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- Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:13 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: More small machine tools
- Replies: 0
- Views: 12401
More small machine tools
Since Clisby went out of business it's been hard to find relatively inexpensive machine tools, but here is a source for a mill, drill and lathe: http://littlemachineshop.com/products/product_related.php?RelatedID=1329164497 the basic machine can be converted into any of the three. The Little Machine...
- Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:05 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Buying Sandpaper?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 39639
- Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:21 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Some inspiration-Planetarium projectors!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8362
Some inspiration-Planetarium projectors!
Or deep space probes, system defense batteries, cosmic listening posts, what have you. I was always amazed at these things in the ancient long ago and am glad to see some preserved!
http://www.planetariummuseum.org/
http://www.planetariummuseum.org/
- Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:43 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Thinning the ends of tubes, engine bells, etc.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11479
Thinning the ends of tubes, engine bells, etc.
For years I've used various sizes of countersinks to thin round open ended parts, especially engine bells. For a current project I needed to thin the open end of a thick plastic tube. I only have a 90 degree countersink in that size, and the end still looked too thick. So I broke out the step bit se...
- Tue Nov 13, 2012 5:23 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: I Know This Shape.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17194
The Glencoe blimp is pretty smooth. and what detail is there will come off with a few swipes of a piece of sandpaper. The Zeppelin NT is completely smooth, but is not nearly as bulbous- http://www.modellversium.de/galerie/18-flugzeuge-zivil/1907-zeppelin-nt-revell.html The NT hull also comes in thre...
- Tue Nov 13, 2012 2:28 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: I Know This Shape.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17194
You need a Glencoe Blimp:
http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/ ... 5504.shtml
At least I think it looks like what you are looking for...
http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/ ... 5504.shtml
At least I think it looks like what you are looking for...
- Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:34 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Conductors punches
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6550
Conductors punches
I've been picking up conductor's punches, used to punch tickets on the train, whenever I can. I use them to make odd random shapes out of thin sheet stock to dress up anywhere that needs it. Today I tripped over a manufacturer with page showing all of their stock designs: http://www.bvtoolco.com/ass...
- Sat Jul 21, 2012 11:51 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: To build or to buy a vacuum former which is best?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 47063
This book has some very good information: http://www.build-stuff.com/001book_vacuum_forming.htm As mentioned before, the heat source is is the tricky part. A heat gun only heats up a spot. The Mattell uses a metal plate to diffuse the heat evenly but industrial vacuform machines get by fine with a f...
- Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:47 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: To build or to buy a vacuum former which is best?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 47063
For small parts I like my Mattell Vac-U-Form. The upgrade parts from: http://www.gaugepods.com/vacuform/ make it work a lot better than stock, and replace the usually missing bits. The Mattell is small, self contained, and easy to find relatively inexpensively on ebay. I keep mumbling about building...
- Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:15 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: What will cut a micro drill bit?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13527
Yes, yes and yes. But for your application you don't really need music wire. What size drill are you using? Ordinary straight pins are about the same size as a #70 drill bit, can be cut with nippers, and when chucked into a Dremel will nicely bore their own hole. For some more variety, use paper cli...
- Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:32 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: What will cut a micro drill bit?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13527
Are you just drilling in and cutting them off for antenna? If so. just use wire chucked into the drill- it will bore into styrene just fine, and is easy to cut. Paperclips, brass rod, whatever is the right size. For drill bits and music wire a Dremel carbide disk will work but watch out for creating...
- Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:30 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Moorish long rifle
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4808
If you are going to handle it a lot, I'd just use it as a pattern for a wood and metal prop. The Pyro kit looks cool, but it's light, flimsy and has limited play value. A passable gunstock is pretty easy to make from wood with a bandsaw and an angle grinder, interesting brass bits are all over bead ...
- Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:32 am
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Is it a bad idea to use 8 year old decals?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4874
- Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:58 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: A few silly questions: making small round bits, donuts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 28142
- Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:43 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Dremel Tip for Cutting Steel/Aluminum?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12187
- Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:07 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: An interesting problem: drilling into a delicate object
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9340
- Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:19 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: 3D Printers for Home
- Replies: 12
- Views: 21574
- Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:19 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Place to buy greebles?
- Replies: 30
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- Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:41 am
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Ideas/source for rectangular tubing with rounded corner
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19229
- Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:38 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Full size urethane foam project
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3870
Full size urethane foam project
Is visible at: http://acgemarketing.com/display.php?M=9164964&C=5a79bc4656e91a8bca460d93b11c483a&S=67&L=94&N=35 I've been playing with some of this material, and it's interesting stuff, a lot softer than most renshape, harder, cleaner and easier to work with than polystyrene foam, mo...
- Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:50 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Making a flanged lens
- Replies: 6
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- Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:53 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Buying liquid cement in bulk?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7759
- Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:23 pm
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Box(es) o' stuff to get rid of
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12495
- Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:49 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Alternative glues/solvents
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15311
I like TAP Plastics acrylic cement- http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=130 Contains methylene chloride, so it works well on acrylic, ABS and styrene. And the big can is relatively inexpensive. In a pinch I've used purple primer for PVC pipe. It is dirt cheap, but will stink you out of t...
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:29 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: adhesives for working with photoetched parts
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5314
I've used Gator Glue for the few photoetch parts I've stuck on, and thought it worked very well:
http://www.gatorsmask.com/gatorglueorder.html
http://www.gatorsmask.com/gatorglueorder.html
- Sat Dec 11, 2010 4:14 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Filling pinholes and bubbles in resin
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15501
That is nasty! One thing that will work is to fill holes like that with baking soda and then solidify it with crazy glue. You can flatten and do some shaping of the powder as you are packing it in. I've never had problems with this method-I have one model that's 10 or 11 years old and is still solid.
- Fri Dec 10, 2010 8:37 pm
- Forum: Construction
- Topic: Filling pinholes and bubbles in resin
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15501
Clean them up, blast on a thick layer of scratch filling primer from the auto parts store, then sand most of that off with 600 grit sandpaper. Repeat as necessary. If the holes are really big, wipe on some Apoxie Sculpt and clean up the resin surface with a rag, or use some glazing putty, also from ...
- Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:15 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: A good vise for holding bottles?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14677
Something like a lab stand clamp could work-Here is a picture of a few:
http://www.indigo.com/science-supplies/ ... stand.html
These are made to hold glassware, but you might have to hold the clamp in a vise. I checked eBay and there are a bunch available.
http://www.indigo.com/science-supplies/ ... stand.html
These are made to hold glassware, but you might have to hold the clamp in a vise. I checked eBay and there are a bunch available.
- Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:44 pm
- Forum: Finishing
- Topic: Instrument Panels
- Replies: 20
- Views: 101646
It would be nice to have an 8 1/2 X 11 sheet of instruments, but most modelers only want one particular panel at a time. There are some good generic ones in the old Revell 1/96 kits like the XSL-01 and Space Station- scans of those sheets and others are at http://www.ninfinger.org/models/space_model...
- Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:52 am
- Forum: Scratchbuilding
- Topic: Best source/kit for engine bells?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16496