YES!!!!!!!!

I said in a thread a couple of years ago, I think, that I have a favorite tool to use when making slots for control surfaces.  It’s this Goldberg scribe tool that came in a kit, I think an Electra kit.




I’ve had this for about 25 years, and it’s the best thing I’ve ever used for marking the slot positions.  Unfortunately, as you can see in the photo above, that after using it for so long the little plastic tip in the center has bent over and is a little off-center.  I can swipe the tool one way, then turn it over and swipe it the other way to mark the center, but it makes a rather wide scribe.  I’ve been looking for years for another, but couldn’t find one.

Well, today I went to the McMinnville, OR R/C swap meet and wandered around.  One guy had a baggie with a bunch of little things in it for $2.00 on the table.  Looking in the baggie I found this:




YES!!!!!!!!

A little later at another table I bought a Box O’ Stuff for $5.00.  When I got home and looked in the box, I found this:




Two!   TWO tools!!!   Ahh-Ahh-Ahhh (done in the voice of The Count from Sesame Street)



Here’s the Box O’ Stuff:




And most of the stuff set out. It was a great score for only five bucks.  A brand new Ni-Cad starter, a couple of other slotting tools, some various saws and ball drivers, a nice Stanly razor plane, some really cool X-Acto saw blades I’ve never seen before, a couple hundred T-pins, various spinners and engine mounts.  But a couple I was really happy with were some Dremel drums and a full container of Dremel cutoff disks.




About 30 years ago I got this little sanding bar and use it all the time.  




Also in the $5.00 Box was this longer version that is two and a half times the length.  




Another $5.00 purchase was these new props.  Master Airscrew 11x7, 10x6, and 9x6 props,  Zinger 11x7, 10x6(3), 9x6, and 9x5 props, a RevUp 9x6, and a Top Flight 9x6 prop.  Pretty good for five bucks.




There was also a little frustration and irritation at one of the booths.  A couple of months ago I bought this Harry Higley trim tool for about $12.00.  It was a little expensive, but I’m tired of crooked trim lines.  I’m using it a lot since I got it.




But then I wandered by the booth and saw this:




** SIGH **

I didn’t get anything big.  No planes, no engines, no unfinished projects.  Just accessories.  But it was well worth the drive.  Especially the Goldberg slot scribes.

The Count Mark