Project 1 - Students Thread

[DaveintheGrave]

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Hi Mummy! I'll still be around and checking this thread periodically. Whenever you are ready to start I'll be around to help. Also let me know if you need help getting the parts for the project in Canada.
I hope all goes well with the birth of your new baby!

[daddywoofdawg@hotmail.com]

Daddy, glad the link finally worked. The neck was made using a piece of pipe lagging.

To make this look like the spine, I used small lengths of wire - wrapped around the pipe lagging then twisted the two ends together. Gradually the wire will indent into the foam of the lagging. continue to do this at spaced intervals (I used intervals of 1.5 inches). To finish off I painted this with acrylic paint (cream), with dark brown between each section and highlighted the centre of each section in brown.

Hope this makes sense, if not I could put together a quick how to - let me know.

As for the video, I used my digital camera which has a video setting. These download as .mov (or quicktime), but I wanted to convert to avi file and include in my web pages.

So what is pipe lagging? Have any pics of it?is it that black foam you use to insulate your pipes with?

[Herman Secret]

Sorry for the confusion, used a brit term .. lol and yes it is the Foam pipe insulation.

Will put a quick how to together tonight and post pics in the next couple of days

[13mummy]

Hi Mummy! I'll still be around and checking this thread periodically. Whenever you are ready to start I'll be around to help. Also let me know if you need help getting the parts for the project in Canada.
I hope all goes well with the birth of your new baby!

Thanks Dave!! I hope it all goes well too. I'm due on Friday

[halloween71]

Terra love your finished product the tombstone looks great.What do you use to glue your pieces of styrofaom together with?I have used a couple of different products and a couple of my tombstones came apart.Love the dry lock look need to try that.

[Terra]

Terra love your finished product the tombstone looks great.What do you use to glue your pieces of styrofaom together with?I have used a couple of different products and a couple of my tombstones came apart.Love the dry lock look need to try that.

I use Foamboard adhesive. It looks like this:



I know Liquid Nails and a few other companies makes foamboard adhesives too.

[halloween71]

I used liquid nails on the ones that came apart maybe I didn't use enough.I used carpet latex on some and they were fine.

[Terra]

I used liquid nails on the ones that came apart maybe I didn't use enough.I used carpet latex on some and they were fine.

Just to be sure, it was the Liquid Nails specifically for Foamboard? If so, I'm gonna stay away from that brand. I do use a lot of mine so that may be the issue as well.

[mshelene]

Dave,
I haven't been able to start this project since I've been crazy busy and had some health problems I was dealing with. But I still have the motor and adapter that I ordered back in december. I just saw that this project needs alot of tools. I don't have an electric drill, soldering iron, saw, hacksaw or wire cutter/stripper. Are those expensive to get and do you know if they're all available at home depot?

[DaveintheGrave]

Just to be sure, it was the Liquid Nails specifically for Foamboard? If so, I'm gonna stay away from that brand. I do use a lot of mine so that may be the issue as well.

I use the Liquid Nails "Construction Adhesive" on all of my foamboard projects and have never had one come apart yet. The stuff holds very well.