Make a fiberglass fan shroud
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I had a bunch of 2 lb polyurethane foam left over from other jobs, so I thought this project would be a good place to use some up. | I had a bunch of 2 lb polyurethane foam left over from other jobs, so I thought this project would be a good place to use some up. | ||
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| − | Cutting foam to shap with a handsaw, putty knife or bandsaw, fit and glue peices of foam larger than your layout on the board. A hot melt glue gun makes gluing this foam fast and easy. You can use one of the expanding uethane glues or some of the expanding foam in an | + | Cutting foam to shap with a handsaw, putty knife or bandsaw, fit and glue peices of foam larger than your layout on the board. A hot melt glue gun makes gluing this foam fast and easy. You can use one of the expanding uethane glues or some of the expanding foam in an aerosol can to glue the foam down. The different glues can make sanding over seam lines a pain , as they are usually a different density and hardness than the surrounding foam. |
Shaping this foam can be done with sandpaper, sureform files, knives and picks, even your fingers can shape this foam quite easily and rapidly. | Shaping this foam can be done with sandpaper, sureform files, knives and picks, even your fingers can shape this foam quite easily and rapidly. | ||
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