DIY foam locomotive cradle

[bc6]

Today while scrolling YouTube I came across a great DIY foam locomotive cradle that someone used in their video so I wanted to share it with you guys.

 

Its free and uses some of those extra foam inserts doing nothing in a box somewhere, There are more pics on my blog. 

 

 

Edited April 30 by bc6

[cteno4]

Good use the the giant box of inserts most folks wind up with!

 

jeff

[bc6]

Thanks now I can make 20 more of them lol. 

[cteno4]

I think we had a contest once for folsk to figure out what to do with these inserts, but this seems the most useful thing yet.

 

i have used the as pin cushions to hold scalpel and xacto blades (at times they can be maddeningly hard to pick up flat on a table.

 

ive also used the as a base/pin cushion to hold little parts glued or tackied to toothpicks for working on.

 

jeff

[bill937ca]

Years ago I got one of these maintenance stands.  Still available.

 

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10115382

[bc6]

@bill937ca I have the Cosmic stand too and believe it or not I like my DIY cradle better and it was free to make. 

 

@cteno4 Ive seen people use the foam piece to hold small parts that needed to be spray painted as well.

[cteno4]

18 hours ago, bc6 said:

Ive seen people use the foam piece to hold small parts that needed to be spray painted as well

yep that’s part of using them as pin cushions for bits stuck to tooth picks. I use dollar store flower foam as well for that, but it can get crumbly with time. Another is gluing a bunch of 1” strips of corrugated cardboard together and using the corrugated side to poke sticks into.

 

jeff