Scavenger Hunt: Need a big plastic saucer... - Page 2

Avatard · 08-15-2010, 10:12 PM

Glad to hear that your stepson is up and around, playing, and back to being a kid.

Kaneman · 08-15-2010, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Avatard

Glad to hear that your stepson is up and around, playing, and back to being a kid.

Yea, I need to go to that thread and post an update. They just told him Friday that he's got another month in his brace at least, so he was pretty disappointed, still...he is getting back to being a kid for sure. Constantly beating the hell out of me, he uses that brace like armor.

His lil' bro is going to be blind though it looks like. =(

Avatard · 08-15-2010, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaneman

Yea, I need to go to that thread and post an update. They just told him Friday that he's got another month in his brace at least, so he was pretty disappointed, still...he is getting back to being a kid for sure. Constantly beating the hell out of me, he uses that brace like armor.

Good to hear man, you have been in my thoughts.

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Originally Posted by Kaneman

His lil' bro is going to be blind though it looks like. =(

That's awful, and let's hope that's not the case. I'll be pulling for the little guy.

shmike · 08-16-2010, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Kaneman

Fiberglass material? I'm thinking sheets of rigid fiberglass...what am I missing?

Did you get the answer to this yet?

Fiberglass comes in a cloth weave. It hardens with a resin that coats it.

You can make almost any shape out of it.

Not my pics but they sum it up:

The cloth:

Draped over a mold:

Applying Resin:

VatorMan · 08-16-2010, 10:48 AM

That. You lay the material on your structure and paint it with resin. How good of a finished product will be up to you. You can sand it and paint it.

Kaneman · 08-16-2010, 11:23 AM

That's badass for sure...but how would I create a 3' saucer out of it? I still need something to mold it into.

Papa_Complex · 08-16-2010, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Kaneman

That's badass for sure...but how would I create a 3' saucer out of it? I still need something to mold it into.

Find a cable spool, whack one of the "wheels" off it, sand it to shape, then lay your material over it as a form.

shmike · 08-16-2010, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Kaneman

That's badass for sure...but how would I create a 3' saucer out of it? I still need something to mold it into.

Use your Papasan chair covered with Saran Wrap: Instant mold.

VatorMan · 08-16-2010, 11:53 AM

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Bullshit. Take your chicken wire and press it into the Papasan chair. Take the fiberglass material and wrap the outside of the chicken wire. Paint the material with the resin. Let dry. Kick MFin ass.

Kaneman · 08-16-2010, 01:31 PM

That's what I'm going to shoot for then, wish me luck!

08-15-2010, 10:12 PM	#11
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	Glad to hear that your stepson is up and around, playing, and back to being a kid. __________________ Insert free thought here.

08-16-2010, 11:23 AM	#16
Kaneman AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Odessa, TX Moto: 2000 Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird Posts: 4,931	That's badass for sure...but how would I create a 3' saucer out of it? I still need something to mold it into. __________________ 1982 Honda XR80 - blown motor, 1993 Kawasaki ZX6D - sold, 2001 Suzuki Bandit 1200S - sold, 1984 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Kawasaki ZRX1200R - blown motor, 2007 Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom - totalled, 2003 Yamaha FZ1 - sold, 1994 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Honda CBR600F4i - sold, 1998 Suzuki DR350 - stolen, 1989 Honda Super Magna - sold, 2007 Yamaha Stratoliner, 2000 Honda CBR 1100XX Blackbird

08-16-2010, 01:31 PM	#20
Kaneman AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Odessa, TX Moto: 2000 Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird Posts: 4,931	That's what I'm going to shoot for then, wish me luck! __________________ 1982 Honda XR80 - blown motor, 1993 Kawasaki ZX6D - sold, 2001 Suzuki Bandit 1200S - sold, 1984 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Kawasaki ZRX1200R - blown motor, 2007 Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom - totalled, 2003 Yamaha FZ1 - sold, 1994 Honda Magna - sold, 2001 Honda CBR600F4i - sold, 1998 Suzuki DR350 - stolen, 1989 Honda Super Magna - sold, 2007 Yamaha Stratoliner, 2000 Honda CBR 1100XX Blackbird

08-16-2010, 10:48 AM	#15
VatorMan Wrap Yo Ass in Fiberglass Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: Feet Posts: 1,605	That. You lay the material on your structure and paint it with resin. How good of a finished product will be up to you. You can sand it and paint it.