G`day Folks, Of late I have been once again working on card kits ......building and modifying etc. etc. to my hearts content. I know there are lots of folks who have all sorts of Mickey Mouse tools in their arsenal of hobby must haves, however I felt it was time to make a tool fit for purpose, rather than using what was on offer from the hobby store or the pharmacy or the local doctors surgery. I decided I would like a very small, thin blade that could be inserted vertically into the parts card of a card kit, in order to release the parts more effectively and in a cleaner more surgical way. To make my tool / knife I have used the blades out of a twin blade disposable razor. It is possible to make a blade only a couple of millimeters wide, that is ideal for those tight little corners that would normally be dealt with by a scalpel. The issue I have with scalpels is that you are coming to the part at an angle, whereas I feel a better job could be done with a guillotine / vertical effect. Anyway you may say I am splitting hairs here,and to some extent you are right, however any tiny improvement that comes our way just helps to get a better overall result at the end of the day.....hopefully...???? I know there will be those people that swear by their scalpels and will probably think that I am not holding my tongue on the correct side of my mouth when I approach a card kit...( It helps with concentration ), and to those folks I say " well done and carry on " because I`m sure you are achieving excellent results with your weapons of choice. All I`m doing here / below is offering up another method......another possible solution....a different way of going about things. In this hobby....it`s horses for courses.....the right tool for the job or which ever tool you feel confident with. So as usual.....it`s all in the video......Hhhhmmmm..?????...just realized I`ve got my eyes shut in the pic at the start of the video..Oh well...such is life...????..... Gormo
Nice bit of up-cycling there. Thinking that is a really good re-use for those extortively priced blades that still seem sharp but simply aren't sharp enough to do the job they were originally supposed to. Cheaper than buying the blades for a x-acto knife that already make a chisel like that. With you small string tying and wrapping skills maybe some fishing rod tip repairs could be in order, I have a few around here somewhere... Just watch the WHS brigade don't get on your case about thongs in a workshop that is full of sharp blades and steel blocks Cheers Tony
Thanks Tony, I am the WHS brigade in my workshop.........same as Rule # 1 in model railways. So I will have to tick myself off about that..........one day.
No worries Ron, You could access full screen before Ron, but not from within the post like we have now thanks to the new software.....Yaaaayyy!!!! Gormo
