Wmcullen
Member
I know lots of people don't scuff their brass tubes.
I do because it seems to me the only times I had problems with tubes coming out was when I didn't scuff them before gluing. YMMV.
However, when I buy 300 kits and have 600 brass tubes, I really don't want to scuff them all by hand with sandpaper.
Here's my new and improved process.
I use a long, threaded rod from HD to hold 9 or 10 tubes and use my belt sander upside down.
Holding the rod at 45 degrees, the entire sleeve of tubes rotate and scuff in about 5 seconds.
Loading the tubes onto the rod was taking longer than I wanted. Then I discovered the tiny earth magnets I use to hold bushings on my lathe create an easy way to hold the rod upright while leaving both hands free to load tubes onto it.
Thanks for looking
- Cullen
I do because it seems to me the only times I had problems with tubes coming out was when I didn't scuff them before gluing. YMMV.
However, when I buy 300 kits and have 600 brass tubes, I really don't want to scuff them all by hand with sandpaper.
Here's my new and improved process.
I use a long, threaded rod from HD to hold 9 or 10 tubes and use my belt sander upside down.
Holding the rod at 45 degrees, the entire sleeve of tubes rotate and scuff in about 5 seconds.
Loading the tubes onto the rod was taking longer than I wanted. Then I discovered the tiny earth magnets I use to hold bushings on my lathe create an easy way to hold the rod upright while leaving both hands free to load tubes onto it.
Thanks for looking
- Cullen