Okay, if I wasn't sure before, I am sure now. I have a very bad habit of buying tools for
my hobbies. I went to the hobby store,
planning strongly to resist any purchasing of tools and magazines. I even took a friend--you know, don't go
swimming without a buddy, hoping that they would help me be the voice of
reason, or at least restraint.
No such luck.
I don't mean to blame my friend. They would have restrained me if I had
asked. I just didn't ask and proceeded
to the checkout very quickly. I am my
own worst enemy....I guess.
On the bright side, I do think I made a good purchase. I have a lot of train buildings to assemble
and not one of them has a square edge.
What? That's right. I have to assemble about 20 buildings for my
train layout, and not one of them has a straight edge. You see, to facilitate the manufacturing
process, the moulds all have "draft" edges, so they will pop out of
the machine easily. Hmmmm? You'd think with today's technology there
would be another way around this--but what do I know of injection moulding? In the end, I have to sand the edges until
they are 90 degrees.
You might remember a post where I created my own sanding
board. That worked well, but provided no
way to evaluate my work. This tool
should do the same thing, and allow me to be a bit more uniform.
My friend, and several people at the shop, said I was making
a wise purchase. They explained that
while I didn't need the tools, the proper tools make things go so much easier.
Any thoughts.
Nice again
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