Hi Peter, Funny you should mention the pinking shears. In the latest RMC is an article talking about using them. I had never thought about that but it looks like it would work if I could find 1/8th teeth. Guess I'll have to take a look around. Banta's laser cut wood stairs look good too but sometimes styrene would work better.
Take care, Bob,( in very wet )Boring ----- Original Message ----- From: Trains To: [email protected] ; strain97009 Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 1:56 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Stair Runners Hi Bob, I have tried a trick with "pinking shears " some years ago, cutting through thin styrene or stiff card stock, might even work with micro plywood, the trick is to find shears with 1/8" teeth size, they exist...although the last time I looked I could not find any. This is a sewing item and I have looked around in fabric sections of various stores. The 1/8 x 1/8 teeth are usually set at 90 deg. to each other at a 45 deg bias. This is perfect as it gives you a S scale riser of 8" and tread can be anything from 8" to 12" (cut strip stock of any material). To make thicker risers just laminate several "pinked" strips and clean up any roughness with fine sand paper or sharp exacto blade. Of course there is the MODERN technique of using a plotter with laser to cut any variety of tread/riser proportions...any manufacturers out there intrested in reasonably priced kits...could use for fire exscapes, industrial stairs, switch towers, back of building porches etc., etc. material could be offered in strips of some length, such as 12" or ? Any way greetings from southern Oregon, Peter Loeb ----- Original Message ----- From: strain97009 To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 9:31 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} Stair Runners Does anyone have a good way (read easy) to cut stair risers in wood or styrene? I thought Evergreen used to have them pre-cut in S scale but I can't seem to find them on the web site. As always, your help is much appericated. Bob Boring [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
