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Ross

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  1. @Zip I’ve used Gorilla Glue, the original version, to glue the foam that was lifting back together on my 960. It works well. The nice thing about it is it cures with moisture so if the foam isn’t completely dry it still works whereas contact cement needs the surfaces to be totally dry. I squeeze out as much moisture from the foam as I can after every game, then I press a microfibre cloth against the foam to remove any leftover moisture. Then give a wipe down with a clean slightly damp cloth and the hang up to air dry.
  2. @jerd31 yes I did replace my foam using the method I posted BUT soon after I suffered 2 concussions due to pucks to the mask. Then after 6 weeks off ( had treatment during this time) I felt better so came back and played one game and took a knee to the head and was out for another 2 months with another concussion. During this time off I took the Resilient foam out of my mask and and laid it out next to the stock 960 foam and dropped pucks on them from about 3 feet above. When the pucks hit the Resilient foam they bounced back up about 18”. When the pucks hit the stock 960 foam they didn’t bounce at all. So what I figured was the resilient foam was transferring the impact from the pucks and knee to my head whereas the stock 960 foam was absorbing the impacts and minimizing the force delivered to my head. So I cleaned up the stock foam and put it back in my mask and have played for several months since and taken lots of shots off the mask with no issues whatsoever. Note that my 960 is relatively new, I bought it in late 2021. The reason that I wanted to replace the stock foam was because I was getting tired of having to squish out my sweat from the foam after every game. So in hindsight I wish I didn’t replace the foam and in the future I will do as my wife originally told me and just buy a new mask rather than refoaming. Obivously this is just my case, I’ve read lots of positive reviews about people using resilient foam, so I appear to be the odd one.
  3. If anyone is thinking of replacing the foam in a Bauer mask, I found a supplier for the backing material that glues to the foam and holds the threaded post nuts in place. Its called bag stiffener and it available at Sewing Supply Depot in Toronto https://sewingsupplydepot.com/search?q=Bag+stiffener+ I’m going to replace the foam in my 960 soon using this material and the ST -N foam from Resilient. Here’s a link for the threaded post nuts https://www.ebay.ca/itm/264604623232?hash=item3d9baa2180:g:H3UAAOSwZi5eJOVg&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoImxj9dqOVv5ayUpmR9vpkhp8JZl9aLCR6ruL4AG8PfgZdM95ELstYMao3kiw5Avu2hIQ8nfAMAcaDZtRF9PYApG3USew0CzZqcPYTkD%2F%2F8hmBDr3P6P2Z3qKdzchS%2BxFf0OmubIdGgcGxXRezIPbTEsF5qiRty%2B%2BO4h3zwmgZtGuBuKzUEuxcfrgzrEIpiLLY6LXoZDhsiqWl4ZYDM0WbA%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR879--X5YA
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    R GT/2

    @RichMan I added more foam to the inside of the calf landing on my G5 pads. It’s easy to do as there is a strip of Velcro there already that the foam pillow can bond to.
  5. Here’s what I do on my ball hockey pads, it works really well. I melt 2 small holes in the front of my shoes using an awl that I heat up with a torch. Then I pass a short piece of line in through one of the holes and then back out the other hole. Then I tie the line together with an overhand knot and then seal it using some crazy glue. Next I make a loop of shock cord and attach it to a section of lacing on my pads in the boot/ ankle area. I have a couple of SS O rings that I attached to my pads when I made them however it would be quite easy to tie off an o ring to the toe tie attachment on most pads . Then I run the loop of shock cord through the O rings and the use a larks head knot to attach the shock cord loop to the knotted line in my shoe.
  6. @ilyazhito here’s another clip that will help
  7. Work table with a walking foot sewing machine and an industrial sewing machine.
  8. @ThatCarGuy You can easily fix the damage on that Warrior stick using Zap Ca glue https://www.zapglue.com/ca Just clamp the damaged area and then put a couple of drops of the Zap glue on the area and it will wick in to the cracks and bond it together.
  9. @havok no I’m not. I stopped playing ball hockey when covid started and now I’m only playing on ice.
  10. Ross

    DIY Calf Pillow

    @indykrap they are 7” long, 2 ½” wide and ¾” thick. I used 2 layers of 3/8” foam floor tile for padding.
  11. Ross

    DIY Calf Pillow

    I did the pillows the same as @Kayen. Made them for my G3s and now use them on my G5’s. Mine are about 1” thick with loop Velcro sewn on one side.
  12. @RichMan What I do is mark the middle width of the pad at knee height( 5 ½”) as I want my knee to centred on the pad and then adjust the thickness of the knee block accordingly. On my floor hockey pads I don’t wear knee pads so having my knee block at 4” allows my knee to be centred on the pad. I marked the middle of the pad with a yellow spot in the pictures. On my G5 pads I wear knee pads so I use a 3” knee block and this centers my knee on the middle of the pad. I find that if the center of my knee is past the middle width of the pad then the pad is prone to under rotating and skating/ movement is hard.
  13. @Phantom31 Do you have the Can Ice Glide Master tiles or the Pro Series? They say the pro series has minimal shavings.
  14. My left foot has always toed in more than my right.
  15. Just did a comparison of the width of my butterfly flare In 3 different setups. Wearing only my knee pads my flare is about is about 42”. Wearing my G5 pads, with a 3” knee stack ( I modified the stock knee stack) my flare is about 48”. Wearing my homemade ball hockey pads that have a 4” knee stack, my flare is about 52”. So for me increasing the height of my knee stacks does increase the width of my flare and at 58 yrs old I’ll do anything that helps.
  16. Try increasing the height/thickness of your knee stack. I do this and there is a noticeable increase in my flare. On my G5 pads I have the knee stack at 3”.
  17. Does anyone know the specs of the spry j profile?
  18. Check out the GoalieTrainingProTV ( Maria Mountain) review of the Can Ice versus the Revolution tiles. The higher the quality of tiles the less shavings and dust there is. https://www.goalietrainingpro.com/uncategorized/at-home-synthetic-ice-for-goalies-2020-can-ice-vs-revolution/
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