Make a fiberglass fan shroud

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(Shaping the foam)
(Shaping the foam)
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===Shaping the foam===
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===Shaping and gluing the foam===
 
Cut foam to shape with a handsaw, putty knife, or bandsaw. Then, fit and glue pieces of foam larger than your layout on the board. A hot melt glue gun makes gluing this foam fast and easy. Glue the foam down with an expanding urethane glue, or some of the expanding foam that comes in an aerosol can. The different glues can make sanding over seam lines difficult, as they are usually a different density and hardness than the surrounding foam.  
 
Cut foam to shape with a handsaw, putty knife, or bandsaw. Then, fit and glue pieces of foam larger than your layout on the board. A hot melt glue gun makes gluing this foam fast and easy. Glue the foam down with an expanding urethane glue, or some of the expanding foam that comes in an aerosol can. The different glues can make sanding over seam lines difficult, as they are usually a different density and hardness than the surrounding foam.  
  
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[[Image:6scribe a circle.JPG|thumb|center|600px|For the round part of the shroud, a circle is scribed in the foam.]]
 
[[Image:6scribe a circle.JPG|thumb|center|600px|For the round part of the shroud, a circle is scribed in the foam.]]
  
[[Image:8laying out the circle.JPG|thumb|center|600px|More pieces of foam are cut and laid along the scribed circle.]]
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[[Image:8laying out the circle.JPG|thumb|center|600px|More pieces of foam are cut and glued along the scribed circle.]]
  
  

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