Handy Tips From Our Members

Making Small Chain Ed Petrucci Ed simulated small chain by tristing two small diameter wires together. Ed's technique is explained by club member Bill Strachan who made up this shopnote.

Small Boat Planking Fixture Duff Griffith devised this fixture for planking small boats based on real life practice.

Miniature Homemade Lathe Ed Petrucci fabricated this lathe from items in his shop.

Ron Neilson's technique for simulating wood on photoetched brass.

A simple pedestal mounting technique once again by Ed Petrucci.

Here's a serving mallet made by Al Saubermann.

Duff Griffith devised this plank sawing jig for cutting uniformly wide planks.