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  • redboat219
    Admiral
    • Dec 2008
    • 2735

    David Merriman with a hoarse voice: " Swear to me!"
    Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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    • He Who Shall Not Be Named
      Moderator
      • Aug 2008
      • 12254

































      Who is John Galt?

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      • SubICman
        Lieutenant
        • Jun 2022
        • 87

        Okay Dave. I'll take one for the team, and accept the yelling. I would like to learn, soooo......What are you doing with the heated up exactly blade?

        Tim

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        • He Who Shall Not Be Named
          Moderator
          • Aug 2008
          • 12254

          Originally posted by SubICman
          Okay Dave. I'll take one for the team, and accept the yelling. I would like to learn, soooo......What are you doing with the heated up exactly blade?

          Tim


          Hey! I'm here to learn as well, Tim.

          There are situations where a store-bought blade or file face is unsuitable for a specific task -- the geometry of the work precludes use of a straight blade edge or file face to cut or abrade away material. The solution is to bend your hand-tool to a shape that will accomplish the task at hand.

          Simply take the tool to a red heat, bend as required, and get to work.

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          And you may find that a stock blade is not suitable for a task. In such a case I use the store-bought blade as a 'blank' and grind and hone the blade to a shape suited to the task. A good example of this is the re-shaping of a #11 X-Acto blade into a pull-scrapper -- in this case a tool to undercut a length of square stock to give it the sectional form of a 'T', representing American submarine external safety-track.

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          A set of #11's have been ground into specialized chisel points. These needed to form these sail vent louvers. (Incidentally, this is the master that later gave form to the tool that produced the sail for the 1/72 THRESHER model I'm currently assembling).

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          David
          The Great and All Powerful



          Who is John Galt?

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          • SubICman
            Lieutenant
            • Jun 2022
            • 87

            Thanks for the lesson Dave. I honestly never thought to make a new tool like that.

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            • He Who Shall Not Be Named
              Moderator
              • Aug 2008
              • 12254

              Originally posted by SubICman
              Thanks for the lesson Dave. I honestly never thought to make a new tool like that.
              Necessity is the mother of all Invention.

              David
              Who is John Galt?

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              • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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                • Aug 2008
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                Who is John Galt?

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                • He Who Shall Not Be Named
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                  • Aug 2008
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                  Who is John Galt?

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                  • redboat219
                    Admiral
                    • Dec 2008
                    • 2735

                    Originally posted by He Who Shall Not Be Named





                    What sizes are those self made scribes?

                    Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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                    • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                      Moderator
                      • Aug 2008
                      • 12254



                      MTRONIKS BITES ME IN THE ASS... YET AGAIN!























                      Hurumph!......
                      Who is John Galt?

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                      • RCSubGuy
                        Welcome to my underwater realm!
                        • Aug 2009
                        • 1768

                        I literally just had a customer's SUB10 blow up just like this again, too, David. Happened on Wednesday.

                        I'm going to reach out and see what the hell is up. We had this issue a few years ago, too. Looks like MTroniks is taking shortcuts in QC. I'm going to need to source a new line of products, unfortunately.

                        Bob

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                        • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                          Moderator
                          • Aug 2008
                          • 12254

                          Originally posted by RCSubGuy
                          I literally just had a customer's SUB10 blow up just like this again, too, David. Happened on Wednesday.

                          I'm going to reach out and see what the hell is up. We had this issue a few years ago, too. Looks like MTroniks is taking shortcuts in QC. I'm going to need to source a new line of products, unfortunately.

                          Bob
                          Agreed. What is likely happening is this: 1. they source a different (cheaper/more reliable) supplier of parts, the part(s) are flawed; and 2. Mtroniks is not batch testing assembled ESC's to a significant degree before releasing these products for sale. Seems to be a cyclic problem with these guys.

                          But to be fair, with the rare exception, I love their stuff!


                          David
                          Gun Shy
                          Who is John Galt?

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                          • Das Boot
                            Rear Admiral
                            • Dec 2019
                            • 1149

                            Originally posted by RCSubGuy
                            I literally just had a customer's SUB10 blow up just like this again, too, David. Happened on Wednesday.

                            I'm going to reach out and see what the hell is up. We had this issue a few years ago, too. Looks like MTroniks is taking shortcuts in QC. I'm going to need to source a new line of products, unfortunately.

                            Bob
                            I told you guys 2 years ago that their stuff was crap. Cheap Chinese parts have taken a toll on this company. I have 2 sitting here that burned up, and MTronics wanted me to ship them back to the UK on my dime. They’re still here.
                            Of the 40,000 men who served on German submarines, 30,000 never returned.”

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                            • He Who Shall Not Be Named
                              Moderator
                              • Aug 2008
                              • 12254

                              Originally posted by Das Boot

                              I told you guys 2 years ago that their stuff was crap. Cheap Chinese parts have taken a toll on this company. I have 2 sitting here that burned up, and MTronics wanted me to ship them back to the UK on my dime. They’re still here.
                              You got an alternative that's better? I'm all ears, Casey.

                              David
                              Who is John Galt?

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                              • Das Boot
                                Rear Admiral
                                • Dec 2019
                                • 1149

                                Originally posted by He Who Shall Not Be Named

                                You got an alternative that's better? I'm all ears, Casey.

                                David
                                There are always alternatives. If the one I have in the Blueback goes south, I’ll find one.
                                Of the 40,000 men who served on German submarines, 30,000 never returned.”

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