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please delete / remove this email at " militarycomponents@yahoo.com / thank youplease delete / remove this email at " militarycomponents@yahoo.com / thank you--- Kevin Foisy wrote:> Really! Did you have to score it or did the hot> water alone do the trick? Soak it or just wet it> lightly?> > -----Original Message-----> From: kelly Mclaren [mailto:kmclaren@videotron.ca]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 11:45 AM> To: simpits-tech@simpits.org> Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Handy Bendy MDF> > > Kevin, I use 1/8'' MDF wet it with hot water and it> works great. That's what> I did with my fathers home made throttle> > Marc..> > ----- Original Message -----> From: "Kevin Foisy" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 11:06 AM> Subject: RE: [simpits-tech] Handy Bendy MDF> > > >> > Roughly how many Kerf cuts are requ'd for MDF to> bend? My deck is all MDF> and while I love the stuff, it's hard to imagine it> bending...it's quite dry> and brittle.> >> > I'm looking for a solution for the rounded top of> the throttle housing.> I've seen rolls of pliable wood (balsa I think) in> various thicknesses that> look like they'd do the trick, but if this will work> it's another option. I> have lots of 1/4" MDF...if it'll bend nicely might> work.> >> > KF> > -----Original Message-----> > From: Gene Buckle [mailto:geneb@deltasoft.com]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 10:48 AM> > To: simpits-tech@simpits.org> > Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Handy Bendy MDF> >> >> > >> > > I just used a couple sheets of that kerf-cut> bendy MDF stuff to form the> > > glareshield on my EC-135 binnacle.> > >> >> > BTW, for those that don't know, a kerf cut is used> to allow you to bend a> > length of wood without breaking it. Cuts are made> perpendicular to the> > bend radius that do NOT completely cut through the> material. Typical> > kerf cut depth is 1/2 to 3/4ths the thickness of> the material.> >> > g.> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > Simpits-tech mailing list> > Simpits-tech@simpits.org> >> http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech> > To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the> bottom of the above> page. Thanks!> > _______________________________________________> > Simpits-tech mailing list> > Simpits-tech@simpits.org> >> http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech> > To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the> bottom of the above> page. Thanks!> > _______________________________________________> Simpits-tech mailing list> Simpits-tech@simpits.org> http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech> To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the> bottom of the above page. Thanks!> _______________________________________________> Simpits-tech mailing list> Simpits-tech@simpits.org> http://www.simpits.org/mailman/listinfo/simpits-tech> To unsubscribe, please see the instructions at the> bottom of the above page. Thanks!
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--- Kevin Foisy <kevin.foisy@stealthbits.com> wrote:
> Really! Did you have to score it or did the hot
> water alone do the trick? Soak it or just wet it
> lightly?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kelly Mclaren [mailto:kmclaren@videotron.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 11:45 AM
> To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Handy Bendy MDF
>
>
> Kevin, I use 1/8'' MDF wet it with hot water and it
> works great. That's what
> I did with my fathers home made throttle
>
> Marc..
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Foisy" <kevin.foisy@stealthbits.com>
> To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 11:06 AM
> Subject: RE: [simpits-tech] Handy Bendy MDF
>
>
> >
> > Roughly how many Kerf cuts are requ'd for MDF to
> bend? My deck is all MDF
> and while I love the stuff, it's hard to imagine it
> bending...it's quite dry
> and brittle.
> >
> > I'm looking for a solution for the rounded top of
> the throttle housing.
> I've seen rolls of pliable wood (balsa I think) in
> various thicknesses that
> look like they'd do the trick, but if this will work
> it's another option. I
> have lots of 1/4" MDF...if it'll bend nicely might
> work.
> >
> > KF
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gene Buckle [mailto:geneb@deltasoft.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 10:48 AM
> > To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> > Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Handy Bendy MDF
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I just used a couple sheets of that kerf-cut
> bendy MDF stuff to form the
> > > glareshield on my EC-135 binnacle.
> > >
> >
> > BTW, for those that don't know, a kerf cut is used
> to allow you to bend a
> > length of wood without breaking it. Cuts are made
> perpendicular to the
> > bend radius that do NOT completely cut through the
> material. Typical
> > kerf cut depth is 1/2 to 3/4ths the thickness of
> the material.
> >
> > g.
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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