Dwaing
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Dwaing got a reaction from Zocane in conservation wax
For many years I have used "Thread Heaven" in place of beeswax. It never affects the color of some fibers as beeswax sometimes does. Any fuzzy fibers lay flat, for example on the rigging of my Bounty built over 60 years ago. Available from sewing stores and Amazon. Comes in a small cubic container and each .lasts me decades.
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Dwaing got a reaction from edmay in Is there a better #11 blade handle
About 60 years ago I purchased a #4 scalpel handle and a gross of #22 blades. I have already used up 60 blades. The handle requires a few moments of time to unscrew a screw, remove the dull blade and insert a new blade and re-insert the holding screw. However this holding arraignment results in less flexing then with the newer scalpel handles with the snap on and off arrangement for holding the blade. The only use I now have for a # 11 exacto blade is to cut deck planks from wood veneers with no curvature. If they are to be curved the scalpel does the superior Non-splitting job.
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Dwaing got a reaction from mtaylor in Is there a better #11 blade handle
About 60 years ago I purchased a #4 scalpel handle and a gross of #22 blades. I have already used up 60 blades. The handle requires a few moments of time to unscrew a screw, remove the dull blade and insert a new blade and re-insert the holding screw. However this holding arraignment results in less flexing then with the newer scalpel handles with the snap on and off arrangement for holding the blade. The only use I now have for a # 11 exacto blade is to cut deck planks from wood veneers with no curvature. If they are to be curved the scalpel does the superior Non-splitting job.
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Dwaing got a reaction from GLakie in Is there a better #11 blade handle
About 60 years ago I purchased a #4 scalpel handle and a gross of #22 blades. I have already used up 60 blades. The handle requires a few moments of time to unscrew a screw, remove the dull blade and insert a new blade and re-insert the holding screw. However this holding arraignment results in less flexing then with the newer scalpel handles with the snap on and off arrangement for holding the blade. The only use I now have for a # 11 exacto blade is to cut deck planks from wood veneers with no curvature. If they are to be curved the scalpel does the superior Non-splitting job.
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Dwaing got a reaction from bayser in USING VENEERS FOR PLANKING
I used birdseye maple veneer to plank the deck of my Rattlesnake, I set up a simple jig to cut the strips. Looks good to me.
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Dwaing got a reaction from SkerryAmp in Announcing the Model Ship World Ship Kit Database Project
Adam
What a great project. But from all the suggestions that keep coming in there may be no end in sight to completion. May be this will be an infinitely ongoing project. Thanks for your great contribution to the MSW. :D
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Dwaing got a reaction from GLakie in BEESWAX FOR SHIP MODEL RIGGING
I have used a product called Thread Heaven for a number of years. It is silicon based. It is thought to be the only product that was created to condition thread especially for hand sewing. It is available from sewing and internet stores.
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Dwaing got a reaction from dgbot in How to build a wood case ?
I just made a case for my Rattlesnake. I bought a prefinished shelf for the base and L shaped 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 wood corner trim. I painted the wood with ordinary indoor satin paint. For each of the four corners of the case I cut two 45 degree angles on each of the three wood pieces and no angle cuts on the bottom of each of the four uprights at each corner. Next I glued each of the 40 joints. I then attached the 5 rectangles of Lexan inside the case with a 50 year latex like sealing compound applied to near each of the four edges of each Lexan panel. I then attached each of the uprights to the base with two screws each.
This method was much simpler than a previous case I made using dowels and cutting groves in them for the corners.
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