April 8, 2008: Recycle

BigV · 04-08-2008, 12:51 PM

There are a couple of ways I can imagine for that task. Toenail/brad the strips to each other like hardwood flooring. They'd stick to each other but pull out of the foam. But then you'd have a canoe interior full of brad points. Uncomfortable. Or... staples. That's what I used. A million staples. That's a million going in and a million to pull out. Or hotglue on the formside (pehaps covered in some mold release/plastic sheeting). The hotglue could easily be rubbed off the inside of the canoe once it was cooled and the form removed.

I just can't see forms three inches apart for the length of the boat. What a pain.

glatt · 04-08-2008, 01:10 PM

I can't think of any kind of mechanical fasteners that would hold chopsticks to the foam. Plus, making the foam plug in the first place would be a lot of extra work. Kind of like building a boat so you can build a boat.

I also agree having a few score forms would be a huge pain.

I think the only way it would work is if the chopsticks are glued together into strips first, and then the boat is built with conventional building techniques.

04-08-2008, 12:51 PM	#1
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	There are a couple of ways I can imagine for that task. Toenail/brad the strips to each other like hardwood flooring. They'd stick to each other but pull out of the foam. But then you'd have a canoe interior full of brad points. Uncomfortable. Or... staples. That's what I used. A million staples. That's a million going in and a million to pull out. Or hotglue on the formside (pehaps covered in some mold release/plastic sheeting). The hotglue could easily be rubbed off the inside of the canoe once it was cooled and the form removed. I just can't see forms three inches apart for the length of the boat. What a pain. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

04-08-2008, 01:10 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I can't think of any kind of mechanical fasteners that would hold chopsticks to the foam. Plus, making the foam plug in the first place would be a lot of extra work. Kind of like building a boat so you can build a boat. I also agree having a few score forms would be a huge pain. I think the only way it would work is if the chopsticks are glued together into strips first, and then the boat is built with conventional building techniques.

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