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Foam Seat Carving Tool
By:Paul Willliams
Date: 3/10/2000, 11:35 pm

I just finished carving a foam seat out of minicell foam for my Artic Tern. Using a rotary wire brush fitting, powered by my variable speed drill, I was able to carve most of the seat in about 10 minutes. This seems like an ideal tool for shaping a 3" deep, 12" X 17" block of minicell foam.

I tried heavy sandpaper and a surform, but the wire brush worked much better, allowing me to sculpt the foam in a short period of time.

The seat seems pretty comfortable, but I'll only know after a test paddle tomorrow how it feels during an extended paddle.

Paul Williams, Port Orchard, WA

Messages In This Thread

Foam Seat Carving Tool
Paul Willliams -- 3/10/2000, 11:35 pm
Re: Foam Seat Carving Tool
Berkeley C. -- 3/13/2000, 4:14 pm
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Jay Babina -- 3/13/2000, 11:19 am
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Eric Schade (shearwater Boats) -- 3/11/2000, 8:49 am
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Paul Lund -- 3/11/2000, 4:35 pm