Wearenotlinear
Well-Known Member
So I already made a bat... But I made it out of a metal bat and airbrushed and painted all the wood grain and stenciling on it.. But being metal, it's not really allowed at events...
....So now I'm making a mallet for her to carry.
Materials:
2-inch pvc
old hammer handle
poster board
EVA foam
hot glue
Plastidip
paint
I took a piece of two-inch pvc and cut it to about 9". Then cut out out two foam circles about 6.5" across (using a small plate as the stencil). I attached the two circles to the pipe by gluing some smaller foam circles together and shoving em in the pipe with some pipe, then gluing the whole lot, pipe and foam stuffed inside, to the circles on the ends... I figure the foam on foam will hold better than the glue typically holds on pvc
I cut the handle off an old rusted hammer, and grabbed some poster board to wrap around, tracing a hole for the handle in the paper and in the pipe. I cut a hole in the pipe, shoved the handle in and surrounded the joint with hot glue. I used another piece of foam to help hold the handle in place where it meets the pipe:
I measured the paper to fit to almost exactly the ends of the foam circles (about 1-2mm shy).Then I wrapped it around, gluing an inch or two at a time so it was nice and tight and even.
And after about an hour or two of work start to finish, I had this:
I'm going to plasti-dip the mallet to reinforce the paper, leave the handle wooden, and then paint.
I'll post more pics once that's all done.
....So now I'm making a mallet for her to carry.
Materials:
2-inch pvc
old hammer handle
poster board
EVA foam
hot glue
Plastidip
paint
I took a piece of two-inch pvc and cut it to about 9". Then cut out out two foam circles about 6.5" across (using a small plate as the stencil). I attached the two circles to the pipe by gluing some smaller foam circles together and shoving em in the pipe with some pipe, then gluing the whole lot, pipe and foam stuffed inside, to the circles on the ends... I figure the foam on foam will hold better than the glue typically holds on pvc
I cut the handle off an old rusted hammer, and grabbed some poster board to wrap around, tracing a hole for the handle in the paper and in the pipe. I cut a hole in the pipe, shoved the handle in and surrounded the joint with hot glue. I used another piece of foam to help hold the handle in place where it meets the pipe:
I measured the paper to fit to almost exactly the ends of the foam circles (about 1-2mm shy).Then I wrapped it around, gluing an inch or two at a time so it was nice and tight and even.
And after about an hour or two of work start to finish, I had this:
I'm going to plasti-dip the mallet to reinforce the paper, leave the handle wooden, and then paint.
I'll post more pics once that's all done.
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