Pick foam / shadow foam for toolboxes

[Gossamer]

Morning,
I’m after some of the above but it’s pricey. The systainer specific stuff is £10 per box and I have 20+ systainers.
Is there a cheaper alternative or supplier anyone knows of?
Ta.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Find a foam supplier who sells sheets of "diced foam". It's used a lot in the packaging industry to protect tools and precision instruments. The material itself should ideally be "ballistic foam"

 

[mattylad]

Not much found on Ebay that's not manufacturer specific and hence expensive.

Perhaps the non diced stuff can be used and cutout the shapes yourself?

GREY PACKAGING FOAM SELECT A SIZE & DEPTH FLIGHT CASES, TOOL CASES, CAMERA CASES | eBay UK

SIZES AVAILABLE FROM 400MM X 400MM UP TO 750MM X 750MM, IN A VARIETY OF DEPTHS, SO WE ARE SURE TO HAVE THE RIGHT FOAM FOR YOUR CASE. OPEN CELL FOAM IS FLEXIBLE & COMPRESSES MORE THAN CLOSED CELL FOAM WHICH IS VERY SOLID & RIGID.

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[Notch7]

google Kaizen foam

ebay seller here

57 & 30mm Thick, 1220 x 610mm Kaizen/Shadow Foam Sheet, DIY Office Workshop | eBay

57 / 30mm Thick KAIZEN SHADOW FOAM. FastCap premium quality Kaizen shadow foam is specially manufactured in layers allowing you to cut and peel the foam back to perfectly fit your tools! The specially formulated layers make it easy to lift out the unwanted foam, so that your tool fits in perfectly!

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Not much found on Ebay that's not manufacturer specific and hence expensive.

Perhaps the non diced stuff can be used and cutout the shapes yourself?

GREY PACKAGING FOAM SELECT A SIZE & DEPTH FLIGHT CASES, TOOL CASES, CAMERA CASES | eBay UK

SIZES AVAILABLE FROM 400MM X 400MM UP TO 750MM X 750MM, IN A VARIETY OF DEPTHS, SO WE ARE SURE TO HAVE THE RIGHT FOAM FOR YOUR CASE. OPEN CELL FOAM IS FLEXIBLE & COMPRESSES MORE THAN CLOSED CELL FOAM WHICH IS VERY SOLID & RIGID.

www.ebay.co.uk

For some things I avoid eBay. Instead I went to a foam seller's website. e.g. eFoam (took me a while to remember the name) who sell pre-cubed inserts and also sell die cut foam, so they might already have a die cutter for your Systainers. They also do the "rippled" stuff for lid inserts, etc. Personally I'm not that bothered about specifically sized sheets as the stuff cuts reasonably well with a sharp jigsaw wavy knife blade, e.g. Bosch T103AWP:

 

[^woody^]

I used www.cases-and-enclosures.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=EN-AC-FC-A501-FB-2 last year to foam some Bosch L_boxes. Cheapest there was at the time and fits perfect.

 

[Gossamer]

Thanks for the suggestions, plenty of options. I like the cubed foam I think, and possibly a firmer foam but not that fussed about he firmness. It will get used for power tools.