Re: Glue Bottles and Balsa Stripper

From: Ron Williams <roncan_at_verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:19:31 -0500

I just received my bottle/striper combo, too. Placing the flat face
of the stripper on a table top when tightening the bolt will align
the parts so that the plastic face doesn't twist. I always had a hard
time with gauged stippers so I saved a bunch of strips of various
sizes to use as measuring blocks, some I even made of bass wood and
kept the wholeworks in a little cardboard box in my tool chest.

I like the idea of the shrink tube for the glue bottle; maybe I'll
put a bead in the loop before I put the shrink tube on.

>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
><mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com,
>"dennisatyson" <ddtyson_at_...> wrote:
>>
>> ...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...
>
>
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