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Re: Strip: 3D model for a seat
By:Bob Johns
Date: 4/23/2012, 7:28 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: 3D model for a seat (Bill Hamm)

: If you're going to carve minicell with an angle grinder, and this
: works very well, do it outside otherwise it'll take you forever
: to get rid of the black dust inside your shop.

Correct. I figured minicell dust would get everywhere so I carved my minicell seat outside. I fastened it on top of a portable bench and carved away. Once in a while I would climb up on the bench and sit in the seat, feel the high spots, get down and grind some more. Repeat as necessary.
I probably took a quarter cubic foot of foam out of the seat and got fifty cubic feet of foam dust. It was a lot easier to sweep the driveway than clean the entire shop.

And wear a face mask. The dust is light and goes airborne. Static causes it to stick to everything, including you.

~Bob

Messages In This Thread

Re: Strip: 3D model for a seat
Silviu -- 4/19/2012, 7:21 am
Re: Strip: 3D model for a seat
Joy -- 4/19/2012, 6:49 pm
Re: Strip: 3D model for a seat
Bill Hamm -- 4/22/2012, 1:52 am
Re: Strip: 3D model for a seat
Les -- 4/23/2012, 3:57 pm
Re: Strip: 3D model for a seat
Bob Johns -- 4/23/2012, 7:28 pm
Re: Strip: 3D model for a seat
Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2012, 12:57 am