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Modelling => Tips, Tools & Techniques => Topic started by: Twiddle on September 07, 2018, 01:20:49 AM

Title: Working with photo-etched saws ?
Post by: Twiddle on September 07, 2018, 01:20:49 AM

Ultimate noob question ....

Been going through my Tamiya Photo-etched saws at an alarming rate  :-X

keep on bending them ... and then chucking them in the bin...

how should these finicky saws be handled ? gentle pressure ?

thanks in advance  :smiley:

Title: Re: Working with photo-etched saws ?
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on September 07, 2018, 02:00:15 AM

Is it (the saw blade) the right tool for the task? 

What are you cutting that is causing blade failure? 

Maybe the choice of tool for the task is incorrect? 

Title: Re: Working with photo-etched saws ?
Post by: Frank3k on September 07, 2018, 02:08:59 AM

You don't want to put alot of force on them - they're designed to cut just fine with minimal force.
Flory Models has some great videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i88ahMcH3WU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i88ahMcH3WU)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jW_015mMYs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jW_015mMYs)

Title: Re: Working with photo-etched saws ?
Post by: Twiddle on September 07, 2018, 02:11:24 AM

cheers for the videos.

what I'm aiming for is to finely and precisely cut styrene.

have tried other methods with not much success.