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| Subject: | Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? |  |
| Date: | Sep 11, 2006 |
| From: | Al Crawford | |
Unless they're really, really fiddly, the domain of assorted handles and dangly things remains brass rod or, if they're really small, wire.
I've got brass rod, bought from the usual sources, for Manly Tank Handles. However, I've also discovered that copper wire, which you can buy at ludicrously low prices from online stores that specialize in making your own jewelery, in sizes from about 1mm down to hair thin and selling in spools contaning a lifetime supply for a few bucks, is great if you need something really malleable and it's not going to get beaten up too much. Example - those grab handles that follow the curve of Soviet tank turrets. I roll out a length of appropriate thickness copper wire until it's straight then bend it against the appropriate part of the turret (bearing in mind that it'll be a little out from the surface, so you need a longer length than you would otherwise). Then just use your favorite bending tool to bend the ends through 90 degrees, instant curved grab handles that follow the hull precisely.
Not used them for light guards yet, but probably good for this too - anywhere that you want metal rod to follow a curve and brass is a little bit too rigid.
Al |
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 | Photo etch......how important is it really? - Glenn Bartolotti - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Philippe Blumenthal - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Domagoj Kamenjarin - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . can't live without it - Mike Bedard - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: can't live without it - R.C. Hill - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: can't live without it - Mike - Sep 12, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: can't live without it - Eric Scurlock - Sep 13, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Paul A. Owen - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . . . . All things in Moderation - John F. Steinman - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - "panzers" koenig - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Al Crawford - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Damon Agretto - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Al Crawford - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . It really depends on the subject matter - Roy Chow - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Gary Cooper - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Gary Cooper - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Before Eduard - Roy Chow - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . More Before Eduard - Saul Garcia - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Brian Bocchino - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . Satisfied - Mike Tittel - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . Depends on the kit... - Bob Muckley - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: Depends on the kit... - Damon Agretto - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . Re: We hates it we does.... - Eric Scurlock - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . Paul, looks like we need a new forum.... - Glenn Bartolotti - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . Re: Photo etch......how important is it really? - Tim Streeter - Sep 11, 2006 |
| . . . lost parts - Mike Bedard - Sep 12, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: lost parts - Philippe Blumenthal - Sep 12, 2006 |
| . . . Photo etch......Value is relative - Nemanja Pavlovic - Sep 13, 2006 |
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