i think i may try finding some foam or better yet, i have a friend who's dad is the head prof of engineering at dartmouth and they have a five axis cad machine that can mill anything i want out of any material. i'll look into if that is a possibility. We made some bike stems a while back out of bill...

So i don't have any CAD programs (partly because they're expensive) and because the best one I found (snocad) is windows and I run a Mac. Anyways I was thinking of how to create my template without a printed out pattern. So, I took a piece of blank wood, marked the tail width, waist position and wid...

I got a hold of some epoxy (not good quality though) and tried to bond two pieces of wood with the epoxy and duct tape bonding them. Thought the duct tape didn't completely take, it took some effort to get the top piece off. So the verdict is... it'll work! (hopefully). I want to do a vermont/new ha...

even if it's cheap i don't feel confident in my abilities to make a pump that will generate enough pressure. I feel that I can get more pressure using mechanical means rather than air. But, I just can't figure out how to get a good clean seal between the top and bottom molds.

So i don't really have the resources to pull of a pneumatic or vacuum press, but I know that there is a way to get good even pressure from a clamp press or otherwise. My problem is the top mold. Since there wouldn't be a bladder to fill the space, i would either need to make sure that the top mold i...

I want to use a little bit of duct tape for my graphics, but i don't know if it will bond with the epoxy (the smooth side that is). does anyone have any experience with this? or any knowledge i otherwise do not?