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Permalink Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH on September 27, 2019 at 12:13am

Don't know why ebay sellers call it vintage, xacto sells them in a kit(but mine "is" old). I've narrowed it down to a spoke shave or a Balsa splitter. Either way don't know what blade or where to put it. Fired off a message to xacto, it'll be a month if ever before I hear anything!

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on September 27, 2019 at 12:33am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usnREv6tfjw   

Balsa Stripper.. this video shows how to use it..

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Permalink Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH on September 27, 2019 at 12:59am

All rights then! Thanks Tim. Wish I had this thing When I built RC scale tugboats, now it's just useless "vintage" junk! LOL appreciate the help! Mystery solved!!

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on September 27, 2019 at 1:18am

not useless.. the guy said they are not made anymore.. might get more than a few bucks for it on ebay......

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Permalink Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH on September 27, 2019 at 2:04am

Xacto deluxe hobby set

Now they do. I was thinking about posting it, but there are several others already. It'll make an interesting paperweight or conversation piece. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on September 27, 2019 at 8:58am

Hey Tim, thanks for posting that video, now I see how it works and what it's use is I can see a use for one in my repair shop. I'll be making one this weekend.

Taff.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on September 27, 2019 at 7:28pm

Hi, like I said I had a use for this type of tool, I made it this arvo and it works fine. It stops the blade from following the grain.

I used a scrap.......oops, offcut piece of Jarrah [ don't have scrap timber in my shop ha ha] and some bits from past machines [ I cant throw anything away], the xacto knife I already had. By fitting a threaded adjusting screw I can vary the depth of the cut. 

Another one to the collection. Thanks Will and Tim.

Cheers taff

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Permalink Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH on September 28, 2019 at 12:08am

LOL lm not allowed that many sharp objects! In fact I'm allowed a pencil to write with instead of crayons only when I'm under supervision! What type of wood were stripping?

With my model boat building days I'd use sheets of balsa or get a block is bass, cut it in thin slabs on my "vintage" hobby saw(kick my own ass for giving it away yrs ago). Then one side was painted flat black, cut into narrow strips, cut to uniform lengths with one end painted blk glued together(flip 90° so the blk was sandwiched against the unpainted side or end of the next piece).afterwards sanded down cut to shape and Walla! You have a wood plank deck for an old tugboat! The very thin blk lines accented the planks. If one felt really ambitious you'd before sanding take a needle tip dipped in blk paint and just barely make tw0 or three indentations on each end and if really really ambitious either in the midsection or thirds of each. So when sanded it looked like fasteners. A process that would make you crosseyed.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on September 28, 2019 at 1:17am

Stripping Sitka spruce Will.

Taff

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on October 1, 2019 at 3:11pm

Hi, Here are some strips being put to use to repair this spruce guitar top. Looks like I made this tool just in time. Now to do the final fit.

Cheers Taff

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Permalink Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH on October 1, 2019 at 3:23pm

I'm glad that this lead to a useful tool for you Taff. If it wasn't for the video I wouldn't have had a clue what it was. You sure can cut some super thin strips with that baby.

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