I need alternative to a 'woodpecker' tool? Anyone have any neat ideas for a substitute?

What do you want to use it for? I use a T-pin and make small holes (slight indentations) every square half inch or so. Is the woodpecker failing you in some way?

Dan

looking to use it to ***** holes in corroplast before glueing.
SPAD construction. I'd order the darn thing but IF and when it got here the added importation would make it much more expensive (20-30%). Between SPAD and learning to 'make do the Mx way, thought I might make one if someone had a neat alternate. t-pin is an option.

If you get the right glue and roughen the coroplast with sandpaper you won't need to ***** holes!!

Clothing stores have a very similar tool for denim work. The woodpecker and poly glue method works the best for me. Use that method.

I take a large pink eraser and stick about 10 t-pins all the way though it until they stop. I then make sure all points are about the same length then start poking! It works well and leaves no raised crater effect around the holes.

Best of all it's cheap and still erases.

Brian

Wow! That's a good idea.

Dan

I made one out of 1/4" balsa. I just stuck about a dozen T-pins through it. You can even make them in different sizes/shapes. Sandwich the back with another piece of wood to hold pins in. It doesn't take alot of pressure to ventilate the wood either.

Just make a single wheel woodpecker. Piece of sheet metal cut roughly to a circle, drill/punch a hole through the center, put a bolt through the hole and attach it to a handle of some sort, then cut some teeth in to it with some tin snips, a dremel cut-off wheel, etc. Wanna get fancy, build a few wheels and put washers between them and you'll have a woodpecker for 1/50'th the price.

Deadeye
Do you happen to know how it is used with denim?

This is great, 4 options, which one to try first!

With the savings maybe some music wire for landing gear!!

I guess that when ironing patches on denim, gas bubbles get trapped between the fabrics due to the adhesive they use on the patch. A friend and his wife were over at my garage a while back, checking out my coroplast methods. I showed them the woodpecker tool, and she said most fabric stores have a nearly identical tool for the reason mentioned above. I have not seen one for myself.

just made one I think will work. Epoxy or tough glue on piece of wood, then stand up upholstery tacks in the epoxy. the pointy little tacks will work better on coroplast since its so tough I think.

I just made one. Pointy little upholstery tacks epoxied to Plywood.

If you flash the coroplast with propane torch CA will hold it very well. Just pass the torch over the plastic and you will see it takes some of the shine off. A lighter turned up on high might work but will take a bit longer. Practice on a scrap piece. If it warps slightly let it cool a minute and it will straighten out again.
Go to SPADtothebone.com and look at building tips.
good luck. I learned to fly on a SPAD. Very forgiving planes.

Thanks for the ideas. Got a working tool.

for now 24 T pins thru 1" of wood drilled #60 holes on 1/4" centers gives nice 1/2"x 1 7/8" pattern with one press The 1/4" spacing misses the flute nicely on 4mm and no holes on opposite side.