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spacecowboy
Jun 2, 2002, 10:03 PM
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I'm going to make a crash pad. It's going to be two sections of 2'x3'x3" of foam covered in nylon. I'm going to copy metolious's idea of 1' on closed cell foam and 2' of open cell foam, but which foam goes on the side i'll be falling on, and which goes on the side facing the ground? Also, what's the best (cheapest and easiest too) way to close up the pad. I know i'm supposed to leave one side openable to remove the foam, but should i use velcro or zippers or what?
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frawg
Jun 2, 2002, 10:14 PM
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i made one.
Velcro works great. 2" velcro strips to seal the opening. if you want a squeeshy landing, use the open cell foam on the landing side. if you want a firmer landing, use the closed cell. I have 3" of open and 1" of closed. Squishiest thing at the crag. It rules. Also.. The 2 piece idea.. It's a good idea, but it's a BITCH to sew together. My next pad will be one piece of 48"x41"x2" and one piece of 48"x41"x1" so that i can fold them up instead of cutting in half because the hours spent sewing it because of the 2 pieces was not worth it. I'm currently drawing my new design, when i get the pattern worked out, i'll post it.
Peaze
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justgoupfromthere
Jun 8, 2002, 11:12 PM
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Yeah if the closed cell foam is on top it will spread out the impact of the fall. If the open cell foam is on top it will be softer but more suceptable to bottoming out. So basically it doesn't matter what foam goes where because you can always flip your pad over.
I would go with velcro, zippers are a pain.
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redzit
Jun 9, 2002, 12:15 AM
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i'm not going to be anal about his, but just so everyone knows, this has already be talked about and you could use the search to find your answers
Now, i would say scrap the two piece idea, The last thing you want is a nice sharp rock sticking up in between your pad.
now the angled edges on the metolius pads does decrease this a little, but yous till get a week, extremely soft part.
go for the one piece
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pushfurther
Jun 13, 2002, 4:50 PM
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redzit, the search function is not working.
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crux_clipper
Jun 18, 2002, 6:31 AM
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I'm just making my crash mat out of two old foam matresses we have (not soiled) and lining the top wit 1 inche hard pact foam. This for indoors thogh, might be hard to transport to the crag!
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paintinhaler
Jun 21, 2002, 6:01 AM
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(not soiled)
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tygereye
Jun 21, 2002, 1:53 PM
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Use closed cell foam on top, open cell on bottom to ensure max lifetime of foam.
Definitely velcro to seal on side.
Enjoy!
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morganicclimbing
Jun 21, 2002, 2:16 PM
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Where have you found is the best place to get the foam and how much is it going to cost?
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crux_clipper
Jul 8, 2002, 5:31 AM
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Of course not soiled.
(unless your into that sort of thing)
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