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Re: Tools: Preping forms for stapleless constructi
By:wanderfalk
Date: 2/14/2015, 11:39 pm
In Response To: Re: Tools: Preping forms for stapleless constructi (Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K)

When I am knocking the forms loose sometimes a stubborn section needs coercion. I take a cake batter knife and heat it with the heat gun and work it between the forms and offending strips . It slides through easily and cuts the hot glue without tear out. The cake batter knives are very thin and flexible, think feeler gauge blades. The knife blades are 8 to 12 inches long and reach up into tight spots. Heat only as much as needed not red hot. For the life of me I cannot remember how I discovered this but there is no cake knife in the kitchen now.

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Tools: Preping forms for stapleless construction
Wendell Nichols -- 2/12/2015, 12:48 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/12/2015, 1:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/12/2015, 8:36 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 2/13/2015, 5:19 am
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Rod Tait -- 2/13/2015, 10:33 am
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Randy -- 2/13/2015, 3:57 pm
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Rod Tait -- 2/13/2015, 6:58 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/13/2015, 10:02 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/14/2015, 6:51 am
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scottbaxter -- 2/14/2015, 7:17 am
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ess my designs -- 2/14/2015, 8:20 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/14/2015, 12:32 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/14/2015, 2:12 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 2/14/2015, 2:58 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 2/14/2015, 3:37 pm
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wanderfalk -- 2/14/2015, 11:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/15/2015, 5:45 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 2/15/2015, 5:53 pm