Tool box shadow foam

[Anthony SalisburyParticipant @anthonysalisbury72898]

I have a number of tool cabinets in the workshop and I want to make foam inserts for the drawers. I’ve found out it’s closed cell foam. Loads of places in America do it but I don’t seem to be able to find much in the uk.

http://www.toolfoam.com/

Any ideas in the uk?

Cheers
Ant

[Anthony SalisburyParticipant @anthonysalisbury72898]

[Clive HartlandParticipant @clivehartland94829]

I have used these people before and the sheets are black and come in quarter and half and inch thick. abou 8′ by 4′.

I machined used a TC router, air driven and constant vaccuum suction.

 

Oakliegh Cases. 0707 655011 Fax 0707 646447.

I hope they are still trading and a contact name ten years ago was Richard Puxley.

 

Clive

[SpurryParticipant @spurry]

I have bought that type of foam from :

 

http://www.foamforhome.co.uk/Foam_products/foam.html

 

Pete

[Richard ParsonsParticipant @richardparsons61721]

I thought that the sales foam to private individuals had been banned by the ‘Gnomes’ of ‘Elfin Safety’ because of the problems of fire proofing.

[Keith LongParticipant @keithlong89920]

Another one you could try is http://www.flightcasehardware.co.uk. As well as large sheets they also do 500mm sq pieces in various thicknesses.

[TerrydParticipant @terryd72465]

Posted by Richard Parsons on 10/04/2011 15:07:57:

I thought that the sales foam to private individuals had been banned by the ‘Gnomes’ of ‘Elfin Safety’ because of the problems of fire proofing.

 

 

Hi Richard,

 

You seem very paranoid about H&S what are your particular unpleasant experiences?

 

Regards

 

Terry

[Anonymous]

I’ve had no problems buying rigid foams online for delivery to a private address over the last few months.

 

I rather think that H&S and EU regs are sometimes used as an excuse to cover ignorance and/or incompentence on the part of the supplier. Cynical, who me? Never!

 

Regards,

 

Andrew

[TerrydParticipant @terryd72465]

Hi Andrew,

 

Hear, hear, the same applies to the use of machine tools in schools or education generally. I hear of H&S used as excuses but the rules are merely common sense as would be followed in any environment where there are 25 to 30 eager youngsters trying to work in overcrowded conditions.  Throw in some turning, drilling, occasionally milling, silver soldering, annealing and a lot of benchwork and it can get quite exciting with no technical support and only one teacher armed only with inbuilt radar.

 

Regards

 

Terry

Edited By Terryd on 10/04/2011 23:05:19

[Clive HartlandParticipant @clivehartland94829]

I have checked Oakleigh Cases current website and they seem to be a viable company and I can recommend them to you Anthony.

They do a very good professional job on the whole thing from start to finish.

They are based in Potters bar.

 

Clive

[Jonathan ShoneParticipant @jonathanshone26189]

Hi Anthony,

 

You could try http://www.shadowfoam.com

 

They can supply cut to size blank foam for you to sink your tools into along with cutting kits containing all the tools to do so, Or they can custom cut the tool inserts for you.

 

 

 

Edited By Katy Purvis on 01/06/2015 13:08:34

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