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Plastic Steel for Attaching Cowls
Many cowls are attached to wooden blocks with wood screws or sheet-metal screws. After a while, the screws become stripped. To remedy this, apply a piece of Devcon’s 1/8- to 5/32-inch-thick Plastic Steel to each block during construction. The Plastic Steel is hard enough so that it can be drilled and tapped for a machine screw and a locking washer. Adapted from 400 Great R/C Modeling Tips by Jim Newman, Volume II, an Air Age...
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