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Ok kids. You guys have been real bros to me and so I am gonna try to be a bro right back. My Slater 18" mold seemed to make a deal nice stone (should make about 240# stone.) But I only need 1 stone that size. Molds are expensive but concrete is cheap. I got this mold hella cheap and I wanna share the love. So this thread is for if you wanna make your own. Here's how it's gonna work: You post in this thread. June 1st I mail the mold to the first person. They have 30days to make however many stones they want. They clean it and pack it up. They mail it to the next person on the list. The mold won't last forever, but we should get quite a few stones before the mold goes tits up. I am going to keep the initial list to 6, that gets the last person their mold by Christmas. Rules: please be courteous No stones for profit. I know it's tempting but I could make them for profit too you know. Try not to break it, but they do have a limited lifespan, we all understand Ship the mold to the next guy by the 1st of his month. If you happen to buy a bigger or smaller mold, share the love. Mods, if I am doing something wrong here let me know. June: KaiK July: kennymc80 August: bgator September: RatherBeLifting October: 4Truck November: frayedknot |
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Very cool, I don't think I'll get on the list just because it will take me so long to ever be home enough to use one, but very cool of you.
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Hell yes. I have a 240 already at the gym. That makes a good looking stone.
Picking up rocks is cool. |
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I would make one for Cola Warrior East but I am tired of being ignored when I offer to help.
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I would make one for Cola Warrior East but I am tired of being ignored when I offer to help. I'll probably make a couple and give Rusted one. Then it might show up at Classic. I would rather them do it at east instead of the dumb falling apart sled. New tire was super easy obstacle. |
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Could I get penciled in for September?
That's a long time away, often I don't even know where I'll be a month from now, but so far that looks good. |
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Id be interested if you've got any spots left.
Awesome idea, I keep telling myself I don't need a bunch of molds... |
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Id be interested if you've got any spots left. Awesome idea, I keep telling myself I don't need a bunch of molds... Absolutely. Jack o lantern style! |
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Is there instructions that come with it?
Can I make one a little lighter to warm up with? |
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How far are you from Bham? Wondering if it makes sense to coordinate mo better. Has nothing to do with my impatience and you being first in line. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Is there instructions that come with it? Can I make one a little lighter to warm up with? How far are you from Bham? Wondering if it makes sense to coordinate mo better. Has nothing to do with my impatience and you being first in line. Probably 5 hours. I'm on the coast. |
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Is there instructions that come with it? Can I make one a little lighter to warm up with? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT_UQVrSxPs Wow there is a lot involved. |
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Is there instructions that come with it? Can I make one a little lighter to warm up with? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT_UQVrSxPs Wow there is a lot involved. Don't be a poon. |
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Id be interested if you've got any spots left. Awesome idea, I keep telling myself I don't need a bunch of molds... Don't paint it if you're gonna use tacky. Bad things happen. |
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Is there instructions that come with it? Can I make one a little lighter to warm up with? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT_UQVrSxPs Wow there is a lot involved. Don't be a poon. I didn't say I wasn't going to do it. Only that there was a lot involved. I had no idea. I figured you just threw some concrete in it. |
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Quoted: I didn't say I wasn't going to do it. Only that there was a lot involved. I had no idea. I figured you just threw some concrete in it. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Wow there is a lot involved. Don't be a poon. I didn't say I wasn't going to do it. Only that there was a lot involved. I had no idea. I figured you just threw some concrete in it. Step 1: Lube the ever loving shit out of both mold halves. i have had excellent luck with silicon based spray lube. Lube lube lube. Lube like you're Mandingo in Little Virgin Asian Buttsluts 3. Is that enough lube? No. More lube. Step 2: Assemble both halves, place in old tire or dug out sand pit for support. Duct tape the halves together. I know it sounds ghetto, but that's the way Slater says to do it. Step 3: Fill with fucking quickcrete. Slap the mold as she fills to reduce bubbles. Step 4: Wait a few days. Maybe a week. Step 5: Take a rubber mallet, gently slap the mold all over, seperate halves. Step 6: Be a fuckin' bawse. There, six steps to greatness. If you want a smaller diameter stone, you need a smaller diameter mold. I only have an 18". That's 3053in³ of volume or like 260 pounds of concrete. If you want a lighter stone, you can replace the core with a foam core, or potentially foam peanuts but i don't know anything about that. It's really not fucking hard, I expect your concrete pyramids you built that one time were more difficult. |
