RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted April 9, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2013 Are you also a clumsy nuclear scientist?? PS: your modellers suit in SR Bulleid malachite green (Snug) should be in stock soon!!! Great, will it be sent by TNT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagpipes331 Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 Great, will it be sent by TNT Carrier pidgeon, once I can train it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Hi A little tip when working with super glue is to where surgical gloves,as the vapours stick to the moister in you skin,So when you pick up anything you figures have micro amounts of glue on them. Another little tip for glue bottle's., is to make a holder out of a loo roll ,glued to a wide card base,Has saved me many times from spilling the glue all over the place. I was once working on a kit and was holding a very small part in my tweezers ,when twinge the small part shot out and up into the air,the thing was the small part had a drop of super glue on it. Spent ages looking for it and in the end gave up. It was later that day when my parter said I had something stuck to my beard!. Darren Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted April 10, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2013 Hey, that bog roll glue (other stuff?) holder idea is great. So simple and yet I didn't think of doing it. Greta stuff. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain C Robinson Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I had made a handy dandy solvent bottle holder from Das modelling clay. But after time, I became blase and, despite some small incidents which should have served to warn me, continued not to use the solvent holder. A couple of weeks ago, I aimed the brush into the bottle mouth, missed and tipped the entire bottle over. Result: melted model, ruined cutting mat and a melted netbook, which was also on the workbench at the time. This was only a week old. I also had to evacuate the workshop for a few hours while the solvent evaporated with the windows open. Amazingly, once I had prised the keys apart with a scalpel, the netbook still works, although my SD card is welded in permanently!! Now using the solvent holder! cheers, Iain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagpipes331 Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Hi A little tip when working with super glue is to where surgical gloves,as the vapours stick to the moister in you skin,So when you pick up anything you figures have micro amounts of glue on them. Another little tip for glue bottle's., is to make a holder out of a loo roll ,glued to a wide card base,Has saved me many times from spilling the glue all over the place. I was once working on a kit and was holding a very small part in my tweezers ,when twinge the small part shot out and up into the air,the thing was the small part had a drop of super glue on it. Spent ages looking for it and in the end gave up. It was later that day when my parter said I had something stuck to my beard!. Darren Hi Darren, I hope you cleaned the superglue from your fingers before attempting to remove the item from your beard, unlike this clumsy idiot... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagpipes331 Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Of course beards can be useful as a storage system, as this resourceful modeller has proved..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted April 10, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 10, 2013 I am going to grow a beard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagpipes331 Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Hmmm not so sure..... is electrolysis painful/expensive?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Great, will it be sent by TNT Anything involving TNT is likely to end up in fragments scattered over a wide area, no? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagpipes331 Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 Anything involving TNT is likely to end up in fragments scattered over a wide area, no? Depends on how clumsy they are!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted April 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 11, 2013 I think TNT stands for take no trouble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucket of Steam Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 A friend of mine who works for a computer manufacturer in the States recounted the following conversation between customer services and a purchaser. Support: " Ah Good afternoon Mr xxxx, I'm calling about the laptop computer you sent in for warranty repair" Customer: " Oh great. I hope you can fix it" Support: " Sir, it appears to have been crushed?" Customer " Um ya, I ran over it with my truck." Support " You ran over it? How did that happen sir?" Customer " Well I forgot that I left it on the driveway, and I reversed over it" Support " You left your laptop on the driveway? Why did you do that sir?" Customer " I left it there to dry out, and forgot about it" Support " Why did it need to dry out sir?" Customer " I needed to dry it out after I spilled Coke in it" ............ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagpipes331 Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 A friend of mine who works for a computer manufacturer in the States recounted the following conversation between customer services and a purchaser. Support: " Ah Good afternoon Mr xxxx, I'm calling about the laptop computer you sent in for warranty repair" Customer: " Oh great. I hope you can fix it" Support: " Sir, it appears to have been crushed?" Customer " Um ya, I ran over it with my truck." Support " You ran over it? How did that happen sir?" Customer " Well I forgot that I left it on the driveway, and I reversed over it" Support " You left your laptop on the driveway? Why did you do that sir?" Customer " I left it there to dry out, and forgot about it" Support " Why did it need to dry out sir?" Customer " I needed to dry it out after I spilled Coke in it" ............ Although obviously very clumsy, the client clearly was not a railway modeller, as: 1. All of the parts would not have been recovered (Lost under work bench, in beard etc) 2. The computer would have been drowned in real ale and not Coke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted April 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 11, 2013 Although obviously very clumsy, the client clearly was not a railway modeller, as: 1. All of the parts would not have been recovered (Lost under work bench, in beard etc) 2. The computer would have been drowned in real ale and not Coke. That's so true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted April 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 11, 2013 Note to self: A Hot Air Gun does not provide a gentle drying breeze ,whilst attempting to the hasten the drying of pva, as 80mm of melted Ratio fencing will prove. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagpipes331 Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 Crikey, best keep away from those scratch built cottages.....Doh!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted April 11, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 11, 2013 Note to self: A Hot Air Gun does not provide a gentle drying breeze ,whilst attempting to the hasten the drying of pva, as 80mm of melted Ratio fencing will prove. Well I can burn things with mine, last used to heat shrink wiring on my car, prior to that to plastic weld the caravan - cracks in the panel, also used to resurrect a broken games console to get the saves off it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted April 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 12, 2013 Other weapons of mass destruction are available.Wheres my fence gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54Strat Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 My latest was my inadvertent creation of expensive confetti. I printed out a batch of homemade 2mm transfers for a rake of cct's. I cut them all out closely but after trying one out I realised they needed more varnish as a carrier. So I put them all, a couple of dozen, on some newspaper and as soon as I pressed the button on the aerosol they erupted like snow in a novelty shaker. I just stood there motionless until they settled around and on me, most of them sticky side down. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagpipes331 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 My latest was my inadvertent creation of expensive confetti. I printed out a batch of homemade 2mm transfers for a rake of cct's. I cut them all out closely but after trying one out I realised they needed more varnish as a carrier. So I put them all, a couple of dozen, on some newspaper and as soon as I pressed the button on the aerosol they erupted like snow in a novelty shaker. I just stood there motionless until they settled around and on me, most of them sticky side down. Paul Hi Paul, I have attached a typical modellers wedding. I believe the transfers are 7mm presflo transfers though... PS: Notice he has not removed his beard!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagpipes331 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 I am going to grow a beard. Don't do it!! Hot guns and beards do not mix!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagpipes331 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 Other weapons of mass destruction are available.Wheres my fence gone. I would have blamed those metal theives!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Don't do it!! Hot guns and beards do not mix!! Screen Shot 2013-04-12 at 13.17.15.png ...as Abu Qatada will probably confirm.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper John Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 I'm not clumsy, just thoughtless. although i have many a tale to tell and i am a beginner most recent was soldering some wire to my plunger pickups which required speed & accuracy so for the accuracy i held my soldering iron between thumb and forefinger, Is ok it was my left hand and the blisters have healed, DONT mention plunger pick up springs to me please Grasshopper John. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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