Jerry Barnes
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I have found the coffee stirrers to twist, warp, and generally go out of shape / square..
How do you get round this? - Or do you just get a better quality stirrer over there?
I have found the coffee stirrers to twist, warp, and generally go out of shape / square..
How do you get round this? - Or do you just get a better quality stirrer over there?
Coffee stirers are a great resource and they do come in all shapes n sizes. Also quality as said does vary, current ones in vogue round the nits appear to be so thin that thay are hardly suitable for using as PVA appliers. But as Greg says there do appear at some outlets to be coated ones, these obviously are the ones to look to look for for longevity outside as Greg has shown. I just wonder what Greg is using to Glue them with? I think I would be tempted to Drill and Pin them too.Always great to see what others can use these for.
Referring back to 2010 in this thread, I built a coal loader from coffee stirrers and it has been outside ever since.
https://www.gscalecentral.net/threads/a-coal-loader-from-coffee-stirrers.82270/
Not one has fallen off. Here's what it looks like today. All the stirrers I get seem to be coated with wax or something which maybe helps.
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VERY nice build there, Mike. I'm deeply envious of folks who have building on their layouts. It's not that I couldn't have any buildings on mine, just that if I did they'd get in the way of running the trains........
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Always great to see what others can use these for.
Referring back to 2010 in this thread, I built a coal loader from coffee stirrers and it has been outside ever since.
https://www.gscalecentral.net/threads/a-coal-loader-from-coffee-stirrers.82270/
Not one has fallen off. Here's what it looks like today. All the stirrers I get seem to be coated with wax or something which maybe helps.
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How about bracketed off one side of the boards? - Then free access from the side you tend to be when running trains??
2 $ shops
I need a load of stirrers to make some US style wild west sidewalks. I've just been through a £ shop and couldn't see any. No staff so couldn't ask!
They weren't next to the wooden bbq skewers.
I need more than a couple of handfuls, so am happy to buy a pack of 1000, and use the better ones.
Any tip where to source...had a quick looky at ebay.
Malcolm