Thank you sir. Since I have a revolver which is not popular, I need to make the gun box myself. And this video helped me a lot.

There’s one of these guys in every neighborhood.

Wow, what a learning experience. Thanks for all the hard work.

@manuelvazquez8758

Ай бұрын

This pawnbroker says to NEVER store your weapons in foam or any hard case. They will soon develop RUST from temperature fluctuations. Unless you like a slight RUST patina on all of your valuable weapons. Really inexperienced advice here.

Thank you for testing spray foam. I am learning how I can use this now.

@manuelvazquez8758

Ай бұрын

This pawnbroker says to NEVER store your weapons in foam or any hard case. They will soon develop RUST from temperature fluctuations. Unless you like a slight RUST patina on all of your valuable weapons. Really inexperienced advice here.

Neat idea. Good vlog. Take care Steve Blessings Peace

Thank you for the experiments. You saved me some money because I would have done it the same way and now I know to do it in segments.

@SteampunkSteve

Жыл бұрын

Glad to be of help

@manuelvazquez8758

Ай бұрын

This pawnbroker says to NEVER store your weapons in foam or any hard case. They will soon develop RUST from temperature fluctuations. Unless you like a slight RUST patina on all of your valuable weapons. Really inexperienced advice here.

Persistence pays off, great job

@manuelvazquez8758

Ай бұрын

This pawnbroker says to NEVER store your weapons in foam or any hard case. They will soon develop RUST from temperature fluctuations. Unless you like a slight RUST patina on all of your valuable weapons. Really inexperienced advice here.

Thanks for how to and great idea

Hi Steve cool idea 💡 especially with the fabric wrap have a good day my friend 😎♥️👍✌️

@manuelvazquez8758

Ай бұрын

This pawnbroker says to NEVER store your weapons in foam or any hard case. They will soon develop RUST from temperature fluctuations. Unless you like a slight RUST patina on all of your valuable weapons. Really inexperienced advice here.

Been thinking about doing this in my tour pack on my bagger. Something that can hold a cup of coffee and a few other things and wedge my lunchbox and thermos into the other half. I'm nervous about not seeing holes in the plastic and ruining the carpet so I have not tried yet

@SteampunkSteve

Жыл бұрын

I made a bigger one for some long guns. It initially shrunk but after a couple of months it regained most of its size.

@michaelosmon

Жыл бұрын

@@SteampunkSteve I appreciate you sir. Thank you for sharing your skills knowledge and experience

Good idea. Have you ever heard of flocking? You paint on an adhesive then spray a powder adhesive over it and let it dry. I wonder if this would be a better alternative than the fabric?

@manuelvazquez8758

Ай бұрын

This pawnbroker says to NEVER store your weapons in foam or any hard case. They will soon develop RUST from temperature fluctuations. Unless you like a slight RUST patina on all of your valuable weapons. Really inexperienced advice here.

Fill voids with Bondo sand & paint. I’m going to try the window & door pro in two layers instead of one larger one. Good video

@SteampunkSteve

10 ай бұрын

Thanks. Let me know how yours comes out

Eva foam trace around the firearms cut it out with razor blades dremel tool works pretty good for cutting and shaping rub cement multiple layers to thickness you want eva foam can be found at most craft stores

@SteampunkSteve

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe next time. I did this a year ago and am happy with how it came out

@mcvirtual2574

Жыл бұрын

​@@SteampunkSteve I use foam mats from dollar store usually under gym mat or kid play mats. If you are still doing expanding foam work, these are some of the best ways i've seen: search video Como hacer Bloques de Espuma Poliuretano de forma Manual kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZId-ycOpdNy_l8o.html Recubriendo Espuma EPS con Habitat Cast N Coat™ kzread.info/dash/bejne/c22V2MRvltiqYbw.html Let me know if any of that is useful

@manuelvazquez8758

Ай бұрын

This pawnbroker says to NEVER store your weapons in foam or any hard case. They will soon develop RUST from temperature fluctuations. Unless you like a slight RUST patina on all of your valuable weapons. Really inexperienced advice here.

