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1. 06:30 AM - Essential tips to build a space shuttle - instalment two (Carlos Sa)
2. 01:53 PM - Re: Essential tips to build a space shuttle - instalment two (Jay Bannister)
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| Subject: | Essential tips to build a space shuttle - instalment two |
How making tape can help:
In situations where it is necessary to mark rivet locations for drilling,
and the area is of difficult access, one can draw the rivet
locations/pattern on a piece of masking tape and carefully apply the tape
to the target part.
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Sharpie lines on UHMW (UHMWPE, Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene)
are easily erased while handling it. Pre-covering the area where one needs
to write with masking tape solves this problem.
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UHMW is very slippery, what makes it difficult to keep it aligned when
clamping the material.
Covering (all or part of) the contact surfaces with masking tape helps.
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When painting, cover areas that are not supposed to be painted with masking
tape (I heard this was the original use of masking tape, imagine that! :-)
)
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Next installment: how to make a space suit out of duct tape.
Cheers
Carlos
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| Subject: | Re: Essential tips to build a space shuttle - instalment |
two
Carlos,
Careful -- you may have Bombardier breathing down your neck for revealing
trade secrets
Jay
-----Original Message-----
From: Carlos Sa <carlossa52@gmail.com>
Sent: Mon, Oct 7, 2013 9:41 am
Subject: Zenith-List: Essential tips to build a space shuttle - instalment
two
How making tape can help:
In situations where it is necessary to mark rivet locations for drilling, a
nd the area is of difficult access, one can draw the rivet locations/patter
n on a piece of masking tape and carefully apply the tape to the target par
t.
----
Sharpie lines on UHMW (UHMWPE, Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene) ar
e easily erased while handling it. Pre-covering the area where one needs to
write with masking tape solves this problem.
----
UHMW is very slippery, what makes it difficult to keep it aligned when clam
ping the material.
Covering (all or part of) the contact surfaces with masking tape helps.
----
When painting, cover areas that are not supposed to be painted with masking
tape (I heard this was the original use of masking tape, imagine that! :-)
)
----
Next installment: how to make a space suit out of duct tape.
Cheers
Carlos
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