Re: Pipe loads on the cheap
Donald B. Valentine
I'm with you, Rich, but i think there is an easier way than
finding either a vertical boring machine or even a drill press to reduce the thickenss of the wall to use this sort of material to depict 1/87th scale pipe. With styrene products this is a very easy fix, nearly the same with aluminum and only a little less so with copper, depending on how it is alloyed. Deburring tools can be purchased quite inexpensively and can be used to ream out the inside of the ends of whichever material you might use for HO scale pipe. The sharper the angle of the deburring tool, the better it will work for this purpose. Once this is done and the "pipe" is painted in realistic colors one will have to look hard to realize the walls of the "pipe" are thicker than they appear to be at their ends. I have a couple of these deburrers on my reloading bench to be certain the inside of rifle cases are properly deburred and chamfered before reloading them. Bullets seat a lot easier in cases that have been trimmed to the proper length only after the inside of their necks have been chamfered with such a tool. They are a hand tool that is simple to use. Any machinist can help you locate one or they can be found under the "reloading tools" part of eBay's "Sporting" section, often for very little money. Hope this helps, Don Valentine --- In STMFC@..., SUVCWORR@... wrote: copper tubing. Cut it to length then use a vertical boring machine or a drillpress to thin the walls to a depth of 1/4 inch or so. This give a visually thinwall but maintains the overall integrity of the pipe. Paint to match thecolor of the company manufacturing the pipe -- US steel black, J&L steeltuscan, Armco steel dk blue, anything from American Bridge was orange althoughthat was mostly structural steel for bridges. Not sure the correct colorfor Bethlehem steel pipe. Also adds some weight to the gon. Brass or aluminumtubing would work just as well.buy commercial loads for all these without having to reduce my resinbunch of coffee stirrers, of course, but I don't know if there is somethingthe NEW AOL.com.dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002)
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