Recent content by quiznak

A few bits and pieces kind of sound like what I remember of the second Highlander movie. I may just be thinking of that because you mentioned Connery in your first post though.

If you put French Cleat into Google Images it should give you a pretty good idea of how they work. Most images you find will show the cleats being made out of ¾ inch wood, but if you are hanging foam you should be able to get away with something much thinner (even sheet metal should work) and...

If you are going to hang large sheets of pink foam, then how about using French Cleats? This would allow you to easily remove the foam if you needed access to the walls or if you want to swap out sections. If you are using smaller pieces, then you could probably get by with double sided tape. I...

Mineral oil might work. I would run a test to see how it reacts with things you want to put into it though.

Using my limited Photoshop and Illustrator skills I recently started putting together a copy of the map from the title sequence of Avatar: The Last Airbender (the animated series). I have decided to share the results in case anyone is interested it. My current version is not in color, and...

What about using hot melt glue as filler or to add extra detail? It remains flexible after it solidifies, so the only issue would be whether or not it will adhere well to the plastic being used. Hot glue also has the advantages of being widely available, cheap, and relatively easy to work with –...

Re: Gutenberg Bible Project I'm in

I would recommend taking a picture of yourself holding the instrument so that you a reference for where you are likely to handle the instrument. Then focus your weathering more on those areas so that it looks well used rather than just old. If do end up scoring it, using chains, boring small...

Based on the color of the metal and the brazed joints this is probably sterling silver or nickel silver. It could also be a different base metal with silver plating.

I have heard of people using Krylon Fusion to paint fish tank decorations. It is also fairly common to coat fake fish tank rocks in epoxy to seal them (a marine grade epoxy would probably be best).

Would this be done in your kitchen or a lab/workshop oven? I would be somewhat concerned about the potential health hazards of baking the resin your kitchen. Even if it does not leave any residue in the oven, it may release toxic and/or foul smelling fumes into the kitchen.

While it is not paint, have you thought about enameling the piece? Your lab oven may not get hot enough to do it, but if you are able to heat the piece up to about 800 degrees Fahrenheit you could have a baked on layer of glass that should be pretty durable. You can get powders in just about...

I like to use a board with a lot of finishing nails sticking straight out of it. It is basically the same thing that Darth Lars described, but more permanent and better for heavy objects.

I have a open space on my wall just begging for a large print of this. Can’t wait to see how your test run turns out.

If you are able to find one that is large enough, I would go with a stepped drill bit. One nice thing about doing it this way is that you can test out a few different sizes without having to reset anything or to change bits. Here are a few cheap ones...