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Post by runningwolf on Mar 8, 2014 14:09:02 GMT
I made some mac & cheese last night.... not the kind in the blue box. Mr. Wolf likes his stuff home made. And there on the box of shells was a cellophane window which lets a consumer look into the yummy pasta shaped goodness. And I was thinking, "Would hot glue melt this?"
Cutting a round box of oatmeal in half and adding some cellophane windows would be a neat little greenhouse or military hut. The greenhouse might not have enough structural strength, but the idea was planted.
I figure run of the mill cling wrap would be too thin/melty for hot glue. Has anyone worked with it?
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Mar 10, 2014 3:23:41 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2014 3:23:41 GMT
I haven't tried that as of yet, but if you could lay the piece down so the "window" was horizontal to the table, you could use regular PVA glue or I have had good results with spray glue.
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Mar 10, 2014 12:09:26 GMT
Post by runningwolf on Mar 10, 2014 12:09:26 GMT
I was also looking at the "package" my glue gun came in. Thicker grade vacuum sealed plastic. I'm not sure which one will work best and take the most abuse. The cellophane might wrinkle up. The heavier plastic might cut into the cardboard.
I do have a fire effect idea I want to check out with the thing cellophane when I am painting some other stuff. Almost makes me wish I didn't quit smoking, the cellophane from a cigarette pack might do nicely.
Hopefully my barrel prototypes will be dried today.
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grogg
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Post by grogg on Mar 10, 2014 17:19:53 GMT
I saved the red cellophane from a box of my wife's valentines candy to experiment with. Think I might get one of those led candle things and try a fire effect with the cellophane.
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odinist
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Post by odinist on Mar 12, 2014 21:11:10 GMT
Sheet protectors. Cheap as dirt, and you can get ones that are as clear as the cellophane that's in the pasta box window.
I have some really thin, clear (once again, not the typical kind-of-matte finish they usually have) sheet protectors, and I would have thought that hot glue would melt them all to Hell, but it surprisingly doesn't
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Mar 13, 2014 1:01:08 GMT
Post by runningwolf on Mar 13, 2014 1:01:08 GMT
Looks like I have to dig through my bag of electrical stuff and wire up a resistor and LED. Thanks for the input and have to get my butt in gear.
My father orders the LEDs in bulk, so I'm sure next time he orders so if I toss him a $5 he'll let me have a few dozen to mess around with.
With some things like a spray can lid or the top of a deodorant top (stick/gel kind) should leave enough playing around room to put in a hearing aid/watch battery.... which would be way more simple than trying to thread a wire though the cardboard or having the wire run across the tile.... but the latter might be good for some sci fi tiles.
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Mar 29, 2014 1:57:27 GMT
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Post by beetlewing on Mar 29, 2014 1:57:27 GMT
Here are a couple of ideas for you:
Plastic from a 2-liter soda bottle is pretty tough, and would stand up to hot glue.
To thread wire through cardboard, you can cut a slit/channel across the floor, taking care not to cut through the bottom layer. Shove the wire into the slit, then glue a sheet of card stock over the entire floor to hide the cut.
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Post by runningwolf on Mar 29, 2014 12:58:02 GMT
I did meet up with my dad last week and he gave e a poop-ton of red LEDs and 4 small rare earth magnets.... Not if I can find my bag of tricks I will be able to string them and some resistors together for some prototypes.
It's actually been leading me to think of some other ideas or the LEDs. I might not ever actually use it but one idea I was thinking of prototyping (just to gain some skill points) was making a paper machce like statue ala the old Dungeon Master's Guide (or was it Player's Handbook). Have two LEDs behind glass beads for the eyes.
LOL bad when you think of crafting something you will never actually use. Crafting it just for the sake of crafting it.
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Post by Sleepy Hollow Mike on Mar 29, 2014 15:07:17 GMT
Sometimes crafting just for the sake of crafting is the FUN part!
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Post by runningwolf on Mar 29, 2014 15:23:34 GMT
Sometimes crafting just for the sake of crafting is the FUN part! *lol* Forgetting text doesn't convey tone of voice. Yeah the fun part is making something you'll never use but end up learning from it or just saying "screw it I'm gonna try this to see how it works". The experimentation is half the fun. Half the time when prototyping something you might bomb out but that "failure" either leads to a refinement in the process or gives you a completely new idea..... *ack! I must now run away screaming cause that sounded like I have a MBA & talking about a manufacturing process!*
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leolad72
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Apr 5, 2014 19:42:35 GMT
Post by leolad72 on Apr 5, 2014 19:42:35 GMT
Couple years back, my daughter enlisted my help for a diorama for her business class in highschool. I used a cellophane sheet from the inside of a noodle box for the main shop window, tacked in place by hot glue. Worked just fine with no shrinkage or weakening, and if I'm not mistaken, it is STILL holding just fine.
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