Re: Boron Safety

From: Yuan Kang Lee <ykleetx_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 04:44:49 -0000

I put boron on the top and bottom of the prop outline -- a la John Kagan's sparless prop -- and top/bottom of the inner most rib.

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, joshuawfinn@... wrote:
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> Kang,
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> What part of the prop do you apply the boron to?
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> -Joshua
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> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Yuan Kang Lee" <ykleetx@> wrote:
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> > I'm a fan of boron since I started flying F1D. I use boron on the wing, motor stick, tailboom, and prop. I will use boron on the stab for the next build.
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> > I try to be as careful as possible.
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> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, hermann andresen <hermanna@> wrote:
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> > > Boron: Lighter than Aluminum, stronger and stiffer than steel, impervious to moisture and temperature also affordable in indoor quantities. A real godsend to modelers.
> > > When I got a roll from Curt Stevens early on, he warned that it was dangerous. Upon checking hazardous material people, they thought it was a crank call. "Boric acid is used in eyedrops".
> > > Unless I had a Sr Moment, the danger involved 1 modeler snapping excess material onto shag rug, then walking barefoot onto said rug.
> > > Seems like a lame reason to not use a miracle material when a few simple precautions like eye protection, white, well lit surfaces and even little tape "flags" on the ends prior to removal should make it as safe as most other indoor materials.
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> > > My opinion, H
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