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Building Tips and technical articles. => Building techniques => Topic started by: sadams714441 on March 15, 2006, 12:15:45 PM
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Whats the best way of copying the rib outline from plans to the wood ? Can you make photo copy of rib from plan and turn upside down on wood and use iron to transf ink to wood or is there an easier way of doing it
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Stick a pin through the line at 1/4 - 1/2" intervals into the balsa and then join the dots.
Iron on works with laser copied or photocopied stuff. Solvent transfer works with inkjet printed stuff. Beware the reversing effect where applicable.
Or if you are copying the plans, just tack-glue the copy to the balsa and cut both out at once.
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Another method :)
Take photo copies of all your ribs from the plans, go to one of the large copying
stores they use the "good" ink, once you have the copied rib shapes , place
copies "upside" down on your balsa blanks and "rub" along the outlines with
MEK solvent, you then get a perfect print outline on each of your balsa blanks.
*ps while we are on the "ribs" topic I'm still searching for that "ultimate"
rib "sandwich" method, in which the final result is a perfect stack of tapered
ribs :-\
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Just a follow up on the "MEK" this stuff isn't "freindly" to our health, best
to use it in small amounts with good ventilation , do it oustide.
Maybe overkill, but a "Solvent" face -mask highly recomended ;)
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I have an old slide viewer or re-viewer that has a light under the surface. I lay the plans on it with a piece of paper and trace it onto the paper. I have also taken plans to Kinkos or some copy place and had copies made to could cut them up. DOC Holliday
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I will show how to stack sand ribs in the building section. Goes really fast! I can do a set in around 3 min.
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I have heard that if you place the face of the plan on the wood(face down) and heat the plan with an iron (temp unknown) the ink will transfer to the wood.
I was also told that in most cases it will only work once.
I never have tried this so it would be interesting to find out if it really works.
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Walter, this is a reasonable method for rib printing, must work as it's been
written about for ages.
I'll be watching out for Sparky's Rib cutting method as mentioned earlier posting 8)
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I use SeeTemp (See Through Template material).
It's a thin red plastic that my LHS sells. Tom Morris also sells it. You might be able to pick some up at an art supply store.
You simply place it directly on top of the plan and then score the outline of the rib with your Exacto knife. Then bend the SeeTemp on the score line and the rib template will pop out. You then have a perfect template to use over and over again. Great stuff!