blueeyesdesigns
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Just mounted a production of Peter and the Starcatcher, and one of the long list of bizarre props we needed was a pineapple that could be cut in half on stage during a fight. I didn't want pineapple juice all over the stage and set, so I took it upon myself to make one.
Started with a hollow resin fake I found on Amazon, then cut it with a band saw, filled it with Great Stuff (in several small doses) and used magnets and pipe flange to keep the halves together.
Came out pretty good; reads well from the audience. If I had to do it all again, I would have used the blue stuff instead of the yellow (I hear it expands less) and be even more careful about preventing shifting - the foam continued to expand after I thought it had cured, and pushed the magnets out a bit, making the split more obvious than I would have liked. I filled the gap a bit with hot glue, but the end result is a little sloppy.
Started with a hollow resin fake I found on Amazon, then cut it with a band saw, filled it with Great Stuff (in several small doses) and used magnets and pipe flange to keep the halves together.
Came out pretty good; reads well from the audience. If I had to do it all again, I would have used the blue stuff instead of the yellow (I hear it expands less) and be even more careful about preventing shifting - the foam continued to expand after I thought it had cured, and pushed the magnets out a bit, making the split more obvious than I would have liked. I filled the gap a bit with hot glue, but the end result is a little sloppy.