| Image Comments |
| SteveM | 02-Dec-13 22:55 |
| One half of one of the fuselages is nearly done. This is no small model! |
| BillParker | 03-Dec-13 09:49 |
| And perfectly charming in laser cut splendor! |
| jgood | 03-Dec-13 11:06 |
| Yes, love the clean work! Did you sand off the burn marks? |
| SteveM | 03-Dec-13 11:22 |
| Yes, I sand off where I can reach it. It stinks and is a little messy, but makes for a cleaner looking build and tighter glue joints. |
| BriandKilby | 03-Dec-13 11:25 |
| how come you have to sand the burn marks? does the glue not adhese? |
| SteveM | 03-Dec-13 12:55 |
| I mainly sand it off because it looks unsightly to me and it would show through tissue covered models. In my little world a true craftsman takes time to tend to the little details. Another reason is that the diffusion of the laser creates an angled cut so the edge may need trued up for some joints to mate well.
I don't have any proof that the soot left behind interferes with a glue bond, it just makes sense to me that it would prevent a tight wood on wood joint. I could easily glue up some test examples, but the results would be very unscientific and subjective. |
| poppy | 03-Dec-13 16:44 |
| Hmmm, I've never found a problem with the edges. |
