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    Well I went ahead and bought one. It was used a one on eBay that cost all of $15 including shipping. It should be here in a few days and I will post my impressions of it.
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    Hi John I tried the MiniMite and it is a fine tool. Only problem I had with it was when I had to do a long series of holes like fasteners in deck planks. After a short time my hand would start to cramp up. I find a pistol grip drill easier to use in these cases and wanted to find one as light as the MiniMite. I do have a 3-jaw chuck on the MiniMite and it is so much better than the collets. I found that the Dremel spindle is about .5mm smaller than the european or asian tools and only a chuck made for the Dremel spindle will work with Dremel tools. On the other hand the Proxxon 8mm spindle seems to be universal amoung european and asian tools.
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    I actually have a couple of Dremel rotary tools that I use a lot. What I was interested in was something light weight, cordless and easy to use for drilling lots of small holes. The Dremel Stylus looks prefect but at over $200 is a bit out of my price range. I agree about Chinese tools but I haven't found anything other than the Stylus and Genesis Hobby tool that fills the requirement. Anyone used one and can give a first hand report?
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    Anyone out there use the Genesis hobby tool? If you do I would like to get your impressions. This is a pistol grip rotary tool that looks like a Dremel Stylus but at a much cheaper price. Reviews on Amazon are mixed but generally positive.
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    If you can find some fire brick or silica tiles, the kind that are used for very high temp insulation, you can make a small heat trap for your soldering operations. Puting the brick or tile around the piece being soldered helps to both keep the heat from wicking away and reflects the heat back on to the work piece. A base and 3 sides works very well, no need to make a cover.
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    Midwest has excellent instructions and great kits for beginners. In addition they rank their kits in order of difficulty allowing buyers to choose a kit in line with their experiance.
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    The Smithsonian has a couple of plans of blockade runners. The one I remember seeing was the Fergus.
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    Another source of bees wax is the plumbing department of your local hardware store. The sealing ring used to install toilets is made from bees wax.
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    I think Laughing Whale was bought by Bluejacket. I have a couple of the Laughing Whale kits. Instructions are not as good as Model Shipways but still pretty good. They have a couple of very good kits for beginners like the Grand Banks Dory. Also some of the Midwest kits are old Laughing Whale kits with new names. Midwest instructions are pretty good.
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    The lathe and mill setups are useful but don't expect them to be precision tools. The other setups range from barely useable to useless.
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    Bandsaws can be used for ripping planks as well as doing scroll work. First thing you need to do is tuneup your saw. No saw comes from the factory ready to go. There are several websites and some very good books on the subject. Next think about your blade. A thin blade will wander more than a larger one. I use a 1/2 blade for ripping. A skip tooth design seems to work better than a regular blade. Last but not least you need to match your cutting speed to your wood. Pushing the wood through to fast will garanatee a poor result.
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    Black walnut is an excellent wood to work with. As Jaager mentioned the pieces you want are the plain ones. Loquat is also good but it will develope a fungus stain if it is not dried properly. Microwaving small pieces is a good way to kill the spores. I don't know if star fruit will grow up in Georgia but if you can find some pieces it is very nice to work with.
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    I wrap them in oil impregnated paper and store them in a drawer in my work table. The paper is the kind that is used to wrap metal parts like bearings.
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    I have an old Dremel rotary tool that has developed slack in the shaft. Was looking for information on fixing rotary tools when I ran across this website. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Tighten-Up-A-Sloppy-Second-Hand-Dremel/
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    Just ordered 3 bags off eBay today. Great find. Hobbylinc also carries this item and has a good price on it.
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    Dumas uses veneer for the second planking of their "Laser Cut" static models. Seems to work well.
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    Wonderful model. Looks like the design was based on the US Navy WWI 66' patrol boat. A lot of yachts were built using the same lines.
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    Beading tools. Some nice tools used to hold beads, ream holes in beads and thread beads on a string. Some these can be found being sold as "special" tools for modeling but if you look under beading tools on ebay or elsewhere you can usually find the same thing a lot cheaper.
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    I picked up a jeweler's tap and die set awhile back simply because it looked neat and I thought I might need it. The smallest size is 0.6mm. I haven't tried it yet but I think it would be very tricky using the smaller sizes.
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    Nice. Hadn't relized these kits had the smaller screws. The ones I have are all 1.2mm.
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    Hi Hornet Eye glass screws are great but if you need something smaller than 1.2mm it gets expensive fast. Not sure I would ever need something that small but nice to know where to find them.
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    Ran across a couple of interesting looking kits from a couple of Chinese companies and wondered if these are banned. I checked the list and could not find them on it. Mayi Model and Yuan Qing Models. Found a website for the first one but it was entirely in Chinese and did not have any pictures. Drew a complete blank on the other.
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    lovely boat
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    To many to sit down and count them. Every thing from 4" C clamps and 12" brass bar clamps to tiny cloths pins about 3/64" across. I keep them in bins on my work table.
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    Not sure if this is the proper forum for this. Found a chart on line with the sizes of miniture machine screw down to .03" diameter. Usefull information. http://jimorrisco.com/index/thread-info-237

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