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There was a u-tube video on his ad but i could not get it to play either so dont feel bad Zor your not the only one. joe

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Understandable "it" is an item called an "E-Z Foam Drill" advertised on this site. It can be used for foam or balsa and the seller/builder has a YouTube video of a demo of it being used to drill foam and balsa. The vid got me thinking of what all it could be used for. Sorry for the confusion! :D

The link to the ad is: http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemId=908178

The link to the video is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQVMu...layer_embedded

The one thing you can depend on in this forum is debate and who is right and who is wrong depends on who is reading any given comment and in most cases any and all comments are both right and wrong! ;)

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I have never seen the tool but i would think it would be hard to mount it on your plane to drill with. I guess for someone who wants all the tools it would come in handy a couple times but i can cut a cardboard templete on the angle i need ant then hold my drill next to it and get it done. I have a drill set up like it for making cabinets to get long angles for attatching rails and stiles together for building doors and the cabinet frames themselfs but iam dont build them anymore. Like you said tho its peoples opinions here and i could not use that tool.I want to buy one of these plus the sanding one ,and i know i would use it alot. They are only 21 bucks but iam just to cheap to pull the trigger. joe http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/for/for153.htm

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Thank you

Zor

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You're welcome Zor! Its real easy to get lost on his forum when you have several conversations going in the same thread. ;)

Mike

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Hi Mike,

The thing that bothered me is that the first picture we saw wascalled a drill but it wasnot a drill.

It was a drill guide but we ( I ) could not make out how it could be used and it was not called a guide.

I had to see the video to find out what it was.

Regards ___Zor

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Ok you need to drill wing mounts for nylon bolts on a plane and you need to drill motor mounts so that maybe 6 holes you could use it on a plane unless its got sandpaper glued to the side of it for sanding.lol If people like to buy tools that collect dust on a shelf more power to them i use every tool i own because i have no extra money to waist. joe

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joebahl,

I certainly agree with you. I did not need such a device to drillholes anywhere needed in my models.

Zor

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For just building kits a balsa plainer and sanding bars plus razer knifes /balsa saw and pins glue plus wax paper over your plans on a building board and away you go! Its the kiss method KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID and i live by it. I have made alot of my tools over the years because iam so dam cheap . If i had that drill thing it would be taking up a good spot in my shop where a great tool i could use all the time could sit. lol BTW i have built in balsa all my life but have been building in foam for less than a year and its fun too. My own foam desighn taken from a 70's balsa one . It flew yesterday for the first time and it flew great,its a canard stick. Now iam going to build a slightly bigger one and draw up plans for dollar tree foam to be givin out free here on rcg. :D joe

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Hi joe,

I found the secret of your success with this "canard".

I imagine you know that a "canard" is a French word and in English it means a "duck".

Ducks have very large areas beaks and use them to help their pitch attitude while flying http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f...sn/biggrin.gif.

I likke to think that is how the word "canard" originated for this design _ http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f...wink_smile.gif_ http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/js/f.../msn/72_72.gif.

However your success is a secret so I will not reveal it LOL.

Congratulations on some nice experimentations and best regards ___

from Zor

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Never knew the word canard came from the french . No secret about my succes? i share it with everyone. Here are the plans i scaled down for the next 42 inch wingspan one i will be building next ,the trick is to learn how to fold foam and make a true airfoil out of it without it breaking in half. lol These are tiled so you can print them but you only need to print out the fuse and wing with fins to save paper and ink. I have collected over 4000 free download plans and if you ever need a certain one just pm me. Print them at 100% joe

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It makes sense carnard comes from french so many other aircraft terms do as well. I'm of the opinion the Wright Brothers did retard US aircraft development time with their passion for copywrite enforcement. I can understand why in their eyes it was neccessary. Thankfully congress stepped in and bought the patents.

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When it come to the US aircraft and the french aircraft you see most modelers doing warbirds from the USA even if they are in another country ,there is a reason for this. lol joe

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Not from WWI! :D

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I agree but after ww-1 it looked like they just gave up. I like planes that dont have turnbuckels and wire cause they stick my fingers and bleed.lol I also like seaplanes better than others so i have a 84 inch wing span Albitross iam starting soon and the same size twin otter on floats. My warbird days were over 15 years ago and i have sold off most of the scratch built ones i did to buy balsa for seaplanes.lol joe

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I have to agree with you Joe, my emphasis is on Golden Era and some of the post WWII civilian propeller jobs. I have a couple of warbirds, two kits and a not quite complete Corsair I traded for because of the retracts and new servos in the wing. I haven't found any inspiration to work on them though. When I do I will more than likely put an air racer scheme on the covering.

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I have been learning and building from Ivans plans ,very light construction and all electrict . I finished the short solent 480 and now moving to others. Give one a try. joe http://www.ivansplans.com/

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I got to say Ivan's D.H. 88 and D.H. 89 are good looking designs and about the scale I prefer. I have bookmarked his page for when I get a little more caught up. Thanks Joe!

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Here are Ivans build threads and videos of them flying ,iam roadking 97 on in the solent builds threads . http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=710485

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Thanks again Joe!

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If you work with balsa and plywood, you will fall in love with these sanding tools. They aren't cheap but last forever. Clean up with acetone and a blow torch and wire brush and they are brand new ready to do it again and again.

http://shopbvmjets.com/zencart/index...ex&cPath=65_69

http://shopbvmjets.com/zencart/index...ex&cPath=65_68

http://shopbvmjets.com/zencart/index...ex&cPath=65_67

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I bought mine from a different site loooong ago but you are correct they are as nice now as when i bought them and they were costly when i got them but now i know they are worth every penny.

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BACK to tools ,I was at the junk yard a long time ago and found a couple boxes of 1 1/4 pound round weights (30of them) . Since then the local steel company that supplys the steel for my custom houses has scrap cut off pieces of 1/2 inch thick x 2 inches wide x 3 inches long that they give me when i stop by them. You could find any steel company and buy some at scrap price . I use these weights all the time for holding sheeting down while it drys or i can stand them on end to hold things at 90 degrees . The last block is out of very hard wood with tight grain i got from a cabinet shop as old samples. I drilled the correct size holes so i can put different size bullet conectors and solder them with out burning your fingers off or having to hold them some how. You can drill 3 or 4 holes in the shape of deans conectors also. I clamp it in a small heavy vice and put it on my work bench when soldering. joe