slarti42uk
Junior Member
Hi All,
Well, having had some issues with UK foam board and weight, I decided to take the plunge and get 10 sheets of Depron. I was so pleased to hear, on the podcast, about Peters idea/plan to adapt some of the FT designs, and I figured I'd have a go and start the ball rolling. So this is the beginning of a build thread where I'll be trying out my adapted design and sharing how I get along. I'm not sure if the sheet sizes for Depron are a standard, but the stuff I bought is 1000 x 700mm and so I've taken the plans and re-layed them to fit onto 2 sheets, £6 worth of foam!
I'm hoping that it's okay to post the plans here, but someone do please let me know if that's not ok. I've not included the notes and stuff from the full plans. These are full and tiled, with the tiled ones intended to be printed on A4 paper (hope it's not too UK centric) and a grid to make it easier.
WARNING: I have not yet built from these plans so I'm yet to discover if I've made any errors in increasing the slots to account for the extra 2mm thickness, and also the A and B folds, where inside or outside dimension of the final part is the main factor. I've also made some of the parts separate due to the fact that I don't have the paper to worry about. Use at your own risk.
My first question to anyone here using Depron is: What would you recommend for covering? I have bought some Fablon (sticky back plastic) but I don't know if this'll be too heavy. I may just try clear packing tape for this first prototype. I did like the look of the way they did it in the waterproofing episode, and even better that I don't need to remove paper.
Well, having had some issues with UK foam board and weight, I decided to take the plunge and get 10 sheets of Depron. I was so pleased to hear, on the podcast, about Peters idea/plan to adapt some of the FT designs, and I figured I'd have a go and start the ball rolling. So this is the beginning of a build thread where I'll be trying out my adapted design and sharing how I get along. I'm not sure if the sheet sizes for Depron are a standard, but the stuff I bought is 1000 x 700mm and so I've taken the plans and re-layed them to fit onto 2 sheets, £6 worth of foam!
I'm hoping that it's okay to post the plans here, but someone do please let me know if that's not ok. I've not included the notes and stuff from the full plans. These are full and tiled, with the tiled ones intended to be printed on A4 paper (hope it's not too UK centric) and a grid to make it easier.
WARNING: I have not yet built from these plans so I'm yet to discover if I've made any errors in increasing the slots to account for the extra 2mm thickness, and also the A and B folds, where inside or outside dimension of the final part is the main factor. I've also made some of the parts separate due to the fact that I don't have the paper to worry about. Use at your own risk.
My first question to anyone here using Depron is: What would you recommend for covering? I have bought some Fablon (sticky back plastic) but I don't know if this'll be too heavy. I may just try clear packing tape for this first prototype. I did like the look of the way they did it in the waterproofing episode, and even better that I don't need to remove paper.