Incremental Progress
Had a board meeting, so only got a tiny bit more done — upper big teeth and building out the lower jaw a little.
Starting assembly on the first mask
October 7, 2024 Using a gap filling superglue (Bob Smith Industries Insta-Cure Plus *), I did most of the rough assembly of the first skull in an evening, following along with Steve’s demonstration in the Youtube Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LKYCmaZ2uE&ab_channel=SKSProps)He goes pretty fast, so there was lots of pausing and rewinding going on. The superglue was cranky…
Cutting the Foam with the Dremel MS20
(copied from Facebook posts)It was amazing how *spiffy* the Dremel coping saw was at cutting the HD EVA foam. The pieces for the dog skull masks have pretty intricate shapes. My mini-review of the Dremel MS20 Moto-Saw The tool I bought for this job isthe Dremel Moto-Saw MS20. It can theoretically be used freehand but…
Chunking the foam for cutting
Before the foam can be cut with my Dremel coping saw, I have to make sure the pieces will *fit* in the arm of the saw, so I chunked it up
Laying out the Skull masks for cutting
Step one of the whole project was printing out the pattern template onto card stock and then tracing that onto the foam. We’re using SKS Props branded HD (EVA) foam purchased through Blick’s Art Supplies, in 2mm, 6mm, and 10mm thicknesses.SKS had laid out the template to print as a tiled large print; I reorganized…