Beautiful work as always, Mike. This one's certainly going to be a colorful addition to your collection, which is one of the things that appeals to me most about the Belgian Great War a/c.
How are you forming the brass struts? deforming them in a vice with the rod trapped inside? Or do you have some kind of a die setup?
Dutch
Hi Dutch,
I have a tool called the 'Strutter'.
It was made by Albion Alloys' but unfortunately is no longer available.
It's basically a pair of movable vice jaws.
You insert the rod of choice through the tube of choice.
The rod rests across two spigots in the jaws with the tube in the centre.
As you tighten the vice the jaws tilt around the rod and crush the tube into an airfoil shape.
The rod can be secured in the tube either by CA adhesive or by soft soldering,
Mike
