You need a disc sander (with speed control) to sand the abutting joint surfaces when you want to splice car body sections. or a 6" belt sander with some speed control. I have done this with at least 20 cars over the years. You need good tools. Figure 25 years of use and the yearly cost is minimal.
I just gave a South Bend drill press to the Friends of the East Broad Top. I bought it in 1963. A solid piece of machinery. At 89 I did not plan on anymore "holy" work. The MicroMark 10 inch disc sander allows you to do almost anything. Sand wood, plastic or brass. Your imagination will keep you busy. Minimize hand filing. John Armstrong ----- Original M,essage ----- From: ctxmf74 To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 1:14 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: 'bashing' question --- In [email protected], "Michael" <meldridge@...> wrote: > > 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? > Hi Michael, No it's a regular stanley No. 60 1/2 model low angle block plane. I sharpen it very well and just use it on fine work. The size helps keep a fair edge when joining splices. I lay the car body on the workbench( actually on a thin spacer board to raise it up above the lower edge of the plane blade ) and lay the plane on it's side to keep the joint square while smoothing it with very fine shavings. These planes were designed to cut the end grain of butcher blocks so plastic is not that much of a challenge for them...dave __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5979 (20110323) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5983 (20110324) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [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/
