Let’s get started, how about some cereal?
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First and foremost** Download the new Bumper files from here.
We’ll be approaching this differently than we have the usual stuff, making it in three parts with different materials to make one complete component for your pack.
You’re going to need:
Some thick cardboard, left over from the spacer build.
1/8" styrene or sintra, I’ve been saying for a while now you need to get some. This is NOT going to be the first and only time you deal with this stuff for this project. Quit playing games and get some.
**Some sort of Spray glue or adhesive. ** and sticker paper if you dont already have it.
Now, open the files up and get a really good look at them I have notes scrawled in capital letters and red ink, this means “pay really close attention to what you’re going to be doing.”
like this:
SEE? IT SAYS DONT DO THAT. SO DONT.
**this is there a few times in this build. **
all of that. ALL OF THAT. all of that.
**THIS IS MEANT TO BE PRINTED ON STICKER PAPER
PRINT TWO COPIES.
CUT OFF THE TABS FROM THE RIGHT SIDE TOP.
THEN APPLY TO 1/8" STYRENE.**
I should have something there that looks like “NO EXCEPTIONS” because there arent any exceptions. There isnt a decent enough alternative that’s 1/8" thick, easy to work with that I know of. You will be using it for other things in this project. Trust me.
So, now we’re cutting stuff out. Open BUMPER CENTER
Now, what i want you to do, us cut off every one of those tabs that make the face of this piece.
So it looks like this when you’re done cutting it out.
You’ll notice I dont have the first page cut out or pictures of it applied to AACDT like I said to on the paper…* because I said to on the paper.* I probably shouldn’t have to say by now that you have to prefold…because you have every other time. It’s second nature to me now with this project. So much so, that I had to redo it once out of 4 times, BECAUSE I prefolded everything.
BUT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
See how I drew one there? Sure it looks like ■■■■, but all you need is to make enough paper for that piece it attaches to to put a small dab of superglue on. Otherwise you’re giving yourself more work if you dont do it this way.
Now you want to open FIXED BUMPER MIDDLE USED IN THREAD because that’s exactly what it is. I have some alternatives if this over simplification looks too easy for you, ranging from completely making a bumper(which is just asinine of me to even bother making it this way because of how stupid hard it is ) to different ways of making it in separate parts.
rant over. open it.
Now on the second page it gets cut out and spray glued to cardboard, but this particular piece needs some extra TLC.
I tried my hardest to be as clear as I possibly could, but you want all of those lines that will create a curve to be perforated, and taped, because you will NOT be applying it to cardboard. Also, it is perfectly 100% acceptable for you to cut the tabs off of that end also. I did. You want to do this.
I didnt think I remembered to take a picture of it with out the tabs. This is exactly what you want to be doing.
I didnt take a picture of the rest of the stuff you’re cutting out of this page, because they’re going to be applied to cardboard. There’s no need to use the AACDT except where noted, but I made sure to separate them so you can do everything you need to do at once, for each type of adhesive dealy.
Here’s where we’re at. Well, before I cut those tabs off that piece. and PREFOLDED EVERYTHING.
Now you want to break out that thick cardboard, in the mean time, here’s BOOBerry.
I made a mistake here, that one on the right, you want to put the whole piece on cardboard. Except for what will make the “end” of the side.
It’s this one.
You can see where I folded up one end of the center piece, you dont want cardboard to attach to that end, because it wont bend correctly. The same thing for the piece above this one in this picture, the end on the left will want to be folded and not touching cardboard.
Now. GO OUTSIDE.
Reason being:
The SPRAY ADHESIVE OF YOUR CHOICE This particular brand I got from a job I used to have, it’s a no name brand. What you will be looking for is a spray adhesive in the paint dept at walmart for 5-7 bucks.
This stuff is messy. It gets everywhere. It’ll get in your arm hair. It’ll get in between your toes. It’s a pain in the ass to clean, and if you have to clean it off of something it takes time that you dont want to spend removing a ridiculously annoying adhesive from something.
If you do get it on anything:
This will fix that. Dont get nail polish remover. It’s garbage for this. You want REAL ACETONE. Nail polish remover does contain acetone, but it does not remove this stuff like it should, infact, it smears it around and makes it worse. Just get Acetone, because it’s handy to have around.
Arrange your cardboard some where you dont care is going to be hosed down with a spray adhesive that is hard to remove from what you’ll be spraying on.
Then give it a nice even coat. One will be fine.
Wait 5- 10 minutes and then apply your pieces to the cardboard
Like this…also check out the top piece before I noticed I should have planned on it needing to be all cardboard except the end of that part of the Bumper.
