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Doors and windows for a
scratch-built old- time wooden coach
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Here are a couple of quick
ideas for the next time you have a project where many small and tiny
pieces are involved. This would
include trestle bents, fences, doors windows and a host of other small
parts.
The first is a holder for
small parts. The other is to
hold small amounts of glue and a few small scraps of paper to use as a
gluing surface
Both of these projects are
built in an hour or two and can make the tedious job of gluing easy and
neat.
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The parts holder is simply a
2-5/8 x 1-3/4 x 1” box weighted by pennies to 8 ounces. This prevents the box from being knocked
around by desktop activity and in a pinch, the box itself can be used a
weight to hold the parts of a project to the desktop as they are glued.
The top has a 1/8” layer drilled with
holes that are a “press fit” for cups or holders.
This holder is also useful for
coupler springs and beads
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The cups can be of any
convenient length. I have a
supply of various lengths that can be interchanged as dictated by the
project and the size of the parts involved
Make cups from straws, wire nuts,
or even brass telescopic tubing.
Look in your friendly hardware store or parts box for even more ideas.
You can even use the cups for
painting and detailing small parts.
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