bob Petritsch
Active member
These are of the solid scoter I made from foam I got from Tractor Supply.
Blocks are big and pretty solid. I cut them on a hot wire I made. The foam, two dekes from one block, is glued to a belly board.
I used wood glue, the same glue I used to Restle coat the finished blocks.
I cut again with the hot wire to to take off the back cut off and then the head cut off. Then I cut the decoy to the bottom board.
Did the rough sanding with a rasp and finished with a sanding sponge.....goes very fast.
The heads are 5/4 soft wood that I glued blue foam onto both sides....keeping the bill horizontal with the grain. The blue foam works much better than the white foam. Makes for much finer outcome. I use5/4wood so I can put a dowel through the head,body,belly board and keel. Keels are 2X2 pine. I just drill a hole for the line....they are self righting when finished.
I put two layers of glue and screened sawdust on them, then painted....again thanks to SteveSanford for the suggested hen colors. That's about it.
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Blocks are big and pretty solid. I cut them on a hot wire I made. The foam, two dekes from one block, is glued to a belly board.
I used wood glue, the same glue I used to Restle coat the finished blocks.
I cut again with the hot wire to to take off the back cut off and then the head cut off. Then I cut the decoy to the bottom board.
Did the rough sanding with a rasp and finished with a sanding sponge.....goes very fast.
The heads are 5/4 soft wood that I glued blue foam onto both sides....keeping the bill horizontal with the grain. The blue foam works much better than the white foam. Makes for much finer outcome. I use5/4wood so I can put a dowel through the head,body,belly board and keel. Keels are 2X2 pine. I just drill a hole for the line....they are self righting when finished.
I put two layers of glue and screened sawdust on them, then painted....again thanks to SteveSanford for the suggested hen colors. That's about it.
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