balsa sheeting question

[Dean Pappas]

Get yourself a copy of the Robin's View tape on molding curved balsa, including compound curved fuselage stuff.
It is just great!
Dean P.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Glaze [mailto:billglaze at triad.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 1:48 PM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: Re: balsa sheeting question


I read ages ago that ammonia helps soften the resin holding the wood fibers together.  It softens the resin just enough to aid bending and to let the fibers partially "slide" by each other.  Or so I was told.
Bill Glaze

Mike Turgeman wrote:


It will help you bend the balsa sheets if you spray it on just the outer side. The wood fibers will expand and the result is bending toward the dry side. I do not use amonia because of the odor you can try hot water it will do the same.

Mike



----- Original Message ----- 

From: "John Crozier"   <mailto:sjcrozier at comcast.net> <sjcrozier at comcast.net>

To: "nsrca discussion"   <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org> <discussion at nsrca.org>

Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:03 PM

Subject: balsa sheeting question





  

I'm about to sheet my turtle deck with 2mm balsa.

The last time I did this, I put amonia in the spray bottle.

What, if anything, does ammonia do to aid the bending/drying?

Thanx...croz



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