Thrifty Alternatives ..Building Foam Campers

[GPW]

Eagle , that’s a pretty Cool idea , and you could even rub the plastic bag with a piece of fur to build up a “charge” ... then the dust would be attracted to the “suit” .. Schmaybe’ just a plastic apron would help ... ?

[wagondude]

If that would work, I wonder if you could follow up by standing in a bin then hook up to a grounding strap. Would the foam particles then fall into the bin for disposal? Probably wouldn't work but sure would be cool if it did.

[GPW]

Easiest thing so far is to just have somebody else standing there with the vacuum cleaner ... simple and we know that works ...

[KCStudly]

Works "okay" with a router, but not 100% due to fan effect of the router, direction of travel, and when the pocket becomes uncovered on the opposite side from the vacuum nozzle.

Still plenty of clean-up required.

[GPW]

KC, I had a cheapo little palm sander go belly up from foam dust .... one day it just chugged to a halt , and groaned ...

Too COLD here to sand outside , too Messy to sand inside ... Decided to make a habitat for my adopted Toad ... (little Django ) The wife is bringing home some tasty crickets ... after all it is the Holidays ...

[eaglesdare]

i think that is really cool about you taking care of the toad!

[mikeschn]

You need to add a Toad room to your huge FS foamie!

Mike...

[Wolffarmer]

Name for a fomie of yours. The Toad

[GPW]

Yes, now another official member of the family ... the “rescue" Toad ... Once you give them a name , it’s all over eh ?

The wife came home with the special, toad bedding (Eco-dirt) , a toad swimming pool , and a bag of little crickets , which I released into the studio This morning , not a cricket in sight ... I’ll get a pic of Toad Hall , once it gets light ....

Well, although somewhat silly , it is Thriftier than a pony ...

[eaglesdare]

hey now, my horse keeps the yard mowed, saves on gas. thrifty and she gives us fertlizer.

[GPW]

Just kidding Eagle !!! Actually I don’t seem to have any more bugs in the studio ... cept’ maybe a stray cricket ...

Toad Hall !!! (the pic)

[droid_ca]

Hmmm a Wind in the Willows theme trailer

[GPW]

Well, the boy (or girl ? ) found the habitat , jumped in and promptly buried itself in the dirt only it’s little nose sticking out now ... hope that’s "normal “ ?

Guess now we’ll have to make a distinction between Toad and Towed... Only in the Foamie’ section eh ???

[eaglesdare]

yes, they bury themselves.
when i was digging up the ground for my garden, i found two of them under there. they were both pretty lucky i did not chop one of 1/2. they were pretty deep also. maybe that is what they do for winter. aren't they one of the few that truely hibernate?

[GPW]

OK , I had to read up on this , and yes they do hibernate ... so I guess after a nice tasty cricket dinner , our toad has settled down to a long winters nap ... Thing is , it doesn’t stay cold here for long , so we don’t know when the next “appearance” will happen ... Just wait till I tell the band to play quietly as to not wake up little Django ... Yeah right !!!