SW K100

[SWAGGER]

Is a particular kind or gauge of thread recommended by anyone?

[SonoranWraith]

Originally Posted by SWAGGER

Is a particular kind or gauge of thread recommended by anyone?

It has to be cotton since it will be melting the plastic. Then you have to keep it moving so you don't cut with the same section for too long. Once you get the hang of it you can feel when it starts to get bogged down and will break. I probably used 40 feet of thread or more on that cut, but its so cheap so i could use a whole roll. Straight cuts you can do with a razor saw but thread is the only way to get nice tight areas and curves. To start on that I also used a #77 wire gauge drill bit, then threaded a needle.

[SWAGGER]

Originally Posted by SonoranWraith

It has to be cotton since it will be melting the plastic. Then you have to keep it moving so you don't cut with the same section for too long. Once you get the hang of it you can feel when it starts to get bogged down and will break. I probably used 40 feet of thread or more on that cut, but its so cheap so i could use a whole roll. Straight cuts you can do with a razor saw but thread is the only way to get nice tight areas and curves. To start on that I also used a #77 wire gauge drill bit, then threaded a needle.

Thanks for the tip Sonoran, always wondered how exactly "cutting with thread" worked. How someone found that out I will never understand, like the guy who figured out that you could milk a cow. What the **** was he doing that he figured that out? HA!

[sgt hopkins]

HA!..COW! yeah, I dont even want to think about what he was doing to figure that out.... and yes, lots and lots of thread... and patience.....

[doodlebug]

Originally Posted by SWAGGER

Thanks for the tip Sonoran, always wondered how exactly "cutting with thread" worked. How someone found that out I will never understand, like the guy who figured out that you could milk a cow. What the **** was he doing that he figured that out? HA!

Probably somebody that had a "rope burn"
Look at how they cut large block's of marble and other stlone at quaries,
A big long cable run on big pulley's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbPeR...endscreen&NR=1
Cheer's, Neil.

[SWAGGER]

Thanks for the vid Neil, incredible how clean and straight a cut that is!

[SonoranWraith]

Father's Day allowed the first hours on this project in months. Since there aren't many of these out there I made its home:



Then got to work on the door hinge. I went with the smallest butt hinge I could find at dollhouse supply. There are four of them but I removed the stays to accept a single pin to make them as piano like as possible.



Tried to get a shot of how proud the hinge sits of the face:



The hinges are a pain and I only plan to do the driver's side. To get the small hinges to sit right I had to thin the door down about halfway to 0.035". Time and a chisel were my friends.