Next teleconferance?

paddy said:

ha ha , its an age thing ;-) I loathe batteries....With headphones i have 2 pairs so one is on charge (usb) at all times so its just a 10 second swap when they go flat.
I have a really nice Bosch electric drill i bought about 40 years ago but when i fitted a new kitchen 10 years ago i bought a rechargeable drill for the job. Fast forward to today and the rechargeable got thrown out, it went through 2 batteries they were almost as much as a new drill, whenever you needed it you had to allow 2 hours to charge it and by the end it would only take 10 minutes use of charge.

I still have a really nice Bosch drill i bought about 40 years ago.

It is an age thing because for kids of today by the time the battery is shot the appliance is out of date anyway.

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I have a Craftsman drill from the 80's that I still have and it works. I wanted a newer drill with the adjustable clutch on it for running screws and such in on projects I had going. Did NOT want a battery drill for the same reasons you stated Paddy. I found a Ryobi with power cord and the torque clutch and newer hand tight Jacobs chuck. It is always ready to go. Only thing I might have to dig out is an extension cord.

My late wife bought a Black and Decker screwdriver that used batteries. It was never ready to go when I needed it. If I put the batteries on charge they invariably would go bad "before" I ever used them. It went to Good Will.

I still have my old Craftsman AND the newer Ryobi that should last longer than I will and my daughter will get it. (as well as my old Craftsman)

Woof! That's short notice. I'll try.

Is it tonight (in 1 hour for me) because I can't do tonight - tomorrow same Time I can.

Brokeneagle said:

Is it tonight (in 1 hour for me) because I can't do tonight - tomorrow same Time I can.

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Yeah in about 30 minutes Chris must have wanted to talk about something.
I kind of ended up pulling an all nighter. Working on the 251 and watching farcebook shorts. At 6am (my time) I decided to wait till we get talked out then take a nap.

Brokeneagle said:

Is it tonight (in 1 hour for me) because I can't do tonight - tomorrow same Time I can.

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I'm working on Mondays.

starting now supposedly

This was kinda quick-draw.

Is it on?

Really enjoyed the chat this morning. It was well worth the effort to get on with everyone. It only lasted a couple of hours but we had Chris, Bob, Saúl, myself and James made an appearance for a short while at the end. Lots of discussion and laughter ensued as stories were swapped.

Sorry I had to bail, work crisis then my Sunday chores had to be done.

Executive decision was made. From here on out we'll have a standing meeting once a month on the same day and maybe same hour.
I would suggest Sat AM? I think the one we had with Ian ended up a good showing.

Ok, so how does this work, Zoom, or teli, and is it open to anyone here? I'm not a party crasher, but it would be fun to chat with yall. I use a flip phone, so that wouldn't' work.

I would go with Sat AM too, early enough that I can attend to church! @Steve Ski, why not join us!

Hopefully, more will join in as we were definitely all over the place but there was plenty of model related too.

Some examples, Paul (@Heavens Eagle) and I got into a smallest drill bit bragging with Paul having some #96 wire gage.
It turns out I bought this size, along with others from Drill Bit City:


I stated I had #97 but now can't find it... So, I was looking for the drill bit receipts receipts and came across these sets I bought of which one is 0.1mm which is about 101.5 in the number gage chart!


Check out 0.1mm in Iron Mike's conversion chart that he posted:

My own quick chart of certain drill bits and their applications:

32 scale
22 Cal (5.56mm) - #95
30 Cal (7.62mm) - #88
50 Cal (12.7mm) - 1/64 #78
14.5mm - #77
20mm - #72
23mm - #70
30mm - #63

35 scale
22 Cal (5.56mm) - #96
30 cal (7.62mm) - #89
50 cal (12.7mm) - #79
14.5mm - #78
20mm - #74

48 scale
50 Cal (12.7mm) - #86
30 Cal (7.62mm) - #96
20mm - #78
30mm - #73

72 scale
50 Cal (12.7mm) - #94
30 Cal - 0.10mm drill
20mm - #85
30mm - #78

Bob asked about the seats in the M3 Lee... TMI produced this...


I saw Bob using a razor saw to cut pieces free. It des work but on brittle plastic I have had the fine teeth (not the extra fine ones though) bind on tiny parts and tear instead of cut. I suggested the ZM Pro-Zetsu side nippers that I use almost daily (yes, I sometimes go into my hobby space to, what my wife refers to, as "cut-cut, glue-glue!). Click photo to buy at their store, VOLKS-USA:


Barbatos Rex did a fairly nice comparison text of 20 (yes, TWENTY) nippers and only DSPAIE came above it, in his opinion, because of a case, and some other extras. ZM Pro-Zetsu was second:

The first Saturday of October. 4 October 2025 0800 CST US-time. What I wonder about is, I pay the $$ for this, but I don't know if, having posted the linkie and scheduled the meeting, if I have to mediate or if you guys can still use it if something comes up.

I've had a nice inflow of cash lately Thanks @paddy and I also have bonus due at work. What's your cost on this Chris?

First Sat of the month I think will work, if we have it regularly I suspect more folks will see it and start joining. Enough warning and maybe some Surgeons will show.

@Steve Ski yeah...don't think a flip phone is gonna work on this.

Ski, it works fine on a pc or laptop. Flip phone? HA! I thought I was a Dinosaur!

