Fillet shaping tool

[Rocketeer]

I may well be re-inventing the wheel here, but I thought I'd tell you about a little cheap tool I just made.

At the last meeting of the local sci-fi modelling club, I added slanted tubes extending out of the back of my spaceship. The problem was how to fair those tubes neatly into the body. We had a discussion, and the outcome was this little filleting tool:

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256 ... ndtool.jpg

Pretty simple, eh? To use it, I rolled out a slender worm of Milliput, then kinda tamped it into place using the tool; then with the tool wet (saliva ) I used it to smooth out the putty. The end result was pretty good; I don't think it'll need much sanding at all:

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256 ... diuses.jpg

[JasonJDF]

I think you re-invented the sphere...
I think it is a really cool little tool.

Is that a round push pin?

[Rocketeer]

I think you re-invented the sphere...
I think it is a really cool little tool.

Is that a round push pin?

Yep, a round push pin. Low buck! One guy suggested using a bit of rod to shape the fillet, but the spherical push pin has the advantage of being the same shape no matter what direction the handle is tilted.

[Blappy]

Milliput

Hee hee! You said Millitput. That's like saying I use a hollow reed to blow ground up rock pigment from my mouth onto the wall of the cave.

Seriously though that's a cool idea for a home made tool. I have some dental tools with various sized ends like that I use for the same thing.

[Wug]

For making fillets with Aves I've used spheres without handles. I wet them and roll them over the Aves.

[Mr. Badwrench]

That's a good idea Roketeer, I'll use that!

[southwestforests]

Hey, what works, works

[Lt. Z0mBe]

That's a great idea. Realized I've been doing it myself with marbles, fingertips, etc all these years. I'll have to whip one of those up.

Kenny