Great video! Like the postivitve attitude. That didn't work , that's fine, keep plugging away

@SteampunkSteve

5 ай бұрын

That's how we learn. Thomas Edison said he didn't fail 900 times, he learned what didn't work 900 time

@alexanderalvarado9771

5 ай бұрын

I want to use your methods but do a guitar case!

@SteampunkSteve

5 ай бұрын

@@alexanderalvarado9771 I'm going to try using the bag of foam made to anchor posts in a box around some exposed pipe out of my water tank. There will be a video when I get to it

@manuelvazquez8758

Ай бұрын

This pawnbroker says to NEVER store your weapons in foam or any hard case. They will soon develop RUST from temperature fluctuations. Unless you like a slight RUST patina on all of your valuable weapons. Really inexperienced advice here.

Great vid. Thanks for going through all the effort. Can you please link the tool video? That's actually what i was looking for but this us great too!

@SteampunkSteve

2 жыл бұрын

What tool?

@theophilus9138

2 жыл бұрын

@@SteampunkSteve i want to do it for all my powertools. Sawzall, drills etc. So honestly the way you did the gun should work with a few tweaks.

@SteampunkSteve

2 жыл бұрын

@@theophilus9138 there are a couple of videos out there for small tools. I wanted something bigger. I made one this way for my long guns but didn't share to not show what I have

I thought of trying this and what do ya know u have a video. Great minds think alike!

@SteampunkSteve

2 жыл бұрын

I did a huge one for my long guns. At first it shrunk and then over time it expanded out to almost the size of the box. I'm happy with the results

@manuelvazquez8758

Ай бұрын

This pawnbroker says to NEVER store your weapons in foam or any hard case. They will soon develop RUST from temperature fluctuations. Unless you like a slight RUST patina on all of your valuable weapons. Really inexperienced advice here.

Flock it, once you get it done, feel void with caulking or something then flock over it.

2 part expanding foam mix it up pour it in and watch the magic

I have had this same idea before, Not sure if you've ever seen those little packaging things that come in some products... I guess they are somewhat similar to store-bought foam. They come wrapped in plastic I'd be curious to see if they might work for this purpose I think they make them in different sizes and stuff. Don't know just an idea 💡 As far as what to line it with I would say felt or maybe crushed black velvet.

@SteampunkSteve

6 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. What about using the bigger bags of foam they sell to anchor posts? Maybe pour it into a garbage bag, then clamp a board over the form to force the foam to conform to the mold.

@max_lemmon

5 ай бұрын

@@SteampunkSteve I was using a garbage bag, but I bought the windows and doors foam and only hardens on the outside, remember to use the big gap one.

@SteampunkSteve

5 ай бұрын

@max_lemmon the fence post foam is made to anchor posts so I think it'll harden all the way through

@manuelvazquez8758

Ай бұрын

This pawnbroker says to NEVER store your weapons in foam or any hard case. They will soon develop RUST from temperature fluctuations. Unless you like a slight RUST patina on all of your valuable weapons. Really inexperienced advice here.

@manuelvazquez8758

Ай бұрын

This pawnbroker says to NEVER store your weapons in foam or any hard case. They will soon develop RUST from temperature fluctuations. Unless you like a slight RUST patina on all of your valuable weapons. Really inexperienced advice here.@@SteampunkSteve

you should damp the box with water, foam will cure better, the instructions on can tell you to add water with a spray bottle

@KadeStringer2.0

5 ай бұрын

No it doesn’t

@manuelvazquez8758

Ай бұрын

This pawnbroker says to NEVER store your weapons in foam or any hard case. They will soon develop RUST from temperature fluctuations. Unless you like a slight RUST patina on all of your valuable weapons. Really inexperienced advice here.

Pretty cool 👌 that will work awesome 🛠️🇨🇦🛠️🇨🇦

@manuelvazquez8758

Ай бұрын

This pawnbroker says to NEVER store your weapons in foam or any hard case. They will soon develop RUST from temperature fluctuations. Unless you like a slight RUST patina on all of your valuable weapons. Really inexperienced advice here.

Cool idea, it gives me a few ideas as well. Keep them videos coming. Thanks, David and Tammy from Florida.

@manuelvazquez8758

Ай бұрын

This pawnbroker says to NEVER store your weapons in foam or any hard case. They will soon develop RUST from temperature fluctuations. Unless you like a slight RUST patina on all of your valuable weapons. Really inexperienced advice here.

