discussion A couple of tools

[Guest]

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Bare Metal Foil Scribe.

I bought one of these a while ago on the recommendation of a fellow model making friend. You hold this as if you were holding a pen it's got a bit weight to it but as you draw it back through a panel or shut line it removes a small amount with every pass without making the panel or shut line any wider.

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Fibreglass pen

Found out about this from reading a magazine so though I'd get one a give it a try, and it works as you can get into those sometimes hard to reach spots. I got mine from this chap on ebay

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Bare Metal Foil Scriber

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Fibreglass pen

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Hope it helps

Regards

David

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[Ian M]

Fiberglass pens are rather handy aren't they. They are good many things: Run one down a new scribed line and it softens it a bit. Good at removing wayward glue and fingerprints....A good surface prepper for superglue and solder (which is their real purpose as it is sold as a burnishing pen).

That bare metal foil scriber looks very much like a dental probe :-/ I have a few I scored from a dentist...

Ian M

 

[Guest]

Hey some nice ideas there for the fibreglass pen Ian. Used it for difficult parts & it is a great tool.

Bought david one of those metal scribes. I meant to buy a scribe for plastic but hit the wrong button on ebay which is really the death button. But the metal scribe works well.

Laurie

 

[ojays]

Although a very necessary piece of equipment, be carefull with the fibre pen, minute fibres are deposited every time you use it.

I found out the hard way when cleaning up my working board one evening.

I was rubbing the side of my hand across the board to brush bits in to a tissue, when I got several

very tiny (but Painful) fibres in the edge of my hand!

Just thought I would mention it!

 

[AlanG]

Gregg. We used fibre pens all the time in the RAF and I can totally agree that they hurt like a hurting thing when you get the 'spent fibres' in your hand/fingers