No stars with these foams!

[Metal Masher]

Well I wanted to try something different with the foams from my scorpion kit. I never liked cutting the face of the foam since it made the tread area uneven and i liked the idea of holes but there had to be a better way then with a dremel. Then i remembered that my father-in-law used to have a leather shop and had a bunch of leather punches. so I hatched me a plan. First I gathered the tools i needed



The punch is about 3/8" in dia.



Then i trimmed the edges off the foam to give it a more natural shape.



Now the key to getting a good hole is the smash the foam as tight as possible and as strait as possible then wack it good with the mallet



You should be left with a nice plug of foam



then simply continue until the whole foam is punched





Here is how it reacts with the rim inserted



Now the cool thing is that there are hundreds of different shapes and sizes with these punches so the sky it the limit with what you can do




Most of these punches can be found at flea markets and yard sales, you just need to snoop around.

[HomerJ]

Wow, way to think outside the box.. very cool!!

[red jim]

Nice thinking,let us know how they work on the rocks

[bob1961]

you can also make punches out of 3/8" brake line....just camfer the outside edges on a bench grinder at least 3/8" long from the end and clean it up with some sand paper to hone it sharp inside and out ................bob

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[Tupers]

Thats a great idea. I mayu have to try it with some sharpend brass tube.

[ROLANDROCKSHOP]

cool idea! makes perfect sense.

[jagg]

I got a piece of 3/8 stainless, never even thought to use it like that.

Great tips

[Jeepernick]

wow that is a cool Idea

is it even worth cutting foams anymore with memory foams? I guess if you dont have memory foams... like me

[JBHardwear]

Smart thinkin, they look very functional

[Nova's Ark]

I hate to burst your bubble, but this is an old idea. I doubt there is much new ideas that the Veterans of the site have not already done. The search feature works awesome and RCC keeps posts forever:

The 2.2 MOAB Foam thread

[Ced RC]

Originally Posted by Nova's Ark

I hate to burst your bubble, but this is an old idea. I doubt there is much new ideas that the Veterans of the site have not already done. The search feature works awesome and RCC keeps posts forever:

The 2.2 MOAB Foam thread

Holy crap this thread has a lot of detail thanks Nova's Ark
I must say that I have had problems finding what I'm looking for with the search feature from time to time though, I know noob's get flamed regularly for not putting effort into searching, but damn the archives of RCC are extensive!

Whether or not it has been discussed before, good idea Metal Masher

[Metal Masher]

Originally Posted by Nova's Ark

I hate to burst your bubble, but this is an old idea. I doubt there is much new ideas that the Veterans of the site have not already done. The search feature works awesome and RCC keeps posts forever:

The 2.2 MOAB Foam thread

I never said that holes were a new idea. If you read the beginning of my post you'll see that I sad "I liked the idea of holes but there had to be a better way then with a dremel"

I'm just giving a more effective way of doing it, and yes i know how the search function works and i already found that thread.

As far as using break or fuel line goes I wouldn't advise it. I had the rail the punch hard 2 or 3 times to get a clean cut and i doubt the tubing would hold up to it.

[boost_aholic97]

Originally Posted by Metal Masher

I never said that holes were a new idea. If you read the beginning of my post you'll see that I sad "I liked the idea of holes but there had to be a better way then with a dremel"

I'm just giving a more effective way of doing it, and yes i know how the search function works and i already found that thread.

As far as using break or fuel line goes I wouldn't advise it. I had the rail the punch hard 2 or 3 times to get a clean cut and i doubt the tubing would hold up to it.

this is the same thing i was thinking.....

[bob1961]

Originally Posted by Metal Masher

As far as using break or fuel line goes I wouldn't advise it. I had the rail the punch hard 2 or 3 times to get a clean cut and i doubt the tubing would hold up to it.

chuck it in a 1/2" drill and drill a core out.................bob

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[mysharona]

Originally Posted by bob1961

chuck it in a 1/2" drill and drill a core out.................bob

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hence the reason for a dremel, or this method. if you try to drill the foam, the bit will only grab and tear the foam rather than cutting a hole.

[chino63]

Looks good, reminds me of the non-pneumatic tires you can get for Bobcats and heavy equipment.

[TylerV]

Here's one of my posts from back in '05:

Originally Posted by TylerV

Here's how i cut mine. to get the thin slices i ran my foams through a bread slicer :-P . then i cut out diamond shapes in every other slice. here's pics.

You could apply the same theory to 2.2 foams as well (these were for maxx mashers). They worked pretty darn good too !

[canuckcrawler]

Has anyone used the panther memory foams, and if so, are they any good? I have been looking at picking some up, but I'm unsure whether to buy the panther's or the proline's. Any thoughts ?

[fuctup]

Originally Posted by Irayte

This is the kind of crap the vets are talking about, pay attention dude. Thanks for living up to the noob status.

Anyway, you could also use a automotive gasket punch set, wish I would have thought about this before I butchered my foams today, oh well they were the stockers anyway.
http://www.amazon.com/Gasket-Hole-Pu.../dp/B000I1IWVA

I think you should pay some attention yourself...responding to a post going on 2 months old?

[norcrawler]

i wish i woulda done this with my lst's,i cut the star pattern kinda messed up.
and its kinda flimsy now