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I ain't got time for a 35 minute video but here's how it works: Step 1: Lube the ever loving shit out of both mold halves. i have had excellent luck with silicon based spray lube. Lube lube lube. Lube like you're Mandingo in Little Virgin Asian Buttsluts 3. Is that enough lube? No. More lube. Step 2: Assemble both halves, place in old tire or dug out sand pit for support. Duct tape the halves together. I know it sounds ghetto, but that's the way Slater says to do it. Step 3: Fill with fucking quickcrete. Slap the mold as she fills to reduce bubbles. Step 4: Wait a few days. Maybe a week. Step 5: Take a rubber mallet, gently slap the mold all over, seperate halves. Step 6: Be a fuckin' bawse. There, six steps to greatness. If you want a smaller diameter stone, you need a smaller diameter mold. I only have an 18". That's 3053in³ of volume or like 260 pounds of concrete. If you want a lighter stone, you can replace the core with a foam core, or potentially foam peanuts but i don't know anything about that. It's really not fucking hard, I expect your concrete pyramids you built that one time were more difficult. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Wow there is a lot involved. Don't be a poon. I didn't say I wasn't going to do it. Only that there was a lot involved. I had no idea. I figured you just threw some concrete in it. Step 1: Lube the ever loving shit out of both mold halves. i have had excellent luck with silicon based spray lube. Lube lube lube. Lube like you're Mandingo in Little Virgin Asian Buttsluts 3. Is that enough lube? No. More lube. Step 2: Assemble both halves, place in old tire or dug out sand pit for support. Duct tape the halves together. I know it sounds ghetto, but that's the way Slater says to do it. Step 3: Fill with fucking quickcrete. Slap the mold as she fills to reduce bubbles. Step 4: Wait a few days. Maybe a week. Step 5: Take a rubber mallet, gently slap the mold all over, seperate halves. Step 6: Be a fuckin' bawse. There, six steps to greatness. If you want a smaller diameter stone, you need a smaller diameter mold. I only have an 18". That's 3053in³ of volume or like 260 pounds of concrete. If you want a lighter stone, you can replace the core with a foam core, or potentially foam peanuts but i don't know anything about that. It's really not fucking hard, I expect your concrete pyramids you built that one time were more difficult. I watched the whole thing. He has extra step to fill in imperfections. He says to use a buffer to shake mold to really get bubbles out. |
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I watched the whole thing. He has extra step to fill in imperfections. He says to use a buffer to shake mold to really get bubbles out. He said it helps to keep the imperfections from getting bigger. I probably won't do it. But I will shake the shit out of it with a buffer. |
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I ain't got time for a 35 minute video but here's how it works: Step 1: Lube the ever loving shit out of both mold halves. i have had excellent luck with silicon based spray lube. Lube lube lube. Lube like you're Mandingo in Little Virgin Asian Buttsluts 3. Is that enough lube? No. More lube. Step 2: Assemble both halves, place in old tire or dug out sand pit for support. Duct tape the halves together. I know it sounds ghetto, but that's the way Slater says to do it. Step 3: Fill with fucking quickcrete. Slap the mold as she fills to reduce bubbles. Step 4: Wait a few days. Maybe a week. Step 5: Take a rubber mallet, gently slap the mold all over, seperate halves. Step 6: Be a fuckin' bawse. There, six steps to greatness. If you want a smaller diameter stone, you need a smaller diameter mold. I only have an 18". That's 3053in³ of volume or like 260 pounds of concrete. If you want a lighter stone, you can replace the core with a foam core, or potentially foam peanuts but i don't know anything about that. It's really not fucking hard, I expect your concrete pyramids you built that one time were more difficult. View Quote I was watching the videos yesterday as well. Most of them seemed like videos that showed you what could go wrong. Let's keep this thread updated with tips. I'm also interested in the foam core method. I wouldn't mind making a stone that's absurdly light just for grins. Something like a 14 inch foam ball in the center of the stone. I also know shit about concrete but I would suspect there's some kind of point where the size of the foam core would reduce the integrity of the stone. |
