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The Weight of the Situation.... - scubadude - 04-04-2010
....As I was messing around with my latest craftsmen building project, I happened to notice a funny sight....look at the various methods of weighting panels, walls, etc to prevent warping while glue and paint are drying....barbell weights, heavy candles, salt shakers, jar of stain and on and on
What object do you find yourself borrowing from the house to weight your projects???
Re: The Weight of the Situation.... - nachoman - 04-04-2010
A 15 lb cat. Seems he always wants to sit on whatever I am working on!
Re: The Weight of the Situation.... - Gary S - 04-04-2010
Nice use of "whatever was handy" for the weights!
I have a couple of small tin cans lead in them that I use. But like you, I'll grab for whatever is handy.
Re: The Weight of the Situation.... - Sumpter250 - 04-04-2010
I have a few Miracle Whip jars, that I sometimes use for leftovers. Filled with water, they become very useful weights.
Re: The Weight of the Situation.... - ngauger - 04-05-2010
Cans of spray paint
Lead Weights
gallon paint cans for larger projects
if possible, I put the item in my wood vice and/or use plastic clamps
I have a few larger speaker magnets I use too
Re: The Weight of the Situation.... - tetters - 04-05-2010
Barbell weights, small blocks of steel. Sometimes I'll place something in between the weight and the work to distribute the load a bit more evenly like a book or piece of hard board as sometimes (the weights in particular) are not entirely flat.
Re: The Weight of the Situation.... - faraway - 04-05-2010
I have three old harddisks from older PCs. They are good weights to be used flat, on the top or on the long side. But they are also good gauge for 90° angles eg. to glue two walls together.
Re: The Weight of the Situation.... - RobertInOntario - 04-05-2010
My best weight is a brick. I usually use this to hold down various sections of track when I'm gluing them to the layout.
I've also used large glue bottles but I also recently used a large plastic container of sugar. So part of the track was being held down by the brick and the other part by the sugar, while the glue dried. I always knew I had a sweet layout !
Cheers, Rob
Re: The Weight of the Situation.... - jim currie - 04-05-2010
for small weights i use rollers out of large bearings weighing about 2 oz each. for larger i have 10 sections of a 3inch stanless shaft that go aroung 2 lbs each.
jim