Modeling Health 401 - Page 8

StephenLawson · 2 March 2003, 01:14 PM

Alright class: *Aside from not drinking or inhaling the solvents we work with our next concern is absorption. *While most of the instances where we are in contact with solvents is minimal what is the most common article that we pick solvents up from? *The paint rag. *If you have an old grateful dead t-shirt *that you have been using for a paint rag for the past 10 years, throw it away. * Just as its important to have a new #11 blade in your knife. you need a clean rag to pull the cleaner out of your brush. *This will also cut down your exposure to absorptions.

Use a clean wide mouth jar for your brush cleaners. Trap the brush in the jaws of the clothes pins to hold your brush in place away from the bottom of the jar and the sludge at the bottom. *Rest the pin in the mouth/rim of the jar. *Swirl the brush every little while. The clothes pin help suspend the brush in just the solution. *The brush can stay in the cleaner longer. *Never put your brushes in an empty jar with the tips pointed up. *This alone *cuts the life of the brush in half. *When your finished twist the tip of the brush back to a point and lay it on its side. *The clear plastic tip protectors are ok to use but its the care when the brush is wet that prolongs the life.

When working with models always remember if you don't have your vision its over. *Never touch your face when sitting at your hobby desk. Too often we forget that we have a razor knife in hand when we have an itch. *Having commercially available liquid eye flush in the medicine cabinet is never a bad idea. *

Safety tips if you have children in your house. How do you keep them from getting hurt around your hobby desk?
A. Locked door.
B. Clean desk.
C. Closed tins & jars.
D. Tools put away.
E. Never leave a bit chucked in an unattended pin vise or motor tool or razor knives out.
F. Throw dirty rags and trash out, frequently.
G. vacum near desk frequently. (using a pair of womens tights on *the vacum nozzle will help you recover some dropped parts.) Though the woman in your life may be a little miffed if she finds out.
H. Store kits above desk level. *Having a desk that you work on and not store kits on makes this area less atractive to children.
I. Keep solvents or poisons out of sight or store higher than the child's line of vision.
J. Answer their questions. Let them know that '...this can cut you or this is not touch as it could make you sick...Only when I'm around should you be here.'

Most children will get bored pretty quick and your hobby desk will become a familar feature in the house. *As such it won't be so mysterious and in need of exploring by your neihborhood Dennis the Menace. Children will be more interested in box tops you thumb tack up around the corner from your hobby desk or your award ribbons that you hang on *the same wall. *Redirection is the key.

Pop Quiz: What is the most important tool you can have when using solvents or a motor tool?

The first complete & correct answer will receive a DML/Dragon 1/16 scale bust of

Ernst Udet.(unfinished)

NeilE · 3 March 2003, 03:37 AM

common sense, Prof....that's what The Good Herr Doktor used to say anyway...and I always agree with him 100%!

All the Best

neil

Michael · 3 March 2003, 06:30 AM

Quote:

is the key.

Pop Quiz: What is the most important tool you can have when using solvents or a motor tool?

The first complete & correct answer will receive a DML/Dragon 1/16 scale bust of

Ernst Udet.(unfinished)

Eye protection that is:
a. shatterproof
b. will prevent splashed solvents from contacting the eye (i.e. fitting closely ALL around the eyes - spectacle types are not sufficient)

As long as they are shatterproof, plastic is OK, although it will craze if solvent gets on them. *But better crazed plastic than a crazed blind modeller.

The hazards are flying debris from cutting or drilling, and splashed solvents.

Barker · 3 March 2003, 06:54 AM

OK, Mike:

HOW MUCH?

8)

Michael · 3 March 2003, 08:43 AM

Quote:

OK, Mike:

HOW MUCH?

8)

The manager wanted no trouble,
He took out his purse right away,
Saying 'How much to settle the matter?'
And Pa said 'What do you usually pay?'

Edgar - Albert and the Lion

Barker · 3 March 2003, 12:05 PM

Michael, Canadian dollars, right?

(sorry folks, am scuttling off the platform and back in me lair)

StephenLawson · 7 March 2003, 11:25 AM

The answer to the Pop Quiz: What is the most important tool you can have when using solvents or a motor tool?

The first complete & correct answer will receive a DML/Dragon 1/16 scale bust of

Ernst Udet.(unfinished)

Congraulations Michael let me make it official. Sight is the most important part of our hobby. The point being take care of your self folks. Never take any chances with your sight. *

Final Exam: *In reference to your health. What is the axis? *
Extra Credit: Name the first WWI injection Plastic model ever manufactured. An the year it was manufactured.

Fee2b · 10 March 2003, 09:04 AM

What is the most important tool you can have when using solvents or a motor tool?

Eye protection. Oh, did you want the answer sent to you personally? *Quess I missed that.

Unless, of course, you are using both solvents and a motor tool at the same time, then you would be wise to have a fire extinguisher on hand.

Observing,

Fee 2b

StephenLawson · 12 March 2003, 05:50 AM

Oh Class.... anybody? (internal dialogue, Finally when I don't need it this cloak of invisibility starts working.)

PeterL · 12 March 2003, 07:01 AM

Final Exam: *In reference to your health. What is the axis? *

weight:height ratio? Oh dear! I do hope you're not planning a terrible pun on scales

Extra Credit: Name the first WWI injection Plastic model ever manufactured. An the year it was manufactured.

Dunno. First Airfix OT was the F2B in 1956, but they'd been making kits for eight years by that time so someone else probably got in first. Take a guess at Lindberg. How about the Jenny? 1953?

Michael, mind what you're doing with that stick with the 'orses 'ead 'andle! You'll have poor Wallace's eye out!