT road with all three of these stores many times.
Typically you have to carve it. In Germany I once visited a custom furniture maker who specialized in making plush oversized padded furniture. They had several tools for carving foam from blocks. One of those tools was a machine like a bandsaw which worked with a very thin wire. Using that they could slice through the foam and cut it into shapes.
If you are wanting to make form fitted cavities then it's going to be difficult using the flat foam you can get at the fabric store. My advice would be to try to cut layers of different sizes and stack them.
You can also use your razor to cut tapered cavities which will also work. I have seen someone use an electric bread knife to cut foam and it worked well (reminds me that I need to go get one).
Basically you can cut straight cavities as well that are the size of about the middle point of your piece and the foam will fit around the piece. As long as you have enough resistance on the sides of the cavities but also enough room to allow the piece to be put in without too much force you should be good to go.
