Re: Tiny rubber slice method

From: Bill Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:46:16 -0400

LeRoy
I think it's more like "The smallest rubber I can cut is too big. How the h*** can I get a smaller piece?"

And BTW - I've had that conversation with myself and didn't come up with an answer.

Has anyone ever tried to strip rubber from surgical tubing? I've cut some orings for electric motor props from it and can attest that it is really tough.


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: LeRoy C Cordes
  To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 11:55 AM
  Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Tiny rubber slice method


    
  I constantly marvel at what some of you folks are able to do (70 mg
  biplane). Were you sitting one day and thought "What if I glued 2 pieces
  of rubber together and then cut it" ?<G>

  LeRoy Cordes YOLO
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  On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:28:34 -0000 "Mark F1diddler" <f1diddler_at_yahoo.com>
  writes:
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> Although any good rubber stripper can easily cut rubber to about
> .012" X .042, I have needed much smaller rubber for things such as
> variable diameter prop trigger or my 70 mg biplane (Bathroom Stick.)
> For these apps I had to depend on happy accidents to get smaller
> rubber. Here's something I discovered that works every time for me,
> but is a bit time consuming.
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> To split a piece of .012 X .042" rubber into 2 pieces of .012 X
> .021", you only need a carrier to take it through the stripper
> channel, So, mount the .012" piece flat on top of a piece of .042 X
> .042" Sport rubber. Glue it flat on top with rubber cement. Allow
> to dry a couple minutes. Then run that through stripper with
> carrier piece on top, but may not matter which on top. When split,
> separate the pieces with a few seconds in puddle of Naphtha. I use
> Harlan for this, but any good stripper may do, Of course, the piece
> may not bisect perfectly, so you end up with different sizes, which
> is good.
> Mark F1diddler
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