Sharkmouth said:

I would go with Sat AM too, early enough that I can attend to chruch! @Steve Ski, why not join us!

Hopefully, more will join in as we were definitely all over the place but there was plenty of model related too.

Some examples, Paul (@Heavens Eagle) and I got into a smallest drill bit bragging with Paul having some #96 wire gage.
It turns out I bought this size, along with others from Drill Bit City:
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I stated I had #97 but now can't find it... So, I was looking for the drill bit receipts receipts and came across these sets I bought of which one is 0.1mm which is about 101.5 in the number gage chart!
View attachment 184365

Check out 0.1mm in Iron Mike's conversion chart that he posted:
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My own quick chart of certain drill bits and their applications:

32 scale
22 Cal (5.56mm) - #95
30 Cal (7.62mm) - #88
50 Cal (12.7mm) - 1/64 #78
14.5mm - #77
20mm - #72
23mm - #70
30mm - #63

35 scale
22 Cal (5.56mm) - #96
30 cal (7.62mm) - #89
50 cal (12.7mm) - #79
14.5mm - #78
20mm - #74

48 scale
50 Cal (12.7mm) - #86
30 Cal (7.62mm) - #96
20mm - #78
30mm - #73

72 scale
50 Cal (12.7mm) - #94
30 Cal - 0.10mm drill
20mm - #85
30mm - #78

Bob asked about the seats in the M3 Lee... TMI produced this...
View attachment 184362

I saw Bob using a razor saw to cut pieces free. It des work but on brittle plastic I have had the fine teeth (not the extra fine ones though) bind on tiny parts and tear instead of cut. I suggested the ZM Pro-Zetsu side nippers that I use almost daily (yes, I sometimes go into my hobby space to, what my wife refers to, as "cut-cut, glue-glue!). Click photo to buy at their store, VOLKS-USA:
View attachment 184366

Barbatos Rex did a fairly nice comparison text of 20 (yes, TWENTY) nippers and only DSPAIE came above it, in his opinion, because of a case, and some other extras. ZM Pro-Zetsu was second:

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The smallest carbide bit I can use without snapping it seems to be .3mm I have a dozen broken .2mm drills.

The Sat AM I think would be better than Sunday. Thoroughly enjoyed the short (2 hours) visit this morning. Wish a few more could have joined in, but it was a very short notice and was surprised when Saúl showed up. He didn't even have a camera just audio so "no camera, no excuse".

Looking forward to the next one.

Rhino said:

Ski, it works fine on a pc or laptop. Flip phone? HA! I thought I was a Dinosaur!

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Roger that, Gents. Ya, Rhino, like Spacebook or Myface, I refused long ago to get a stupid phone, being of the school of thought, "Observe the masses and do the opposite." I rarely, if ever, text either. Something about having a leash never sat well with me.

Glenn @Cheyenne and I, and a few others from Kitmaker, did a monthly skype, but skype is gone and poor Tim in Aussie-land was on a 0200hrs while the rest of us, and one in the Netherlands, were within normal human waking hours, lol.

Who does the hosting and what is the time spread, PST-EST? I can use the google link, just like zoom, I recon, should work fine. If 10/04 at 0800CST, 0600PST is agreed upon, I'm in. I'm up by 0600 pretty much every day, and my coffee will be fresh, HA! I'd love to see yallz ugly mugs, much pertier than mine, I',m sure.

Steve Ski said:

Roger that, Gents. Ya, Rhino, like Spacebook or Myface, I refused long ago to get a stupid phone, being of the school of thought, "Observe the masses and do the opposite." I rarely, if ever, text either. Something about having a leash never sat well with me.

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Exactly my thoughts and I worked at Verizon! Well, I was hired by Bell Atlantic and saw the German reports on tumors and such. No cell phone for me until I was forced. Company had to provide one as I refused and at the time I moved here in the mountains, there was no coverage! Optimum Mobile (cable company started their own mobile service) made me a deal I couldn't refuse... New (back then Samsung 10) and service guaranteed to stay at $20 a month! Done!

Son got my previous phone as my wife needed T-Mobile thanks to their free roaming in Europe.

Anyway, I will try to fire up my 10 year old laptop (probably older) at 6:30am to see if I can log onto Zoom at 9am!

Steve Ski said:

Roger that, Gents. Ya, Rhino, like Spacebook or Myface, I refused long ago to get a stupid phone, being of the school of thought, "Observe the masses and do the opposite." I rarely, if ever, text either. Something about having a leash never sat well with me.

Glenn @Cheyenne and I, and a few others from Kitmaker, did a monthly skype, but skype is gone and poor Tim in Aussie-land was on a 0200hrs while the rest of us, and one in the Netherlands, were within normal human waking hours, lol.

Who does the hosting and what is the time spread, PST-EST? I can use the google link, just like zoom, I recon, should work fine. If 10/04 at 0800CST, 0600PST is agreed upon, I'm in. I'm up by 0600 pretty much every day, and my coffee will be fresh, HA! I'd love to see yallz ugly mugs, much pertier than mine, I',m sure.

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I do not fear technology. I just clearly choose not to use it.
The model guys on X (Just For Fun ScaleModels) are a lot of fun, but most are in UK and Europe. A few are possible US customers. I goof off more than I promote. I plan to extend this invitation to the Plastic Surgeons as well.