Rey, I have said drawplate from MM.
NOT the tool for balsa, IMHO. If you look at “real” jewelry tool suppliers, you’ll find that a pro-quality drawplate is a pricey item – several times the cost of the MM unit. I do find use for mine; as they suggest, I use it on birch dowels to reduce their size, and with care can craft dowels from square pieces of bass and segments of bamboo.
Problem (among others) is that the thing is simply not very well made (not sharp) requiring quite a bit of tugging to the wood through the holes, and even if you pulled it off w/balsa, I suspect the piece would be significantly weakened.
BTW, this quality issue is NOT the case w/ MM’s (pricey) tiny disk cutter (bought it for fabricating little disks as part of hubs for home brew wire wheels). It works GANGBUSTERS, and among other things, will make perfect, tiny, Teflon and thin brass disks for use as thrust washers – even down to tiny indoor sizes.
From: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rey Mazzocco
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 7:40 AM
To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Wing Tube Mounting
Thanks!
I also have trouble making my round posts consistent in diameter. Is there an easier way to do this besides rolling between sanding blocks? I've thought of using a drawplate, similar to this:
http://www.micromark.com/jewelers-draw-plate,6942.html (which I don't have). I may try square posts using 1/16" sq brass tubing as a mandrel for the paper tubes. I know I can cut and shape consistent square posts.
Rey
-----Original Message-----
From: William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
To: Indoor_Construction <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Mar 7, 2013 11:25 am
Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Wing Tube Mounting
Nice Rey!
On 3/6/2013 11:26 PM, aprivpilot wrote:
Thanks for posting this, Bill. Just what I needed to make a fiddly job (for me) a lot easier.
Rey
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indoor_Construction/photos/album/1944973591/pic/1818506490/view?picmode= <
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indoor_Construction/photos/album/1944973591/pic/1818506490/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc> &mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com> , William Gowen wrote:
>
> Well JP a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while. (I just made
> that up)
>
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 8:16 PM, J P Kish wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > **
> > Hey Bill, when you make things this simple, you take the "mystique" out of
> > the "difficult challenge" of indoor. Thanks!
> > jp
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Bill
> > *To:* Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>
> > *Sent:* Monday, March 04, 2013 12:24 PM
> > *Subject:* [Indoor_Construction] Re: Wing Tube Mounting
> >
> >
> >
> > I put a picture of my tube attachment jig in my photo album. Here's the
> > link:
> >
> >
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indoor_Construction/photos/album/1791606911/pic/2135511843/view?picmode= <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indoor_Construction/photos/album/1791606911/pic/2135511843/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc> &mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc
> >
> > The posts are 1/16" brass tubes which is the size I use for paper tubes
> > and wing and stab posts. The brass tube on the left is attached to the
> > base. The one on the right is attached to a balsa slider. There are
> > aluminum tubes at the bottom of the brass tubes that I use to push the
> > paper tubes off after they are glued to the wing or stab.
> >
> > I put the paper tubes on the brass tubes at the top of the brass tubes.
> > Then I put the wing or stab between the brass tubes and adjust the slider
> > to put a little bit of pressure on the wing or stab. For small parts this
> > is usually enough to hols the part while I glue the tubes. For larger parts
> > I will prop up the wing or stab to get it aligned.
> >
> > When everything looks right I use a small amount of glue to tack the tubes
> > to the wing or stab. When that is dry I add more glue. When the gluing is
> > finished I use the aluminum tubes to push the paper tubes off of the brass
> > posts.
> >
> > The whole jig takes about 10 minutes to build and has been in use for
> > several years.
> >
> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com> , "LeRoy Cordes" wrote:
> > Does anyone have a trick or two to make the operation easy and consistent?
> > LeRoy Cordes
> >
> >
> >
>
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