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Old 08-15-2010, 10:12 PM   #11
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Glad to hear that your stepson is up and around, playing, and back to being a kid.
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Old 08-15-2010, 10:15 PM   #12
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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. =(
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Old 08-15-2010, 10:30 PM   #13
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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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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.
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Old 08-16-2010, 10:41 AM   #14
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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:
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Old 08-16-2010, 10:48 AM   #15
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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.
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Old 08-16-2010, 11:23 AM   #16
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That's badass for sure...but how would I create a 3' saucer out of it? I still need something to mold it into.
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Old 08-16-2010, 11:31 AM   #17
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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.
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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.
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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.


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