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building board material - 1/20/2008 12:35:10 AM   
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What is the best building board material for securing pins.
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RE: building board material - 1/20/2008 1:06:37 AM   
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RE: building board material - 1/20/2008 1:53:43 AM   
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RE: building board material - 1/20/2008 3:53:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		I use ceiling tiles with a sheet of 3/32" cork laid over that. Perfect!

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RE: building board material - 1/20/2008 5:17:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		the best thing I have found over the years (40) is good ole "drywall"--aka sheetrock. It lays flat over your workbench--stays flat--can be secured with drywall screws--accepts needles and pins--cleans up easy and makes a good reminder pad to write yourself construction notes--oh did I also say its CHEAP!!!





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RE: building board material - 1/22/2008 12:20:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		Homosote.... Comes in 4x8 sheets. Made from recycled newspaper, used for sound deadening in walls. Should be able to find it at your local (larger) builder/lumber supplier. If you use construction adhesive and glue it onto a hollow core door, it makes about a perfect building surface. Use a 24" wide door and get TWO building boards from one sheet. You can never have too many building boards...

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RE: building board material - 1/22/2008 4:42:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		Good old narrow hollow core door. apply layer of ceiling tile - smooth side up- to one side of the door, for pinning balsa to. apply layer of paper to other side and use it for drawing plans on. it's light and can lifted and stored real easy. dick

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RE: building board material - 1/24/2008 3:49:54 AM   
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Thanks for the great replies. I'm glad to see there are a couple options that sound rellatively inexpensive. I will definatly have a new board for my next build.

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RE: building board material - 1/25/2008 1:29:01 PM   
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RE: building board material - 1/26/2008 6:15:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		The bad thing about drywall is it will dull the point on your pins and after the first use it is hard to push them in. I use the balsa building boards.

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RE: building board material - 1/29/2008 3:49:25 AM   
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Status: offline 		Dry will also take the chrome finish off T-pins making it harder to push through wood. However, T-pins are cheap.

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RE: building board material - 2/3/2008 2:31:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		Sheetrock and plenty of of t-pins. I also have a sewer's "thimble" on hand to protect the finger and drive the stubborn or dull t-pins through the wood, wax paper and plans into the sheetrock.

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RE: building board material - 4/20/2008 9:41:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Great Planes makes a nice little T pin tool for T-pins when they get dull. I use drywall and don't buy new T pins until I have bent or loss enough that I run out in the middle of building.

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RE: building board material - 4/21/2008 12:04:18 AM   
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RE: building board material - 4/21/2008 3:45:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		I use 1/2 inch of cork glued to 5/8" masonite. Holds pins nice and tight.

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RE: building board material - 4/21/2008 5:31:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		You can build without pins if you spread out waxed paper tight and lightly mist it with 3M-77.

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RE: building board material - 4/21/2008 2:59:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey digital_trucker, where is the best place to find 1/2" cork? None of the home centers carry it anymore around here. I found some thin stuff (3/32) at a craft store but thats about it.

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