Home made balsa stripper
The 1/16" square was stripped with this home made stripper. Similar strippers may be bought. This is a 5/16" x 2" x 6" pine plate with a 1/16" square groove down the middle. Two 5/16" x 1/2" x 1" blocks are screwed down over a short piece of thin razor blade laid across the top of the slot. The entering faces are beveled slightly to facilitate entrance of the balsa sheet. The balsa sheet must be kept in firm contact with the entire length of the slot to insure straight, uniform cuts. Keep the pushing hand over the slot and cut with many short pushes. Do not let the hand go beyond the middle 2/3 of the slot.
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