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Post by PitYak Studios on Aug 26, 2005 12:05:45 GMT 12
This is an interesting idea you might want to try.
A fella I know uses doormats as a worksurface on his bench. The cheap sort you get from the warehouse, a rubber mat with dense weave carpet on top. Protects your bench, the carpet tends to hold small pieces rather than them bounce onto the floor, and when it get's too filthy you just throw it out and buy a new one.
I'm going to give it a go. I reckon the inevitable paint spills will be absorbed quite well too.
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Post by dustand on Aug 26, 2005 13:51:01 GMT 12
Sounds like a great idea, one thing I am worried about though is cutting small pieces. say you needed to remove the hand of a GW plastic armwould the piece shift as you applied pressure resulting in a crooked or wonky cut ? (supose if I used my needle files it wouldnt matter)
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Post by PitYak Studios on Aug 26, 2005 21:06:41 GMT 12
that's the downside, it's not a great surface for doing anything too fine or delicate on, but for messy and dirty work it's a winner
...just read your post again and i might have misunderstood. The mat itself doesn't shift on the bench, because of it's rubber base.
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Post by dustand on Aug 26, 2005 22:43:22 GMT 12
No you had it right the first time through. I am more worried about the pieces slipping and cutting something wrong or vital (to the conversion or my fingers you pick). my cutting mat already slips like a monkeys. Its a Tamia Racing Mini 4WD deal from like 20 years ago. before non slip technology
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