Editor in Chief Bill ![Workbencher Fezian](boards/icons/workbencher.gif) | 12 Jul 2024 9:31 a.m. PST |
Has anyone found a hobby purpose for pool noodles? Can you do anything with them? |
Yellow Admiral ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 12 Jul 2024 9:39 a.m. PST |
I stuffed a bunch inside my kayak to make it unsinkable. |
miniMo ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 12 Jul 2024 10:29 a.m. PST |
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3rd5ODeuce ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 12 Jul 2024 10:34 a.m. PST |
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GildasFacit ![Sponsoring Member of TMP Sponsoring Member of TMP](boards/icons/sponsor.gif) | 12 Jul 2024 10:59 a.m. PST |
What the !!! is a 'pool noodle' ? |
etotheipi ![Sponsoring Member of TMP Sponsoring Member of TMP](boards/icons/sponsor.gif) | 12 Jul 2024 11:06 a.m. PST |
Split longituninally. Cut into segments. Da ta da dat dat da daaaaaa … Quonset Huts (thin card on the ends). Longer sections can make tunnels between scifi domes. (You can also do this with tp/towel tubes.) Cut into thin slices … landing pads, missile hatches, etc. Cut in angles on the bias, mounted on CD's crystal growths. These are better with hex or octagonal ones instead of round. |
Editor in Chief Bill ![Workbencher Fezian](boards/icons/workbencher.gif) | 12 Jul 2024 11:20 a.m. PST |
Pool Noodle: link Crafters use them for projects, Dollar Tree even sells a "pool noodle knife" for slicing them up. |
JimDuncanUK | 12 Jul 2024 12:40 p.m. PST |
I use them to line sharp edges in my wargames hut as I used to have two gaming partners well in excess of 6 feet. |
Choctaw | 12 Jul 2024 2:35 p.m. PST |
They make decent padding for the gunrack on my Mule atv. |
Gray Bear | 12 Jul 2024 5:09 p.m. PST |
I learned from a buddy their utility for storage of a terrain cloth. Simply roll the cloth around the noodle – it is light, eliminates creases, makes storage easier and provides useful cushioning if dropped. |
rustymusket | 12 Jul 2024 5:34 p.m. PST |
A contos for my 25mm cataphracts. A bit long but cheap. |
Shardik | 12 Jul 2024 5:44 p.m. PST |
Not hobby related but anyway…. Wrap one around the rim of a bucket to make a camping toilet Stick them inside soft boots to keep their shape (when not being worn) Cut a 2cm length and use it to hold a macadamia nut in the hole for cracking with a hammer |
Bobgnar ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 12 Jul 2024 10:46 p.m. PST |
pass them out to my grandchildren so they can get rowdy with each other, with little damage to each other. |
mildbill | 13 Jul 2024 5:37 a.m. PST |
Why is it you cant find the big ones and can only buy the small noodles? |
Wackmole9 | 13 Jul 2024 7:40 a.m. PST |
I uses them for the sides of my Dried river bed/Wadi terrain. I also uses it for canal sides and rivers. |
Dave Jackson ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 13 Jul 2024 8:10 a.m. PST |
Costco has super big ones…..$C30 or so…😳 |
Andrew Walters | 13 Jul 2024 9:41 a.m. PST |
I use them for many things around the house, many, many things, but never for miniatures. I guess this is an obvious opportunity to innovate. |
robert piepenbrink ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 13 Jul 2024 10:30 a.m. PST |
Hmm. Does swordplay with the grandkids count? They each get about two feet of pool noodle with foam guards and plastic shields, and I get a pool noodle sword in each hand. |
troopwo ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 13 Jul 2024 11:11 a.m. PST |
Maybe not for minis. My dad had a big toe amputated and rubs his feet on a bed board. I slit a pool noodle and used it as a topper for the bedboard to soften his rubbing of it with his feet at night. The nursing occupational visitor thought it was brilliant. |
mckrok ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 13 Jul 2024 1:31 p.m. PST |
I've used them and pipe insulation for protecting painted figures during shipping. pjm |