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I was watching the videos yesterday as well. Most of them seemed like videos that showed you what could go wrong. Let's keep this thread updated with tips. I'm also interested in the foam core method. I wouldn't mind making a stone that's absurdly light just for grins. Something like a 14 inch foam ball in the center of the stone. I also know shit about concrete but I would suspect there's some kind of point where the size of the foam core would reduce the integrity of the stone. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I ain't got time for a 35 minute video but here's how it works: Step 1: Lube the ever loving shit out of both mold halves. i have had excellent luck with silicon based spray lube. Lube lube lube. Lube like you're Mandingo in Little Virgin Asian Buttsluts 3. Is that enough lube? No. More lube. Step 2: Assemble both halves, place in old tire or dug out sand pit for support. Duct tape the halves together. I know it sounds ghetto, but that's the way Slater says to do it. Step 3: Fill with fucking quickcrete. Slap the mold as she fills to reduce bubbles. Step 4: Wait a few days. Maybe a week. Step 5: Take a rubber mallet, gently slap the mold all over, seperate halves. Step 6: Be a fuckin' bawse. There, six steps to greatness. If you want a smaller diameter stone, you need a smaller diameter mold. I only have an 18". That's 3053in³ of volume or like 260 pounds of concrete. If you want a lighter stone, you can replace the core with a foam core, or potentially foam peanuts but i don't know anything about that. It's really not fucking hard, I expect your concrete pyramids you built that one time were more difficult. I was watching the videos yesterday as well. Most of them seemed like videos that showed you what could go wrong. Let's keep this thread updated with tips. I'm also interested in the foam core method. I wouldn't mind making a stone that's absurdly light just for grins. Something like a 14 inch foam ball in the center of the stone. I also know shit about concrete but I would suspect there's some kind of point where the size of the foam core would reduce the integrity of the stone. I can help- To make a strong concrete ring around a foam core I suggest you do a couple of things- 1- use something stronger than post mix. That shit is only about 1500psi concrete where your footing in your house (typically the lowest strength concrete used) are 3,000 and a structural slab is about 5,000psi. There's a few ways to do this, maybe the best is to use post mix and also add some extra cement. Cement is insanely cheap, you'll buy an 80lb bag for about $5 and throw 70lbs of it away, just to strengthen the post mix to something useful. 2- send me your address. I've got a huge box of fiber reinforcement that is added right to the mix. I'll mail you a few pounds, just add it to the mix while you're stirring in the water and it will act like you've added rebar to hold it together. 3- use some wires or something and keep the foam core centered so you don't have uneven thickness. I'm not sure how big of a core you could get, I guess it depends on how hard you plan to drop them and how strong the concrete is. |
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I can help- To make a strong concrete ring around a foam core I suggest you do a couple of things- 1- use something stronger than post mix. That shit is only about 1500psi concrete where your footing in your house (typically the lowest strength concrete used) are 3,000 and a structural slab is about 5,000psi. There's a few ways to do this, maybe the best is to use post mix and also add some extra cement. Cement is insanely cheap, you'll buy an 80lb bag for about $5 and throw 70lbs of it away, just to strengthen the post mix to something useful. 2- send me your address. I've got a huge box of fiber reinforcement that is added right to the mix. I'll mail you a few pounds, just add it to the mix while you're stirring in the water and it will act like you've added rebar to hold it together. 3- use some wires or something and keep the foam core centered so you don't have uneven thickness. I'm not sure how big of a core you could get, I guess it depends on how hard you plan to drop them and how strong the concrete is. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I ain't got time for a 35 minute video but here's how it works: Step 1: Lube the ever loving shit out of both mold halves. i have had excellent luck with silicon based spray lube. Lube lube lube. Lube like you're Mandingo in Little Virgin Asian Buttsluts 3. Is that enough lube? No. More lube. Step 2: Assemble both halves, place in old tire or dug out sand pit for support. Duct tape the halves together. I know it sounds ghetto, but that's the way Slater says to do it. Step 3: Fill with fucking quickcrete. Slap the mold as she fills to reduce bubbles. Step 4: Wait a few days. Maybe a week. Step 5: Take a rubber mallet, gently slap the mold all over, seperate halves. Step 6: Be a fuckin' bawse. There, six steps to greatness. If you want a smaller diameter stone, you need a smaller diameter mold. I only have an 18". That's 3053in³ of volume or like 260 pounds of concrete. If you want a lighter stone, you can replace the core with a foam core, or potentially foam peanuts but i don't know anything about that. It's really not fucking hard, I expect your concrete pyramids you built that one time were more difficult. I was watching the videos yesterday as well. Most of them seemed like videos that showed you what could go wrong. Let's keep this thread updated with tips. I'm also interested in the foam core method. I wouldn't mind making a stone that's absurdly light just for grins. Something like a 14 inch foam ball in the center of the stone. I also know shit about concrete but I would suspect there's some kind of point where the size of the foam core would reduce the integrity of the stone. I can help- To make a strong concrete ring around a foam core I suggest you do a couple of things- 1- use something stronger than post mix. That shit is only about 1500psi concrete where your footing in your house (typically the lowest strength concrete used) are 3,000 and a structural slab is about 5,000psi. There's a few ways to do this, maybe the best is to use post mix and also add some extra cement. Cement is insanely cheap, you'll buy an 80lb bag for about $5 and throw 70lbs of it away, just to strengthen the post mix to something useful. 