Re: Re: wing post sanding tool

From: Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:36:53 -0400

Leroy
AVI, WMV or MOV? It seems like whichever I put up there's someone who can't use it.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: LeRoy C Cordes
  To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 10:20 AM
  Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Re: wing post sanding tool


  Looks pretty straightforward, Bill - is it about 2" x 3" in size ?

  If it's not too much trouble, could you upload the movie to me ?

  LeRoy Cordes
  AMA 16974
  Chicago, IL
  In God We Trust

  On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:13:45 -0400 "Bill Gowen" <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net>
  writes:
> Leroy
> Wayne Johnson made it for me a couple of years ago. It's basically 2
> blocks of aluminum with sandpaper on the inside faces and an
> adjustment screw that controls the separation. I just put a picture
> of it in the photos section under Tools. I tried to talk Wayne into
> making them to sell but wasn't successful. I used to have a movie
> posted of turning a post with it. If anyone wants to see it I'll put
> it up again.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: LeRoy C Cordes
> To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 3:40 PM
> Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: wing post sanding tool
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> Bill, what is your "wing post sanding tool" ?
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> LeRoy Cordes
> AMA 16974
> Chicago, IL
> In God We Trust
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> On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:32:54 -0400 "Bill Gowen"
> <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net>
> writes:
> > I've found a few uses for bamboo skewers. You can buy a big bag
> of
> > them for a couple of dollars. If you're going to use them for
> > anything in an indoor model be sure to weigh them first. They
> seem
> > to have about as much density variation as balsa. The lightest
> ones
> > might be half as heavy as the heaviest ones. I use the heavy
> ones
> > for things like mixing sticks for epoxy.
> >
> > You can split them down to whatever size you might need. I've
> also
> > used my wing post sanding tool to reduce the diameter but this
> is
> > hard going unless they're about the right size to begin with.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Neil Dennis
> > To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 8:42 AM
> > Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Wing Post Socket Mounting in
> a
> > Rolled Motor Stick
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> > FWIW, I have the students make wing posts from a planed down
> piece
> > of
> > bamboo skewer instead of balsa, not much weight difference and
> > they take
> > rough handling. (;-')
> >
> > We also use round toothpicks for prop spars.
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  LeRoy Cordes
  AMA 16974
  Chicago, IL
  In God We Trust


   

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