It's sad to say that the balsa dust has settled in my shop for the past month or two. My job would normally have me traveling 2 or maybe 3 nights per week, but due to a shortage of employees in the field I'm filling in as needed and am now seeing hotels 3 or 4 nights per week. Tomorrow morning I'm out the door by 4:30 AM and won't be home till Friday around 5 PM. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind the travel (in fact I kind of like it), but when I finally do get home I'd rather spend time with the family and not holed up in the basement workshop. So the planes sit. The Giant Stick, the big Cubs, and about 800 other planes, all collecting dust. Heck, I've still got about 20 balsa threads on this forum to catch up on as well!
What's a boy to do?..... Well, instead of wasting time in small-town bars at night or watching garbage on TV I'm taking the balsa on the road! Not the giant stuff, there is no room in my work truck for that, but there is plenty of room for a small-ish tool box and an Easy Built Models balsa kit. So I packed up all the goodies I should need, from a cutting board and sandpaper to a ceiling tile to build on, glue, knife, and clamps. We'll see how this works out. Normally I'll end up with at least 3 hours to kill at the end of the day, even more if I'm staying in the same city multiple days.
The big question I have is how the glue will handle Wisconsin's winter temps. CA would likely get condensation from the temperature changes, so that's off the table. Tite-Bond style glues may work better so that's what I'm going with in a small bottle. I may end up getting an even smaller bottle and leaving it in my inside coat pocket to make sure it doesn't get left in the vehicle to freeze.
What's a boy to do?..... Well, instead of wasting time in small-town bars at night or watching garbage on TV I'm taking the balsa on the road! Not the giant stuff, there is no room in my work truck for that, but there is plenty of room for a small-ish tool box and an Easy Built Models balsa kit. So I packed up all the goodies I should need, from a cutting board and sandpaper to a ceiling tile to build on, glue, knife, and clamps. We'll see how this works out. Normally I'll end up with at least 3 hours to kill at the end of the day, even more if I'm staying in the same city multiple days.
The big question I have is how the glue will handle Wisconsin's winter temps. CA would likely get condensation from the temperature changes, so that's off the table. Tite-Bond style glues may work better so that's what I'm going with in a small bottle. I may end up getting an even smaller bottle and leaving it in my inside coat pocket to make sure it doesn't get left in the vehicle to freeze.