NOTE: Most of these spray adhesives recommend you spray on both pieces you’re adhering together. Before I indefinitely borrowed this from the last job we put it on both pieces. For the sake of this project, since it’s just small snips of paper, you dont need to. In other projects down the line, especially those that include different types of cloth and other materials, you should apply to both surfaces. If you want to do that with this one? Go for it. It’ll be good to get in the habit of using this properly before you start using it with discretion.
Give it some time to rest, like, over night.
Then gently cut it out with a razor knife, utility knife, or xacto knife whatever, as straight up and down you can get the blade as possible because later you’ll be using the edge of the cardboard to rest and glue pieces on, much like you did the Spacer.
Flip them over, and find where they bend and curve and all that. Then GENTLY AND CALMLY cut to the face with out cutting through the face layer of cardboard so it bends and retains it’s rigidity, like you did with the spacer. On the curved parts, you want to make sure all the cardboard is removed up to the face surface of the cardboard so it curves. Then refold everything so it does what it’s supposed to do.
Also, after all the pieces were on cardboard, in retrospect, I AACDT taped the “ends” of each side of the bumper from these pieces after I did this. I could have done it sooner, but it really made no difference when i did it, just that i did it. Go ahead and do it.
Now we’ll be getting into Assembly, so, while you’re cutting out the rest of the pieces for the BUMPER CENTER and taping them off watch this nintendo commercial 1 UP.
The black line through those tabs means you can cut them off. Just cut off every tab that meets that front face piece:
This one.
Just apply the pieces by supergluing the tape side of the piece on it’s “face edge” the tip of my index finger is where you should glue this piece.
So you can see, it’s fairly easy to do when you get going. Just take your time.
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Done. Next part.
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You’ll excuse me, but if you havent caught on, this update is going to take forever. so play this instead of cereal commercials.
So that first page of FIXED BUMPER MIDDLE USED IN THREAD
All the black marked lines mean, where I didnt need the tabs. So I didnt cut them out. The left over tabs were cut and folded like normal. They are important because that’s where you’ll be applying the “face” of the bumper sides that isnt a “shelf” created by cardboard.
This is what you need for this side. I lined everything up where it’ll go. Now it’s just like every other time putting it together.
Close up on where things will be going. Line up and glue the end of the bumper…
and then follow along by gluing on that taped edge of where the piece will rest on the cardboard. Repeat.
It was much easier to assemble the top and bottom to the cardboard piece first then attach the rest of the center of this part. Same goes for the other side of this project.
See? Same thing.
All done with that side too.
I’m sure you’ve caught on some of these pictures are blurry. This is an example of why how something that’s worked all along can be an ■■■■■■■ just for the sake of being an ■■■■■■■. My regular camera doesnt take pictures near as well as my phone. ANYWAY. you SHOULD BE USING 1/8" STYRENE OF ANY COLOR that you printed 2 copies of the file BUMPER THIN TOPS on sticker paper and applied.
Close up of one side.
SO the trick for this is. SLOWLY, CAUTIOUSLY, AND CAREFULLY score the sides of each of the sticker pieces with your blade straight up and down. You want to take your time with this. I mean, literally, each piece should take you a minimum 30 minutes to score to the point that it’s ok to pop them out of that styrene. If you rush through this, your sides will be ■■■■. repeat for every piece you need to cut out of the styrene for the Bumper.
YAY BLUR. so you can tell that the bottom one, goes on the bottom, then there’s the middle, and then the top.
I’m pointing out, you want to make that edge, meet the inside edge of the bottom piece flush. Glue on the middle piece then flush the pieces.
Repeat for the top.
After you super glue all the seams, front and back, this side is all done! Now get started on the other one.
Man, it doesnt fit at all. So, watch where im going to point out where to cut:
Here on top and bottom
Just like this. I had to cut it a couple more times when I was applying the top and bottom to make it flush.
Now just assemble this side like you did the other side above and super glue all the seams. If you didnt have to cut? Awesome, go you. I had to. *Nothing’s EVER just easy for me.
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Here, you want to line up everything so it sits flush to where it meets on the BUMPER CENTER. Both sides. I didnt take a picture of the other one. ANYWAY. You want to superglue the styrene and use it as a guide where you make it permanent, this goes with both sides.
When you have the styrene glued down, you want to glue the middle from the back of the piece. This goes for both sides. If there are some gaps, use the superglue to fill them a little.
Check out my first one:
*Lookin good huh? This is the best bumper I’ve ever made. Ive ALWAYS hated this part. My first pack didnt have a bumper. my second? a crappy one. 3-7? ■■■■■■ ones. this one?
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I was so stoked I had to make a second one for my girlfriend’s pack.
It’s ok they’re upside down for the sake of showing off.
NEXT TIME!?
**I start on the thrower body. **Im getting excited how close we’re getting to resin and bondo so I can finally get into teaching new materials for most of you.