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Touche Viktor!

But if you recall, I ended up gluing wire inside the gagues/dials on those projects!

Don't they make a sort of corrugated plasticard rod? I think I have seen one before, you could just cut it to size.

er...old age prevents me from accessing this data^^

but... i leave this here...

http://www.sweetwater-forum.de/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=1662&pageNo=3

i will take liberties and try to do what i can with what is pictured there...

I've seen those pics (in english) on he Lead Adventure forums- sweet stuff!

I'd like to see this corrugated pipe. Bendy straws would be ideal if they weren't so big around.

4mm tubing seems about right, but damn that's small and fiddly!

i think the trick would be to paint first and cut up later... at least it wouldhelp you a bit with the fiddly issue...

have you seen silveroxide´s stuff here on this board? he uses a dremel to make a mini lathe... maybe with a sharp knife you could make a lathed rod and then cut it to size?...

I have the Dremel workstation, where I can rotate it to work like that, my only problem is I lack a hard edge to guide/rest my cutting tool on! Another problem I haven't figured out yet!

...Or use sprue.

Actually didn't Galorn recently make some cans for a base or two out of GS.

You could even stuff those tubes you have there with GS, let it set and then carve the lines on it...

But once it sets, how do you get it out of the tube? It'll fuse to the plastic won't it?

Wrapping tinfoil round a tube could work if you pressed indents into the foil first so that one side had slight ridges on, then you could crush and dent to your heart's content.

 dsteingass wrote:
I have the Dremel workstation, where I can rotate it to work like that, my only problem is I lack a hard edge to guide/rest my cutting tool on! Another problem I haven't figured out yet!

couldn´t you built some hinge helped structure for this?...

and doc H ´s hint of GS is also viable...

that or what´s with tin cans from 1/35 ...does these exist?

Bit of cooking oil for lubricant painted inside?

hmmm...I dunno, probably most of them would be C-Ration cans, smaller/flatter than your typical #9 can soups and beans come in....

I think you can make some neat corrugated cans by taking the sheath from a pencil eraser.


Edit: actually i just looked at one in my desk.

Id probably make a nice can of Folgers coffee. but too big for a can o beans

Edit:2 im sure some one could make a greenstuff tool with that pattern.

Edit:3 yes a ferrule.

i had a look and none came up...

Ferrule??

Dave I got some aluminum stock tubing from hobby lobby a long time ago. It's the proper diameter for cans, and you can cut them to size easy enough. To corrugate them I guess you could use a pipe cutter on it and make a revolution around the pipe, just don put too much pressure on it. Then tap it to ding the sides.

I think a ferrule would be perfect for a big foodservice size can

Like the size you can get peas or corn at Costco or Sams

Ooh, that's a good idea THeo! However, hollow would look best methinks..I dunno.

what about metal screws? (of course most screws are metal...but i ment the ones made FOR metal...)

It is hollow tubing , if you want a lid you could ven use those nice puch sets you got me to order and cut some cardboard circles for top and bottom, even peel them back.

This conversation is making me hungry

Yep Theo..I was just thinking about punching the bottoms!

I MADE you order? Ha!!

Or you could get tricky and punch 2 different size 'rivets' from thin plasticard, glue them in alternate bands to get a ribbed effect (for her pleasure), When set, drill them out. Damn fiddly but should work?

At that scale though the difference sizes are huge, I've looked at doing that to make barrels though.

that sounds actually quite interesting!...

Theo WINS!!

Scoring the 4mm tubing with a pipe cutter works great!!

cool!.... was it hard to get the differnt spaces inbetween?...with a lid made from holepunched PC this will be perfect... and...now you need to hammer it a bit for those bended ones^^

Not really! I paid really good money for the expensive K&S Engineering brand tube cutter, yet the cheap $4 made-in-Taiwan tube cutter does a much better job

Lids are in-progress now! (it's hard getting those little discs out of the punch!)

Looks like a ferrule to me

well... i always make enough of those "lids" to get them pop out inside...you´ll eventually need them anyways^^

and i have the verys same tube cutter too... it is a very worthwhile tool!...very! much!

Gladly insanity worked out. As vik said, punch lots, you'll use em.

Cans!

You can recycle them into ammo..IF you have the skill!