How many of us make cable reels.

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sargentx
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How many of us make cable reels.

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Just a quick little solution many of us use for making cable reels.
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First wrap some sprue with fine copper wire.
First wrap some sprue with fine copper wire.
While holding the wire, touch it with some thin CA glue. This will bond everything in place.
While holding the wire, touch it with some thin CA glue. This will bond everything in place.
It's now easy to cut of slices of 'cable' at the right width.
It's now easy to cut of slices of 'cable' at the right width.
The side plates and brackets are easily attached to the cable 'puck'.
The side plates and brackets are easily attached to the cable 'puck'.
I attach the reels first before painting the cable.
I attach the reels first before painting the cable.
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Neat idea!!! It never dawned on me to make a whole roll of them and then just "cut to fit" :big_grin:

I'll have to remember that now :thumbs_up_1:
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Glad someone else uses the same method I did on my England!
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It just seems to make sense hey? I kind of figured I wasn't the first! Your England looks great BTW....great job with the dazzle camouflage.
Just chop another wire slice off the old cable loaf. :surfer:
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works very well for 1/700 too!

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wow! those are great!
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I used the same method last year. Also for thick hose, you can wrap the core with solder wire:

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Great work! That is some precision work. Good idea with the hoses.
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Great technique! Wish I had read this before I did the reels on my current model!

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very good, I'll use it
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What are your favorite colors to paint the copper wire? Mine are black and Floquil Concrete.




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What a simple idea! It is amazing how the simplest things do not come to mind, until you are shown!

Thanks for that, I will have plenty of uses for that. Might even try wrapping fishing line round and see how that goes - it should produce very fine 'hose/cables' ideal for 1/700.

Thanks again, kind regards, Ray
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