... I do this all the time (for paper to plastic bonds) and it works great, though I almost always back it up with a yellow glue fillet. I use Plastruct white...
... That would be the Stone Soup of plastic glues, would it not? ;) ... I will admit that it works if done carefully, and on a part that doesn't load the...
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Nov 1, 2002 4:47 pm
In a message dated 11/1/02 1:15:24 AM, srogers1@... writes: << I try not to pull out the CA unless I really need it. Somehow, no matter how careful I...
I would use rubber cement or double faced tape to attach the pattern to the balsa. Or you can use what they call a pounce wheel. It is pen shaped tool with a...
... See, for example, http://www.dxmarket.com/micromark/products/15200.html len....
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Nov 1, 2002 5:12 pm
In a message dated 11/1/02 11:03:25 AM, ccox@... writes: << How best to transfer a pattern to balsa and cut it out? I've printed the pattern and cut it...
You must be talking about Ambroid "Proweld". I was thinking the original Ambroid wood glue. http://www.ambroid.com/Ambroid.html Why I ask is that I tried a...
... my ... stuff. Gee, I hate it when that happens, especially if that fresh can of beer is also stuck to the cat. My only sticky situation with super glue...
... I have a big wooden cutting board that I use for cutting on and as a sanding "block" by moving the part rather than the block. I also have really gotten to...
... Yeah - I've never seen any of their other products. Have to give them a try. I like that "dissolves a thin surface layer" in the Pro Weld description....
... I've had the same problem. The Ambroid Wood Glue was highly recomended in the old Model Roketeer as being a very lightweight glue for gliders. I could...
... And now I shall appropriately say DOH! and redirect you to this: http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/oldrockets/vwp?.dir=/ &.src=gr&.dnm=Just+say+DOH!.jpg...
... K-series >>numbers. ... I just winged it. And far too many of my models--then and now--were in my signature "winter camouflage" paint scheme. ... I am,...
Peter Alway wrote: <anip> ... This works great for fins and the like; not so hot when you're working on your car :) FWIW, I use both. When trying to even out...
Several years ago on the night of the 23rd of Dec. I was enjoying my Christmas break and sitting in my favorite modelbuilding chair watching tv and building a...
Does it show your age if you still refer to Estes igniters as Solar Igniters? What year did these go from being optional add-ons to coming standard with Estes...
... From: "doug holverson" <dholverson@...> Subject: [OldRockets] solar igniters ... I still refer to them that way... "Solar Igniters" were already a...
In spite of the odds, my own CA nightmares are secondhand. When I first started using CA to build competition models, my wife Rachel bought me a bottle of...
"Solar" igniters were necessary if you wanted to use your "Solar Launch Controller," which was powered by a mere 4 AA cells. (And there was not a thing...
... From: "doswonk" <doswonk@...> Subject: [OldRockets] Re: solar igniters ... Probably meant to imply the new igniters got "hot as the sun" on less...
And those igniters still brake apart, I've found more than one pack of new ones that where all trashed. I used up the very last of the old 12v wire ones last ...
... From: "doswonk" <doswonk@...> Subject: [OldRockets] Re: solar igniters ... The earliest I can see for both is 1973. I thought they came a bit earlier...
... From: "Craig McGraw" <bayshore@...> Subject: Re: [OldRockets] Re: solar igniters ... Big oops here... Didn't go back through the pages far enough... ...
... I'd say that's as good of an explanation as I can think of....except for one thing - the Solar stuff (ignitors and launch controllers) both came on the...
... I like the "hot as the sun" theory. The tiny length of very thin nichrome between two thicker leads was a clever idea. But I was always a Sure-Shot fan....
... I don't think that anyone still refers to them as Solar igniters. ... I don't know, but I can tell you that the original Estes Solar igniters were not the...