Custom Foam Inlay Grips

I recently attempted making custom foam inlay grips to go with my custom rods I build. The first one I tried (Pittsburgh Penguins logo) turned out pretty good. I posted about it on a Facebook rod building group and had several people reach out and ask for information on how I did it. So... I decided to make this video.

I'm still developing my techniques and skills on this so I won't even pretend to be an expert. Just putting this out there so that hoping it helps someone.

Link to Pixlr E image editing software (free) - https://pixlr.com/e/
Foam sheets are 2mm thick EVA Foam ordered off Amazon (there are a ton of options out there)
The "grip forms" are EVA foam cylinders I found a JoAnn's craft store. They are marketed for cosplay foam but it's the same foam as you would buy from a fishing supplier only these were only in black. But they were cheap enough to practice with.

Sandpaper for shaping was a belt sander with 80 grit for making quick work of removing large amounts of material and then 120 grit sheets on a sanding block for smoothing and fine tuning.