At 06:57 AM 8/31/01 +0200, Stefan Smets wrote:
>> An outdated, unpowered (ick) tool used during the finishing
>> process of those
>> antiquated models which were built with a substance known as wood.
>> Apparently it grew wild in nature.
>
>"it" meaning the wood, I guess, not the "Woodpecker Thingie" :-), and I know
>now it's something to perforate something else, but I still don't know what
>it is (I know what a woodpecker is though, but that one flies better then
>most planes :-)).
It's a little roller with spikes in it. The idea was that you would roll
it over balsa surfaces before covering them. This created lots of little
holes in the balsa, which, in theory, allowed the gases from the heated
glue to escape, preventing bubbles in the the covering.
>
>
>Stefan
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