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Hey guys... Looking around the SM archives, I cam across a report where the modeler needed to make some extra parts, but didn't want to go the rout of making RTV mounds for just three pieces. He decided to used Alginate, the same stuff dentist use. I saw the "genius" of this method, and ha...

Thanks guys... I think I know what to get!

-Robobuild

Lt. Zombie - That sounds like avery cool idea. Never thought of tempered glass as a cutting surface before. Where would I find something like that? What is tempered glassed used in? Pat - The chopper is a great tool, but I need to get the lengths created before I can use it! :) Mr Badwrench - Are yo...

Hey guys... I need to cut a heap-load of styrene strips in very strange sizes... Unfortunately, the locally available greenstrip stuff is to small... Has anyone built a jig or system that they have used successfully? Or maybe know of something that can do this sort of job? I see my nights being take...

jack wendt wrote:in the '90's mattel released a female vacuform machine which was about the same size as their male machine from the '60's

Yes, I have that machine, but it is kinda useless, as I cant make moulds for it. It also used a light bulb to heat up very thin plastic, which took allot of time

-Robobuild