Stanley sells an excellent low-angle plane, made in England, that you can find in any hardware store for about $50. I use one constantly for kayak building. They are palm-sized or smaller. You can pay two or three times that much at the fancier woodworking outlets, but don't bother with anything cheaper. Another alternative that I use to get flat and square edges on wood and styrene is the Proxxon 10" sander that Micro-Mark sells. It can be slowed to 200 rpm and, with brief contact, will not melt plastic parts. -Wes Ewell www.twofootartist.com
--- On Thu, 3/24/11, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: From: Michael <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: 'bashing' question To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 10:33 AM I'm curious about the block plane. All I have seen are woodworking planes, which would be huge for this. Do you have a miniature plane? -Michael Eldridge -Just sawed out a major section of track for several rebuilding reasons --- In [email protected], "ctxmf74" <ctxm@...> wrote: > > I'm wondering if > > anyone had any 'sure-fire' method to splice two carbodies together. > > > I use the common methods but also found that a sharp low angle block plane > works great on plastic for smoothing splice joints. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
