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    Q A's Revenge
    grsjax got a reaction from Q A's Revenge in building form support   
    I will take a few pictures and see how they turn out.
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    shawn32671
    grsjax got a reaction from shawn32671 in Chesapeake Bay Skipjack by shawn32671 - Midwest Products - Small   
    Howard Chapelle's books have a lot of information on Skipjacks.  "American Sailing Craft", American Small Sailing Craft" and "Notes on Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks" are all good references.
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    WackoWolf
    grsjax got a reaction from WackoWolf in Soldering Pad   
    A piece of fire brick makes a good pad and metal hair clips (the kind that have a spring and long jaws) make pretty good heat sinks for small parts.
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    WackoWolf
    grsjax got a reaction from WackoWolf in Micro drill holders   
    I have a number of very small endmills with 1/8" shafts that work well as micro drills.  You need to ensure that you have the type of endmill that can do a plunge cut.  Not that expensive.
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    grsjax got a reaction from avsjerome2003 in MDF for forms   
    Sitting in a turkey induced haze looking at a piece of mdf on my workbench and started thinking what it could be used for other than as a building board.  My local HomeDepot has 1/8" MDF sheets and I was thinking it might be a good material for building forms.  Couldn't find any references to it use for forms but thought I would put it out here for comment.
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    grsjax got a reaction from WackoWolf in In need of Tips and Techniques for making Eyebolts   
    Hi
    Just a small mod this this method.  When you twist the tails use a small piece of tubing just large enough to insert the ends of the wire in.  Insert the tails into the tube and hold the ends with pliers.  Turn the drill or whatever you are using to form the eye.  This results in a very tight twist.

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