Do you have a favorite electrically powered model building or repairing tool? I...
Jim H.
Do you have a favorite electrically powered model building or repairing tool? I am very fortunate to have four of them. These are not shown in any particular order of preference. The first one is a small table top drill press from Harbor Freight. The second is a scroll saw picked up at an R C swap meet. The third is a band/disc sander and the fourth is a rotary tool.
Each one has given me a lot of helpful usage over my many years of model building - and repair too!!
All powered tools are interesting, however one needs to be careful and respect the tool/s, as they do what they were designed and are intended to do. However, tools do not "think" on their own!! I would guess that you have favorite modeling tools also. If one has some unique tools, it would be interesting to see them!
Oh, notice that I did not include a picture of my gasoline powered chain saw. But a chain saw can be used to "permanently dismantle" a model that did not do what you thought you told it to do! : )
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Hello Angus. Here is a picture of my above mentioned tools - altogether, sitting as they normally do. As can be seen by the included aluminum yard stick, they take up a foot print of 30 inches. When I need to use one, I merely slide one forward on the 2.5 foot wide table. Funny you mention Dremel as the scroll saw, belt/disc sander and the cut-off tool are Dremel products.
Well Angus, I am pulling for you and I hope that you can get some space for yourself!
Probably two of my most versatile, though somewhat laziness inducing bits of hardware would be my my laser, and my resin printer(s).
For the heavy duty stuff, my Rockwell 28-300, and Grizzly G7948 fill the void. xD
Gotta have a good band saw, and drill press.
Hello Chad. That is some very impressive looking machinery there. What all have you done with the resin printer?
Too much to recall properly. :P
One of my more intricate things was a retrofit of an older design I scratched together a few years ago.
My original model for the resin deal, for reference... the motor mounts function the same as the other four. I'll make a post on those soon, if you're curious about them. 😜
I am sort of curious if you have ever printed any propellers and if so, did they work well OR was there any drawbacks compared to factory made propellers?
Nah, I've never had a need to do so. I don't think I'd trust something like that to the forces that would be applied to such a propeller. It's okay for other structural stuff though.
Thanks Chad. That is exactly what I was wondering. It sure would not be any fun to have a blade come off of a prop and end up who knows where!