Put the fabric on flat then cut around the gun opening before lining the bottom and sides of the cut-out.

This is a great idea. All kinds of delicate, expensive, items to be protected from bumps and sliding while traveling. PVC and other plastics soften and mold when heated with a heatgun. I had at one time replaced the blue felt in a S&W presentation box. First cleaned off all the old felt and glue. Then applied new blue felt bought at Hobby Lobby with brushed on carpenter's glue. The wet glue allowed the felt to flex and shape. I had seen spray in wall insulation foam . It seems to dry through out. The crew had 3 foot long blades on a sawsall to cut the excess. Thanks.

If you're going to stick with the hard foam check into Flocking. Comes in several colors not just green.

For tips on how to upholster the box/pad with fabric check out Adam Savage's Tested channel. He made a case for a Samaritan prop and used green felt to line it. I looked it up for you. Adam Savage's One Day Builds: Hellboy Samaritan Storage Display! kzread.info/dash/bejne/iXaLt9qQn7GvZdI.html

@SteampunkSteve

3 жыл бұрын

I'll check it out

Squirt with water before foam

Sooo.... If your drawer is 4 Inches but you really only would need 2 inches for a pistol.... You could make 2 layers . 1st is for the gun, second (below) for the 10 mags :-))

@SteampunkSteve

3 жыл бұрын

That's a possibility for a pistol. But I use a gun safe for them. Rifles and shotguns are a little thicker. This video is just an exploration of an idea

@sonofthedesert3132

3 жыл бұрын

@@SteampunkSteve I like that idea a lot. Though.... what I would do in a Bus..... is not a topic I would discuss here :-))

This pawnbroker says to NEVER store your weapons in foam or any hard case. They will soon develop RUST from temperature fluctuations. Unless you like a slight RUST patina on all of your valuable weapons. Really inexperienced advice here.

@SteampunkSteve

Ай бұрын

It's been a few years and no rust on the new guns so far. The 2 hundred yr old ones are brown but not from rust. Of course it helps that I'm in AZ much of the time with a 10% humidity Of course I used closed cell foam with aim of keeping them from sliding around. Most cases use open cell which is a sponge and for sure will facilitate rust

Next time take a thin fishing line to cut it

@SteampunkSteve

3 жыл бұрын

I tried braided wire and couldn't keep it in line. A guitar string might work but I don't have one

Great idea! Another one ya might think of is "pick pluck foam". You can get it in several different sizes on Amazon and its reasonably cheap.

@SteampunkSteve

3 жыл бұрын

I thought of that but the size I need would be costly. Plus I like to think outside the box and experiment

When I build out the van by the way I'm selling my bus it's too big for me and my disabilities anyway I'm getting a van. I have a permit so I will have a couple of pistols in the van . I'm buying 2 or 3 heavy duty SQUARE magnets that will hold the weight of pistol one of them i'm putting under my dash so i have a quick reach for it ,the other in a secret place in my bed for quick access. --maybe you can line a drawer with that soft material and put the magnet on the inside so the barrel holds tight on the magnet so it wont move around and with the cloth inside it wont move or scratch the pistol ????? it will be quicker in a emergence to get to it ' I really like your idea . what about a epoxy mold of the pistol about 2 inch high ????

@SteampunkSteve

3 жыл бұрын

Good ideas for pistols but the end product will be for long guns.

You could have saved a ton of time and money just carving out the shape in a block of styrofoam.

@SteampunkSteve

3 жыл бұрын

But what fun is that 😉

@Dominic.Minischetti

3 жыл бұрын

@@SteampunkSteve You have a point there! LOL

Not failures. Ways to not make a light bulb, uh... pellet box.

@ToriLynnH

3 жыл бұрын

And one way to do it! With embellishments.

@SteampunkSteve

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I don't give up if the first few tries don't work

@SteampunkSteve

3 жыл бұрын

Now if I had a Nicolas Tesla to steal ideas from....

In the end Kaizen Foam is cheaper and better for this application

@SteampunkSteve

3 жыл бұрын

It may be better but not less expensive for the thickness I need