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Title: want magnetic building board please recommend
Post by: paulwells66 on October 27, 2020, 10:45:13 AM: i have seen a few pictures of magnetic building boards with little blocking / hold down pieces.
Can anybody recommend a brand / source?

thank you
Title: Re: want magnetic building board please recommend
Post by: Fredvon4 on October 27, 2020, 11:32:19 AM: https://www.airfieldmodels.com/store/magnetic_fixture_system_2/

https://www.magnetsource.com/products/ca41lwh

I got my flat sheets very cheap at a local HVAC ducting fabricator....Cut down a scrap cut off piece to 20 wide by 36 long for me...$5 bucks and out the door under 10 minuets talking to the shop forman, cut cash and done

Wander around the two links
Title: Re: want magnetic building board please recommend
Post by: paulwells66 on October 27, 2020, 11:36:22 AM: Quote from: Fredvon4 on October 27, 2020, 11:32:19 AM
https://www.airfieldmodels.com/store/magnetic_fixture_system_2/

https://www.magnetsource.com/products/ca41lwh

I got my flat sheets very cheap at a local HVAC ducting fabricator....Cut down a scrap cut off piece to 20 wide by 36 long for me...$5 bucks and out the door under 10 minuets talking to the shop forman, cut cash and done

Wander around the two links

that looks awesome thanks
Title: Re: want magnetic building board please recommend
Post by: paulwells66 on October 27, 2020, 11:59:52 AM: any pictures of the airfield models jig in use?
Title: Re: want magnetic building board please recommend
Post by: Dane Martin on October 27, 2020, 02:12:43 PM: Quote from: paulwells66 on October 27, 2020, 11:59:52 AM
any pictures of the airfield models jig in use?

I do mine a little weird I guess. As long as it's all straight, should be cool. Haha. Here's those magnets. The big plastic hold down things make a fine fuse jig.
Title: Re: want magnetic building board please recommend
Post by: Tony Drago on October 27, 2020, 02:37:35 PM: Dane.
Don't know if Joey told you. But that biulding board you have there.
I bought that from Bob Keeshan's (Captain Kangaroo) nephew. He was a model builder for one of the studio's back in the day.
Glad to see you putting it to good use.
Title: Re: want magnetic building board please recommend
Post by: Mike Griffin on October 27, 2020, 04:15:22 PM: Paul, here is a video I did a few years ago on building with magnets.

https://youtu.be/k4KDTVdcN_c
Mike
Title: Re: want magnetic building board please recommend
Post by: paulwells66 on October 27, 2020, 08:05:14 PM: Quote from: Dane Martin on October 27, 2020, 02:12:43 PM
I do mine a little weird I guess. As long as it's all straight, should be cool. Haha. Here's those magnets. The big plastic hold down things make a fine fuse jig.

very nice work!
Title: Re: want magnetic building board please recommend
Post by: paulwells66 on October 27, 2020, 08:06:02 PM: Quote from: Mike Griffin on October 27, 2020, 04:15:22 PM
Paul, here is a video I did a few years ago on building with magnets.

https://youtu.be/k4KDTVdcN_c
Mike

thank you for this!
Title: Re: want magnetic building board please recommend
Post by: Dane Martin on October 27, 2020, 09:38:33 PM: Quote from: Tony Drago on October 27, 2020, 02:37:35 PM
Dane.
Don't know if Joey told you. But that biulding board you have there.
I bought that from Bob Keeshan's (Captain Kangaroo) nephew. He was a model builder for one of the studio's back in the day.
Glad to see you putting it to good use.

Absolutely. And I'm so grateful for it. It's literally all I use. I use the magnetic base and magnets, or sometimes the machined steel squares on a sheet of glass for some things. I don't even remember how I did things before this!!
Title: Re: want magnetic building board please recommend
Post by: BillP on October 28, 2020, 10:32:18 AM: I'm curious how you do scratch built tapered elliptical wings like on a TBird? Is there a fixture for this?
Title: Re: want magnetic building board please recommend
Post by: paulwells66 on October 28, 2020, 11:24:18 AM: Quote from: BillP on October 28, 2020, 10:32:18 AM
I'm curious how you do scratch built tapered elliptical wings like on a TBird? Is there a fixture for this?

I would guess the things you need to jig in this case would be the spar and ribs. the idea being these are the only things that are square. the leading and trailing edge not being straight would be determined by the length of the ribs. but just a guess