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What's on Your Workbench - July 2021

Half the year has gone by and we have seen many cool projects shared on these threads. Let's keep it rolling along with more shares from your latest workbench and layout projects!

Eric

 

Eric Hansmann
Contributing Editor, Model Railroad Hobbyist

Follow along with my railroad modeling:
http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/

Home manufacturing tutorial

Found this online and thought it might be of interest to some here:

Home manufacturing tutorial for robot builders, model makers, and other hobbyists
https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/gcnc/

Table of contents:
1. Introduction
2. Setting up a CNC mill
3. Mastering CAD and CAM
4. Resin casting and you
5. Essential parts for robot builders
6. Practical part geometries
7. Workshop safety topics
8. Closing notes

Airbrush Air Supply

I am slowly reworking my hobby bench area.  As part of that I am thinking about ways to make using an airbrush simpler so that I will use it more then I currently do.  (See my post about ultrasonic cleaners) 

Ultrasonic Cleaners

I have wondered about Ultrasonic Cleaners and how useful (if at all) they would be in our hobby.

 

I see them for as cheep as $50 or so (and heading up from there). 
 

Mostly I was wondering if they would make cleaning airbrushS faster or simpler.  I find that the hassle of an airbrush causes me to be a bit hesitant in reaching for it as much as I probably should,  So anything that makes the airbrush simpler / faster is a good thing.

-Doug Meyer

 

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Animated Chickens , motion activated

This video describes using a motion sensor to activate a display at a train show.  The Northwestern Vermont Model Railroad Association also uses the modular display at an August fair.  Members own their own modules.

 

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Fascia Installation Helpers

When installing my fascia its tough to handle long thin pieces of Masonite around corners.

To assist in this I made these little brackets from scraps of plywood.  The brackets have step in them support the fascia at a standard distance below the joists and a little lip to keep the fascia from sliding off the end of the support.  All the plywood pieces are just glued together.

Tubing bender

I recently read an article where a guy used 1/16 inch copper tubing to represent piping. Unfortunately he did not say what he used to bend the tubing, Amazon shows tubing benders down to 3/16 inch. Anyone here tried this?

 

Jeff


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