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Posted by Mike H on October 1, 2006, 5:07 am
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>But be careful what type of wood you use. Some woods tend to rust
>steel -resulting in drills stuck in blocks of wood. Trouble is, I
>can't remember which ones you should use -I'm sure someone will know.
Oak is one of them - It is my understanding that "nail sickness" in
clinker built boats is as much to do with the rapid rusting of steel
fixings in oak as it is to do with 'working' of the planks at sea.
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Mike Hopkins
CSME <http://www.cheltsme.org.uk>
5" gauge (2 1/2" scale) Alice class Hunslet
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Posted by Andrew Mawson on October 1, 2006, 7:24 am
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Steele
> >But be careful what type of wood you use. Some woods tend to rust
> >steel -resulting in drills stuck in blocks of wood. Trouble is, I
> >can't remember which ones you should use -I'm sure someone will
know.
> Oak is one of them - It is my understanding that "nail sickness" in
> clinker built boats is as much to do with the rapid rusting of steel
> fixings in oak as it is to do with 'working' of the planks at sea.
> --
> Mike Hopkins
> CSME <http://www.cheltsme.org.uk>
> 5" gauge (2 1/2" scale) Alice class Hunslet
Should be copper rivets in wooden boat planks not steel.
There was the case (true story) of a certain boatyard in the Solent
commissioned to make an aluminium tender for the first time, and being
used to working in timber naturally used copper rivets to hold it
together. When launched it fizzed a bit which puzzled them, then a few
days later it spung a catastrophic leak. When they worked out why they
learnt a lot about the electrochemical series and electrolysis <G>
AWEM
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Posted by Myford Matt on October 1, 2006, 8:13 am
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To be honest, I can't see the point of the block of stuff solution
beyond a few
drills. Don wants them neatly arranged for 1/64". You have
a few solutions:
1) Be Patient and wait for them on eBay, they do turn up
2) Buy a set of 'junk' drills - they really do go for a tenner at shows
and
ebay. Consign the 'junk' to a drawer for roughing work where size
and wear isn't
much of an issue and use your nice new box for what are
presumably high quality
drills
Without too much effort on ebay here is an example: 300033744892
Yes, I know it's 15 quid with p&p, but I'd be surprised if something
cheaper
isn't out there.
Alternatively: 7613888335 or 7588674987 (a bit plasticky)
Final thought, Tracey Tools might well be able to help:
http://www.tracytools.com/
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Myford Matt
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Posted by on October 1, 2006, 9:50 am
Please log in for more thread options Myford Matt wrote:
> To be honest, I can't see the point of the block of stuff solution
> beyond a few drills. Don wants them neatly arranged for 1/64". You have
> a few solutions:
>
> 1) Be Patient and wait for them on eBay, they do turn up
> 2) Buy a set of 'junk' drills - they really do go for a tenner at shows
> and ebay. Consign the 'junk' to a drawer for roughing work where size
> and wear isn't much of an issue and use your nice new box for what are
> presumably high quality drills
>
> Without too much effort on ebay here is an example: 300033744892
>
> Yes, I know it's 15 quid with p&p, but I'd be surprised if something
> cheaper isn't out there.
>
> Alternatively: 7613888335 or 7588674987 (a bit plasticky)
>
> Final thought, Tracey Tools might well be able to help:
> http://www.tracytools.com/
>
>
> --
> Myford Matt
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> Myford Matt's Profile: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=66196
> View this thread: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=576163
Matt, this (your No2) was inded the route I took but by necessity
rather than design, the first set of "quality" drills I bought were
complete crap but at least the box is still doing some good. The other
way I had thought that you might get someting useful is to buy a set of
"drill gauges" from someone like Chronos (a few pounds each I think)
and using them as the top of a stand. For most of my drills up to
5/8ths I found some good strong clear plastic boxes that I use. For
drills larger than that I have just drilled holes in some pine shelving
in a wall cupboard which I varnished really well and then put another
shelf about 2" below it so that I could stand the drills in the holes.
This has been in use for about 10 years with no sign of rusting.
Best regards
Keith
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Posted by Mark Rand on October 1, 2006, 1:20 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Sun, 1 Oct 2006 07:13:29 -0500, Myford Matt
>
>To be honest, I can't see the point of the block of stuff solution
>beyond a few drills. Don wants them neatly arranged for 1/64". You have
>a few solutions:
>
>1) Be Patient and wait for them on eBay, they do turn up
>2) Buy a set of 'junk' drills - they really do go for a tenner at shows
>and ebay. Consign the 'junk' to a drawer for roughing work where size
>and wear isn't much of an issue and use your nice new box for what are
>presumably high quality drills
>
>Without too much effort on ebay here is an example: 300033744892
>
>Yes, I know it's 15 quid with p&p, but I'd be surprised if something
>cheaper isn't out there.
>
>Alternatively: 7613888335 or 7588674987 (a bit plasticky)
>
>Final thought, Tracey Tools might well be able to help:
>http://www.tracytools.com/
Postage may be a bit more, but I like this one:- 250033257098. Trouble is the
robbing b*stid has got a reserve on it.
Mark Rand
RTFM
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>steel -resulting in drills stuck in blocks of wood. Trouble is, I
>can't remember which ones you should use -I'm sure someone will know.