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                        Recommended contour gauges?

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                        wm_brant
                        • Member since
                          February 2005
                        • From: Central Iowa
                        Recommended contour gauges?
                        Posted by wm_brant on Friday, November 25, 2005 6:35 PM
                        I find myself needing a countour gauge for a project I'm working on.

                        I looked at some general-purpose ones at a woodworking store, but they seemed a little coarse to me.

                        Are there better ones on the market for plastic modeling, or should I just live with a woodworking model?

                        Thanks --

                          -- Bill

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 25, 2005 8:48 PM
                        Hhhmmm... I'd like to know the answer to this myself. I've often thought a fine contour gauge would be handy.
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                        wm_brant
                        • Member since
                          February 2005
                        • From: Central Iowa
                        Posted by wm_brant on Monday, November 28, 2005 7:26 AM
                        I eventually decided on a MicroMark unit.  I dunno if it's any better than the other units, but I decided to bank on their reputation.

                        The only other one that seemed interesting was a Japanese model.  It's a little more expensive, but might be better.  I dunno.  Here's a link to the Shinwa Contour Gauge.

                          -- Bill

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 9, 2005 10:47 PM
                        The Shinwa contour gauge looks nice. Thanks for the link.
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                        wibhi2
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Brooklyn
                        Posted by wibhi2 on Sunday, December 11, 2005 1:44 PM
                        the shinwa guage looks very similar to a contour guage that you would get at a wood working store/dept.
                        Staley offers one that is just as nice and works just as well.

                        3d modelling is an option a true mental excercise in frusrtation
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                        gburdon
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Burlington, Ontario Canada
                        Posted by gburdon on Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:30 AM

                        Bill;

                        I picked up my contour gauge at the local hardware store when they were on sale. It is a generic wood working type and it works great. I have used it for cutting bulkheads for aircraft and for armour interior detailing. They each work the same. I protect the piece I am working on by using a piece of masking tape. I think sometimes the expensive tool is not always the best. Here's the one I have. http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=32523&cat=1,42936,42958

                        I hope this helps with your decision.

                        Cheers;

                        Gregory

                        VETERAN - (Noun) - Definition - One who signed a blank cheque as: “Payable to The People of Canada, Up To and Including My Life."
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