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Old 06-11-2014, 10:28 AM   #1
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Angry Homemade Kelp Float

A friend of mine made me a homemade Kelp float. He first ran the rope thru the funnel with a knot in the rope big enough so that the rope would not pull thru the small end of the funnel. He then taped the small end so the fiberglass resin would not flow out the end. He allowed the rope loop to extend out past the end of the funnel so that a float line can be attached. Then he poured some resin in the funnel to create a resin plug on the small end. After that dried he sprayed 2 or 3 inches of foam into the funnel and allowed it to expand and completely dry. Once dry he repeated this process until eventually the funnel was full. He said that if you fill the funnel with foam all at once there is a chance that the foam will not dry properly in the middle.

When he got to the large end of the funnel he used electrical tape to help shape the foam into a dome. After the foam was dry he painted the float.

I haven't used it yet but I am looking forward to find out how well it will pull thru the kelp.

Part list:
Transmission Funnel
One Can of triple expansion Foam
One piece of rope
One can of spray paint
Electrical tape
Fiberglass resin

For some reason I can't upload the picture. I'm sure it it's operator error.

Hope this is useful to someone.

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Old 06-11-2014, 11:22 AM   #2
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Re: Homemade Kelp Float

cool take your picture and drag it to imgur.com then paste the link of your new photo here
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Old 06-15-2014, 11:20 AM   #3
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Here is a link to the picture. Thanks for letting me know about this different way to post my picture.

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Old 06-15-2014, 11:26 AM   #4
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Here is the link to the picture. Thanks
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Old 06-15-2014, 11:47 AM   #7
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Re: Homemade Kelp Float

I dont know how i found this, but here it is...




Looks like a snow cone
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Old 06-15-2014, 11:49 AM   #8
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I barely functional with this computer things, but I'm working on it. I think I got it figured out.

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Looks like you figured it out before I did!
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