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Jamiescotland wrote:Great to see these, thanks. It just reinforces what an effort you go to in the name of accuracy and quality. It makes me feel a bit of an amateur! Thanks Jamie! I bow to your painting skills, sir. You create some beautiful work, I'm constantly in awe.
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Thanks, you're very kind. I'd love to be able to work with brass more, but I have no machines - everything is done by hand (apart from I have a hand drill). How do you cut pieces of brass from sheet? That would be useful for me to know. I just have some plate shears but they curl the brass up and ruin perfectly good flat pieces. One day I'd like to have a workshop with a bench drill and a belt/disc sander.
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Dex great work and video along with plenty of helpful techniques to customize heavy iron. Thanks posting video. Steve
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[quote=Jamiescotland]Thanks, you're very kind. I'd love to be able to work with brass more, but I have no machines - everything is done by hand (apart from I have a hand drill). How do you cut pieces of brass from sheet? That would be useful for me to know. I just have some plate shears but they curl the brass up and ruin perfectly good flat pieces. One day I'd like to have a workshop with a bench drill and a belt/disc sander.[/quote
Hi Jamie,
I'm not Dex. But I would use this sweet band-saw we can see in his videos. Maybe with a plate of donor wood if you want to cut real thin brass sheet. Using a band-saw is just great! It is relatively safe and has only very little tendency to backfire. And you can do straight as well as curved cuts, too. I don't own one, but I love working with a band-saw.
Cheers, Max
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Jamiescotland wrote:Thanks, you're very kind. I'd love to be able to work with brass more, but I have no machines - everything is done by hand (apart from I have a hand drill). How do you cut pieces of brass from sheet? That would be useful for me to know. I just have some plate shears but they curl the brass up and ruin perfectly good flat pieces. One day I'd like to have a workshop with a bench drill and a belt/disc sander. When I first started, I used a razor saw and a miter box. Then filed to shape. Then I started using a rotary tools with a disk, but that was extremely messy. So I bought a small inexpensive band saw and and disk sander. Recently I got a micro table saw that I use for straight cuts. Another option would be a scroll saw instead of a band saw. If you want to go non powered for cutting, you can get a mini benchtop metal sheer.
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Mr. Scholz wrote:
I'm not Dex. But I would use this sweet band-saw we can see in his videos. Maybe with a plate of donor wood if you want to cut real thin brass sheet. Using a band-saw is just great! It is relatively safe and has only very little tendency to backfire. And you can do straight as well as curved cuts, too. I don't own one, but I love working with a band-saw.
Cheers, Max
If you have the room for it, I highly recommend a bandsaw. It's a very versatile saw. Research blade options first as you'll want a 24 or 32 tooth per inch (TPI) blade. You can set up a rip fence and use a deeper blade, like a 5/8, and get some pretty straight cuts. You'll need to clean the lines up with a benchtop sander. I only recently got the table saw, but that's because I'm a bit obsessed with making things as close to accurate as possible, hahaha. Other benefits of the bandsaw: Cuts though diecast like butter, great with wood, and can cut styrene. If you spring for a variable speed saw you can cut plastic at a low enough speed to not melt the saw dust from it.
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Hi Dex,
until now, I focus on HO scale customs, because I can do most customs with my handtools. Have purchased a Proxxon mini table saw recently and it speeds up production, it's a pure joy. But my wife says: Max, actually you need a workshop! That's so true. Your videos are great to watch, as you guide us step by step through your customs. But what I enjoy the most is to see your choice of powertools and how to use them ... teasing my brain to design my very own workshop to come.
Best regards, Max
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Fantastic! Thanks for the info. I'll do some research into bandsaws/scrollsaws. It's about time I got one, plus a sander.
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Has anyone got their hands on the new ccm d11n yet? I’m sure they ain’t as nice as dex’s, but they don’t look terrible from the little bit I seen.
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