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Old 03-30-2008, 10:58 PM
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Default Tip: Slot Deburring

Here's an idea to quickly polish inside those little grooves on ribs and bulkheads.

http://www.flybigbend.com/assets/mul...emelScotch.wmv
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Old 03-31-2008, 03:52 AM
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Thumbs up Brilliant!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the tip Chase.
I have been buying those little things from Sears for about $5 a pop.
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Old 03-31-2008, 10:12 AM
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Default Non-working link?

Chase,

The link doesn't seem to work for me. Could you post the entire link so I can try cut and paste.

thanks,
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Old 03-31-2008, 10:19 AM
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The link doesn't seem to work for me. Could you post the entire link so I can try cut and paste.
Code:
 http://www.flybigbend.com/assets/multimedia/DremelScotch.wmv
Does this work better?
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Old 03-31-2008, 11:12 AM
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Default Great Tip!

Good think'n Chase,

Man I love these forums...
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Old 03-31-2008, 03:35 PM
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Ohhh... That is handy. Thanks for the tip! (pun intended)
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Old 03-31-2008, 06:38 PM
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There have been a lot of great tips on this forum, but this is one of the best tips ever!
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Old 03-31-2008, 06:46 PM
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It is amazing the info you can get here.

Thanks!
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Old 03-31-2008, 10:59 PM
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Worked much better, Pirkka, thanks. Seems it did not work with Firefox but did fine with IE.

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Old 04-01-2008, 10:45 AM
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Default Another method

Here's a really cheap/easy method I discovered when I was doing my empennage and wings...

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...hbrite+mandrel
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