Re: [VFB] Midge cementing tips...
Nick, I really like you tip about the furled thread loop and then positioning it where you need it. Cheap too, For those who might be a gadget freak.. this might be of interest to someone : http://www.micromark.com/MICRO-GLUE-APPLICATOR,8048.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
Re: [VFB] Midge cementing tips...
Nick, I discovered something similar a few years ago when I took up making bamboo rods. It took me a while to settle on a couple of brushes that I like. When doing delicate three turn intermediate wraps, a single drop from a dubbing needle simply flooded the area all around the thread and onto the rod, and a chisel tip brush was just as sloppy. I found the same problem with tying flies in sizes 20 and smaller. I went to an artist supply store and found fine tipped sable brushes that have just a few hairs in them. They are used to make the finest lines in painting and are perfect for wicking a fine amount of varnish or lacquer to the head of a fly. I use a size 16/0 brush, but I couldn't find them online. I had to go to an artist supply store. Regards, Scott Bearden -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
Re: [VFB] Midge cementing tips...
MeddelandeNick, A trick I learned from Earl Stanek (you may have met him at Sowbug - he used to work for 3M and ties the dragonflies with very realistic wings) is to cut the top 1/3 off of the eye of a small sewing needle. It leaves a U shaped end which will only pick up a very small droplet of cement that can be placed very accurately. I have not personally tried it but it seemed to work pretty slick. Sincerely, Bruce Whittle - Original Message - From: Niclas Runarsson To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 6:28 PM Subject: [VFB] Midge cementing tips... I've been experimenting with different methods now, tying for Allan's Itsy Bitsy swap, and have come up with a few ones which worked very well to me. Dubbing needle... not to the #32's. No control... especially with thin cement such as Flex-Loc. Either you don't know if you got something there... or you find out that you did, when you see that it was way too much. Answer is tying thread and nothing more than that. Take a little bit of thread, make a knot, hold the knot with the tips of a couple of tweezers (or split the tip of a toothpick and hold it with that) and cut the thread JUST outside... and there you have an itty bitty brush to trap and apply the cement with. Another way to get that really tiny drop that's needed is to take a bit of thread and hold it between both hands. Then twist it and let it furl around itself. In the end of the furl there will be a little loop (size depending on how hard it was twisted). Keep holding it with both hands and dip it into the bottle. The loop will trap and hold a little drop. Then carefully unfurl by stretching. When fully stretched, the little drop will still be lying on the thread and can be placed where you want it, still holding the thread with both hands. If you then need more cement, just move your hands together and the already twisted thread will furl again, ready for picking up another drop of cement. /Nick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
Re: [VFB] Midge cementing tips...
That might work. I will try that one too. The thread loop method is a very versatile one though. Twisting differently, getting different drop sizes. Then another trick, which works especially good on tiny heads, is to skip trying to get a drop (or if you still get one, touch it so the surface tension bursts and it gets sucked into the thread). Then loop the thread around the fly's head and tighten. It will squeeze out a little bit of cement from it... much like a spongue. /Nick -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] För Bruce P. Whittle, DVM Skickat: den 8 februari 2010 23:24 Till: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Ämne: Re: [VFB] Midge cementing tips... Nick, A trick I learned from Earl Stanek (you may have met him at Sowbug - he used to work for 3M and ties the dragonflies with very realistic wings) is to cut the top 1/3 off of the eye of a small sewing needle. It leaves a U shaped end which will only pick up a very small droplet of cement that can be placed very accurately. I have not personally tried it but it seemed to work pretty slick. Sincerely, Bruce Whittle - Original Message - From: Niclas Runarsson mailto:niclas.runars...@soderhamn.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 6:28 PM Subject: [VFB] Midge cementing tips... I've been experimenting with different methods now, tying for Allan's Itsy Bitsy swap, and have come up with a few ones which worked very well to me. Dubbing needle... not to the #32's. No control... especially with thin cement such as Flex-Loc. Either you don't know if you got something there... or you find out that you did, when you see that it was way too much. Answer is tying thread and nothing more than that. Take a little bit of thread, make a knot, hold the knot with the tips of a couple of tweezers (or split the tip of a toothpick and hold it with that) and cut the thread JUST outside... and there you have an itty bitty brush to trap and apply the cement with. Another way to get that really tiny drop that's needed is to take a bit of thread and hold it between both hands. Then twist it and let it furl around itself. In the end of the furl there will be a little loop (size depending on how hard it was twisted). Keep holding it with both hands and dip it into the bottle. The loop will trap and hold a little drop. Then carefully unfurl by stretching. When fully stretched, the little drop will still be lying on the thread and can be placed where you want it, still holding the thread with both hands. If you then need more cement, just move your hands together and the already twisted thread will furl again, ready for picking up another drop of cement. /Nick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
