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Post by woosh on Mar 26, 2021 9:42:17 GMT -9
I know most people here build 2d stuff, but for those who build things with hollow insides, I made a discovery recently that will greatly benefit anyone who does.
I work at steelcase, an office furniture company, loading their 200-400lb wooden and metal office cabinets by hand into trucks.
The packages themselves are bar none the cheapest packaging I've seen. A small portion of the packages do not survive the loading process.
However, the one thing that has a 100% survival rate on the docks are the insane superheavy duty EPS foam corners. When a package pops open or the jagged metal edges tear the box open because the edge had no foam corner, the package collapses, falls apart and the black foam corners fall out too.
When this happens, we rush to rig-fix the package without the corners.
This allows me to take the precious little things home.
I cut them to the shape I need for a hollow wall or furniture stuffing and it makes said pieces unsquishable. A 2ftx2ftx2ft cube is available on amazon for 100$. You might think it's a waste, but this foam withstands the jagged heavy edges and corners smashing and bumping during the loading and shipping process do nothing to this foam and it's also semi malleable, lightweight, NOT MESSY, and very easy to cut. Cuts cleanly too. Will pics later
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Post by cowboyleland on Mar 28, 2021 6:39:36 GMT -9
Lucas at Bard's Craft (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Ie2MeD89J5lxZNTX3y7sw) uses EPS from the hardware store extensively in his figures and terrain. I would think the regular stuff is tough enough for crafting. It is often used for theatre props. Unless you are crafting dog chews.
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