Painting foam poppers

[Uncle Jesse]

UJ, Walt is a true cajun- but don't tell him I called him a coon ;^)

Oh I see my friend, I'm not a cajun or a coona** but I am the only member of my family to live north of Baton Rouge. If I had met that dark eyed girl the first of the summer instead of the last of the summer I might be down there also.

[drolfson]

Some of the foam bodies I turned on a dremmel can be seen in this image of supplies to tie a nice popper.



That comes from here if you want to see the whole process: http://limetrude.blogspot.com/2008/0...en-popper.html

[lastchance]

Some of the foam bodies I turned on a dremmel can be seen in this image of supplies to tie a nice popper.



That comes from here if you want to see the whole process: http://limetrude.blogspot.com/2008/0...en-popper.html

Did you use foam sheets glued together?

[drolfson]

Did you use foam sheets glued together?

I guess I am an anomaly in the foam popper body world. (Among others, according to SWMBO.) I actually use foam flip flops, the floor tiles shown in another thread on here, yoga blocks, and foam building blocks from Hobby Lobby. I then just use a box cutter and cut those items into cubes of various sizes. I then put those onto an upholstery needle chucked in my Dremel and use a nail file to turn the shape I desire. Some will say that it is dangerous to put a foam block on a needle spinning that fast, and if you get it too far off center, that could be true. (I have had one needle break, but it was a long, thinner one than usual.) I am pretty good at getting it centered so I don't get much shake as I start it up, and really after about 5 seconds with the nail file, it is round with the needle dead center anyway.

As you can see, with that setup, I can get a multitude of sizes and shapes. They all have a hole right down the center that I slip over the hook eye and onto the hook. I have had a couple that I sanded down on the bottom once the glue was dry, but that was because of their length and to give me a little more hooking area.

Enjoy making them!

[sandfly]

uncle jesse,
i used a 22 mag, 243 cut back and a 45 colt, need some big bore shells. 45/70, 500 xpress..lol