cutting balsa with a plan

[david 7]

hi, i want to replace the fusilage sides of my model i have received a new plan from dbs spoorts and scale and have new sheets of balsa wood, how can i cut the sheets to size in one peice without cutting into the plan, there must be a correct and easy way to do this can any one tell me the correct way to do this please.

 

dave

[birdy]

Lots of people suggest carbon paper, but my prefered method is putting the plan on top of the wood, securing it, then going along the lines making pricks through the plan with a pin. You then are left with a lovely line of dots to connect together.

 

Hope this helps,

 

birdy

[andy watson]

Either scan & print the bit of the plan, or trace it using greaseproof paper.

 

Then stick it to the wood using pritt stick, and cut through the copy and the wood together.

[Danny Fenton]

I have done both Andy and Birdy's methods and both work well. For something as large as fus sides, you could even consider greasproof/Tracing paper and then pin pricks that way you will not damage your plan at all. You can turn the tracing over and using the same holes pin prick out the symetrical other side.

Copying I find always distorts the image slightly.

 

Let us know how you get on

 

Danny

[andy watson]

Danny makes a good point about the scanning/copying distorting from the original.

 

In my experience it doesn't always happen- but I always check any copies against the original just in case.

[Martin Harris - Moderator]

Re. the thread title, I've never tried it but I find a scalpel works well....

[david 7]

Thanks for the tips, used my kodak printer and copied the sections i needed ,taped together and cut the fusilage sides , put cut sides on original plan and was spot on.

thanks

 

Dave.

[James Feeney 1]

Hi, can one buddy- up a 6EX 35khz to a Futaba 2.4 if so can you enlighten me.

Many thanks,

jim

[kc]

Yes, see page 33, 2nd paragraph of the 6EX 2.4 manual. You can find the manual online too. Only the micro connector trainer jacks can be coupled together not the old round type and you cannot use adaptors to round type either.