Today, it was knowing that ingenuitive is not a word in the American English language.
The American Heritage Dictionary
That being said...
PLEASE note, Madison, that it was Moonman who wrote that, NOT Moonson.
Madison,
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Eliot
You know what I just thought about, What about using the thin glass slides for microscopes and use those for windows? That would be pretty cool. Click HERE
You know what I just thought about, What about using the thin glass slides for microscopes and use those for windows? That would be pretty cool. Click HERE
They are called cover slips. You can get them in glass or plastic, both optically clear. I have used glass in HO engines but it takes a while to learn the technique to cut them square.
Pete
You know what I just thought about, What about using the thin glass slides for microscopes and use those for windows? That would be pretty cool. Click HERE
They are called cover slips. You can get them in glass or plastic, both optically clear. I have used glass in HO engines but it takes a while to learn the technique to cut them square.
Pete
I used a carbide tipped scribe, normally used for machine layout work. Place the glass on a flat surface and hold it down with some masking tape. The trick is to determine how much pressure to use that will score the glass and not shatter it as its very thin. Fortunately cover slips are very cheap and you can afford to break a lot. I have a pair of smooth jaw pliers with jaws that stay parallel. Grab the glass at the score mark and break it over an edge like you would window glass. Clean up the edges with wet carbide sandpaper.
This engine has real glass windows cut to fit the openings:
Pete
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I used a carbide tipped scribe, normally used for machine layout work. Place the glass on a flat surface and hold it down with some masking tape. The trick is to determine how much pressure to use that will score the glass and not shatter it as its very thin. Fortunately cover slips are very cheap and you can afford to break a lot. I have a pair of smooth jaw pliers with jaws that stay parallel. Grab the glass at the score mark and break it over an edge like you would window glass. Clean up the edges with wet carbide sandpaper.
This engine has real glass windows cut to fit the openings:
Pete
Rigged a jig for my small table saw and ripped framing to construct a Lumber Shed akin to the prototype where I worked during high school. However, will not try to rip the weak/soft lumber for storage in the Shed---easier to buy at AC Moore.
Used several types of wood glue,and cut off brads as dowels. With my degree of hand tremors I used every conceivable type and size of clamp and rubber band[[s] as aids.
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"Joining this forum" 
Scrappy- is that the Hebrew version where the cars{not cows} are all Kosher?{"...bought on the Oy Vay"} 
You know what I just thought about, What about using the thin glass slides for microscopes and use those for windows? That would be pretty cool. Click HERE
Madison, You may also want to consider another source for "glazing" windows.
That is, I use the clear plastic sheets that come inside boxes of foliage products, separating one sheet or strip of foliage from another, that I get from Scenic Express; they are the right thickness and are easily cut to size. Also, many products, like sets of fragrant soaps, come in thin-ish plastic packaging, and I have cut that up for windows, as well. If you keep yourself alert to it, you will be surprised at how many packaging types are made up of or contain such useful plastic sheets.
FrankM
I made this water feature from a blue vinyl folder with a clear front cover and some caulking compound.
