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Title: Making struts from brass and looking for vise recommendations
Post by: cduckworth on March 29, 2017, 04:32:57 AM

I've got a heavy duty shear that I can use to chop brass for struts. Once the struts are cut I want to file the front and backs.  Thinking the best way to do this is in a jewelers vice where I can hold the strut and file back and forth.  Anyone use this method?

Any recommendations on a vice that will hold a small piece of brass?

Thanks
Charlie

Title: Re: Making struts from brass and looking for vise recommendations
Post by: ALBATROS1234 on March 29, 2017, 05:50:06 AM

most people smash brass tubing after inserting a bit of steel rod in the end. i would think it would be easier to sand an oval(smashed tube) that a piece a rectangle brass stock but it could work. there is a tool called the strutter made by rb i think which mounts in your vice and smashed it to the correct profile and i may be wrong but i think i remember bo messing around with one(strut tool) that he may be selling .

Title: Re: Making struts from brass and looking for vise recommendations
Post by: Borsos on March 29, 2017, 08:28:49 AM

I do have the strutter from albion alloys and it's really a good tool for smashing round brass rod with steel wire inserted.
Borsos

Title: Re: Making struts from brass and looking for vise recommendations
Post by: Jim on March 29, 2017, 08:59:29 AM

I believe that Bo also makes a 'strut smasher' in 1/32 scale for the Fokker D.VII, which may interest you (see post in 'The Hobby Shop/Flugzeugwerke' section of the forum http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=6886.0 (http://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=6886.0))