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Hi all, hopefully a quick question. I have made a form to vacform a canopy for my latest model. When I tried to do the forming the plastic was not hot enough to form properly but it WAS hot enough to cause the sanding sealer/ dope surface of the mold to bubble and melt.
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One of my bugbears is finding that the drill I need to use is blunt. Above 3 mm I can use the Drill Doctor that I invested in when woodwork was my main hobby. However, model aeroplanes often require smaller diameter drills.

Often the suggestion is made that a replacement drill is cheap, so just get another

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Put together another magnetic build board. I used 12 x 24 sheet metal and bonded it to a 12" wide 3/4" pine edge glued board. The edge glue should prevent warping. I used Gorilla spray contact glue. Now I can get to building. I got some balsa from Amazon and only 4 sheets survived so they...

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Well the Dollar Tree meat trays I use have changed. They give you less trays and less quality foam and charging more for it. Go figure. Anyway my Cricut Maker was making a mess of the cuts. So I bought some Hefty brand foam trays. The foam is thinner, about 1/16 and denser because the parts come...

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https://micromark.com/products/thin-beam-square-1?_pos=1&_sid=b7a704b7d&_ss=r

I have found the thin beam squares from Micro Mark really useful. I have used them for marking and cutting balsa (any thing over 1/16") for years. They work well on even thinner material e.g. 1/32" if you have a sacrificial...

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