Looking for options to connect these two foam pieces…
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Looking for options to connect these two foam pieces. There is not enough surface area for glue.
Hello! I have this odd custom foam case I made out of tool drawer foam for my keyboard. I needed something a lot slimmer than other options out there so I custom fit it to be the minimum size for my needs.
However, it has not held up. There is a section where the two main shelves of it (which do not overlap in the plane of the layers) need to be attached to each-other that I did not design well. The result is the little nubs attached on the side. Unfortunately these aren't holding. One fell off completely the other two separated from the bottom piece of foam.
I used contact cement which has generally done me well but I think this joint has too much repeated sheering stress for that to hold.
Looking for other options to attach these to each-other that are more physical and not glue. The equivalent of a screw perhaps.
In my head there should be like a nut and bolt situation where I can sort of run a piece vertically through both parts of the foam and fasten it from the other end. The head and the fastener can have a lot of surface area to distribute downward pressure on the foam. But said piece would need to be somewhat long and ideally trimmable.
Ideally I think I would print somewhat of a comically large nut and bolt situation with my 3D printer but I wont have access to mine for a few more months. Another thought was like two large washers on either side of the foam attached by string. Is there any existing hardware that can solve this problem?
https://preview.redd.it/anwwk9o957yg1.png?width=736&format=png&auto=webp&s=a30c97f09534714b9aec52a39479e5256ffd00b3
https://preview.redd.it/xj0nwvo957yg1.png?width=2014&format=png&auto=webp&s=4d4c54e8ebc0547ab74c45f5b5cc5e4e7ef5cfb2
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Hello! I have this odd custom foam case I made out of tool drawer foam for my keyboard. I needed something a lot slimmer than other options out there so I custom fit it to be the minimum size for my needs.
However, it has not held up. There is a section where the two main shelves of it (which do not overlap in the plane of the layers) need to be attached to each-other that I did not design well. The result is the little nubs attached on the side. Unfortunately these aren't holding. One fell off completely the other two separated from the bottom piece of foam.
I used contact cement which has generally done me well but I think this joint has too much repeated sheering stress for that to hold.
Looking for other options to attach these to each-other that are more physical and not glue. The equivalent of a screw perhaps.
In my head there should be like a nut and bolt situation where I can sort of run a piece vertically through both parts of the foam and fasten it from the other end. The head and the fastener can have a lot of surface area to distribute downward pressure on the foam. But said piece would need to be somewhat long and ideally trimmable.
Ideally I think I would print somewhat of a comically large nut and bolt situation with my 3D printer but I wont have access to mine for a few more months. Another thought was like two large washers on either side of the foam attached by string. Is there any existing hardware that can solve this problem?
https://preview.redd.it/anwwk9o957yg1.png?width=736&format=png&auto=webp&s=a30c97f09534714b9aec52a39479e5256ffd00b3
https://preview.redd.it/xj0nwvo957yg1.png?width=2014&format=png&auto=webp&s=4d4c54e8ebc0547ab74c45f5b5cc5e4e7ef5cfb2
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