Re: Glue Bottles and Balsa Stripper

From: john_kagan <john_kagan_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:20:24 -0000

I'm holding a Tyson glue bottle and balsa stripper in my hands. I've got to say, I'm pretty impressed.

The glue bottle was built by Parker, Jr. F1D team member. Nicely done. I might stick a bit of heat shrink tubing on the end of the plug wire to act as a grip, like the original one. Other than that, it is well built and very functional.

The balsa stripper is Dennis' deal. Exquisite! Beautiful wood, great curves - it looks like modern art. I have a Gardner stripper too, and that has a cool handmade craft look. This one is MOMA quality.

I think it could use a few tune-up bits, though. The face plate needs to be attached at another point so it doesn't spin around the set screw. Maybe another screw in the corner or a bit of canopy glue. I don't want to mess up the good looks.

It could also use a gauge to measure the cut depth. Dennis says the angle of the guide is 6.115 degrees. I believe this means that a scale with 0.0933" divisions will correlate with cut depths of .010" divisions [.010/tan(6.115)]

Bottom line: get yourself one of each! In addition to supporting Parker's WC trip, these are great products worth having.


--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "dennisatyson" <ddtyson@...> wrote:
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> ...We are offering the Glue Bottles for $10.00 postage paid in the US and asking $20 postage paid for the Strippers. Let us know if you are interested...
Received on Tue Nov 10 2009 - 20:20:33 CET