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sdearie · June 24th, 2009, 07:20 PM

Great job, nnorfleet ! I'm jealous. Gonna try to make one myself now. Thanks for sharing the pics and tips.

sabre158 · October 20th, 2009, 09:03 PM

I have a foam cutting project in my near future, thanks for the tips.

sumoj275 · October 22nd, 2009, 12:18 PM

I really like the setup!

Hyrail · November 9th, 2009, 07:44 PM

I saw a similar case at Cabelas last week, and was thinking about doing something similar for my M1A. Thanks for the great article!

PHYTCLUB · November 9th, 2009, 08:54 PM

Sweet case man, nice job.

Mainzer · January 22nd, 2012, 06:04 AM

Nice job. Best price I've seen on the 1750 is $204 with free freight from Amazon.

Guess you can get several foam kits and cut each for a different rifle. Assuming you don't take the different rifles with you, at the same time, you save a good bundle of $$. Foam is less expensive than cases!

Also saw a YouTube, I believe h was a Pelican factory guy, who customized his foam using a $10 electric kitchen knife. Worked great for him but it may have been his one hundredeth customizing job too.

Anyway great job....hope mine turns out half as well.

tslater11 · January 22nd, 2012, 09:34 AM

I have a green case that I plan on doing this to as well. Now I have a great example to utilize! I plan on getting a green XDm .40 in bi-tone with green to match the case and my new NM M1A to do a similar setup as you did.

The case came out great!

patriot armory 308 · January 22nd, 2012, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mainzer

Nice job. Best price I've seen on the 1750 is $204 with free freight from Amazon.

Guess you can get several foam kits and cut each for a different rifle. Assuming you don't take the different rifles with you, at the same time, you save a good bundle of $$. Foam is less expensive than cases!

Also saw a YouTube, I believe h was a Pelican factory guy, who customized his foam using a $10 electric kitchen knife. Worked great for him but it may have been his one hundredeth customizing job too.

Anyway great job....hope mine turns out half as well.

I have used the electric kitchen knife method for years and it works great! And its cheap. Why spend a $100.00 to cut a piece of foam?

Bamban · January 22nd, 2012, 01:20 PM

I use my skinning knife to cut through the foam. The surgical blade just glides through the material like butter, just push it and no sawing action needed.

http://www.havalon.com/xt60-edge.html

tslater11 · January 22nd, 2012, 03:33 PM

Great setup! I have the same case in green. I am going to use your ideas! Thanks for pics!

lowell66dart · January 22nd, 2012, 03:35 PM

First of all, very nice job. Looks excellent.
I just picked up a Strom 330 today off of Craigslist for $80. It's missing the inner removable pieces of foam that you would normally cut. I want to use this for different guns at different times so this won't be a custon cut. The Storm amd Pelican replacement kits are in the $70 range so thats out. Any one know what the proper foam type is that I should be looking for? I know some absorb moisture which I don't want.