Posted by Stein S. on June 08, 1998 at 01:59:35 in kipc0142fw.kongsberg.net:
In Reply to: Re: Experimenting with brass portholes posted by Dwayne Horton on May 29, 1998 at 22:34:13:
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: : Hi,
: : I just bought one of those hollow brass tubings from the hobby store. It was the smallest one they have. The only problem is that it is only big enough for the upper large portholes(see photos attached)
: : I actually think this will work out OK. I've put one piece in already and it looks great. Although I will be using this method on the new model I plan to build, I am experimenting on the one I have put together now.
: : The photo shows what portholes this will only work for...
: : BTW - Any body know of a way to cut these brass tubings without leaving a rough edge to it?
: Try a tubing cutter such as model shops sell. As far as size goes there is a company that adverises in Finescale Modeler that sells detail tubing almost hair thin, but the wall would be out of proportion to the open area
: In the meantime, try using a sanding stick to smooth your tubing.
Hi,
The best way of cutting these thin walled tubing is with a small lathe. Then you can file/sand the "fresh" end before cutting a new ring.
Perhaps this even could be an etching job for GMM, but I think many other details should have a higher priority.
Stein S.