2- send me your address. I've got a huge box of fiber reinforcement that is added right to the mix. I'll mail you a few pounds, just add it to the mix while you're stirring in the water and it will act like you've added rebar to hold it together. 3- use some wires or something and keep the foam core centered so you don't have uneven thickness. I'm not sure how big of a core you could get, I guess it depends on how hard you plan to drop them and how strong the concrete is. They sell 5000 psi at home depot. I checked yesterday. It's about $6 a 80lb bag. |
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Id be interested if you've got any spots left. Awesome idea, I keep telling myself I don't need a bunch of molds... Don't paint it if you're gonna use tacky. Bad things happen. Good to know. Thanks! |
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I can help- To make a strong concrete ring around a foam core I suggest you do a couple of things- 1- use something stronger than post mix. That shit is only about 1500psi concrete where your footing in your house (typically the lowest strength concrete used) are 3,000 and a structural slab is about 5,000psi. There's a few ways to do this, maybe the best is to use post mix and also add some extra cement. Cement is insanely cheap, you'll buy an 80lb bag for about $5 and throw 70lbs of it away, just to strengthen the post mix to something useful. 2- send me your address. I've got a huge box of fiber reinforcement that is added right to the mix. I'll mail you a few pounds, just add it to the mix while you're stirring in the water and it will act like you've added rebar to hold it together. 3- use some wires or something and keep the foam core centered so you don't have uneven thickness. I'm not sure how big of a core you could get, I guess it depends on how hard you plan to drop them and how strong the concrete is. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I ain't got time for a 35 minute video but here's how it works: Step 1: Lube the ever loving shit out of both mold halves. i have had excellent luck with silicon based spray lube. Lube lube lube. Lube like you're Mandingo in Little Virgin Asian Buttsluts 3. Is that enough lube? No. More lube. Step 2: Assemble both halves, place in old tire or dug out sand pit for support. Duct tape the halves together. I know it sounds ghetto, but that's the way Slater says to do it. Step 3: Fill with fucking quickcrete. Slap the mold as she fills to reduce bubbles. Step 4: Wait a few days. Maybe a week. Step 5: Take a rubber mallet, gently slap the mold all over, seperate halves. Step 6: Be a fuckin' bawse. There, six steps to greatness. If you want a smaller diameter stone, you need a smaller diameter mold. I only have an 18". That's 3053in³ of volume or like 260 pounds of concrete. If you want a lighter stone, you can replace the core with a foam core, or potentially foam peanuts but i don't know anything about that. It's really not fucking hard, I expect your concrete pyramids you built that one time were more difficult. I was watching the videos yesterday as well. Most of them seemed like videos that showed you what could go wrong. Let's keep this thread updated with tips. I'm also interested in the foam core method. I wouldn't mind making a stone that's absurdly light just for grins. Something like a 14 inch foam ball in the center of the stone. I also know shit about concrete but I would suspect there's some kind of point where the size of the foam core would reduce the integrity of the stone. I can help- To make a strong concrete ring around a foam core I suggest you do a couple of things- 1- use something stronger than post mix. That shit is only about 1500psi concrete where your footing in your house (typically the lowest strength concrete used) are 3,000 and a structural slab is about 5,000psi. There's a few ways to do this, maybe the best is to use post mix and also add some extra cement. Cement is insanely cheap, you'll buy an 80lb bag for about $5 and throw 70lbs of it away, just to strengthen the post mix to something useful. 2- send me your address. I've got a huge box of fiber reinforcement that is added right to the mix. I'll mail you a few pounds, just add it to the mix while you're stirring in the water and it will act like you've added rebar to hold it together. 3- use some wires or something and keep the foam core centered so you don't have uneven thickness. I'm not sure how big of a core you could get, I guess it depends on how hard you plan to drop them and how strong the concrete is. As I get closer to my date I will be in contact. :D I'm also thinking about buying a smaller one that I would do something similar with the foam core. My goal is to get my 5 year old interested in picking things up and putting them down. We've been getting our house ready to sell and move back to OK. She likes hanging with me in the garage and she's at that ripe age where daddy is "strong and cool". |
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