To fill a glue syringe: Remove the plunger and put the tip part in a glass, point down. Take the cap off your glue and pour in until about 3/4 of the way up. Put in the plunger, just as far as it will go which is not very far.

Wrap a tissue around the tip of the glue syringe. Put the whole thing back in the glass, point up. Let it sit until the air bubble comes to the top and then press the plunger in. The tissue will catch any glue which comes out the top as the air bubble is rising.

If you are having a lot of trouble, perhaps you need a different type of glue? I use the tacky glue from Model Builders' Supply in Aurora, Ontario. I find it the best I have ever used, and I have tried plenty.

Joy Parker

I broke the handle off a porcelain teapot earring and fixed it with.... a piece of uncooked ramen noodle!!!! LOL!! A perfect match! I used Zap-A-Gap glue and that filled any spaces and sealed and hardened the noodle at the same time. Then I painted it to match. I love challenging people to tell me which earring I did it to!

Anne Gerdes

Using your band saw to resaw lumber to smaller thickness: Go to a local cabinet makers shop. There you can usually pick up cut outs from counter tops for sink openings. These are usually covered with a laminate. Saw this up into a four inch wide board at least two inches longer than your band saw table.

Mount this to another board, about four inches wide and as long as the first board, at 90 degrees. Cut angle brackets, glue on the inside of the angles, to hold it at the 90 degrees. This can be clamped to your band saw table as a fence to guide the board being cut. I choose four inches as any thing smaller I can rip on my table saw.

I also make a similar angle board that is about six inches long. To the top of that I attach a feather board or a wheel from a skate board. I clamp this on the outside of my table to run against the middle of the board being ripped. This in turn holds it, the piece being cut, against the rip fence. It is important that the feather board or roller is placed slightly ahead of the blade teeth. If placed at the blade or behind the cut it will cause the wood to pinch against the blade.

Important things to make resawing easier and to keep your blade running true.

1) Set your blade guide as close to the top of the wood being cut as will allow movement with out binding.

2) Use a rip tooth or skip tooth blade or a fairly course blade.

3) Use a very sharp blade.

4) Use as wide a blade as possible.

5) Use a silicone spray, saw blade lubricant on the blade and table often.

6) Always use a push stick.

7) Most of all do not force the wood into the blade.

Bill Hudson

Band saw blades: Everything still applies to your little saw but in smaller scale. The table must be square to the blade. Sharp saw blades good, tension on the blade, course cutting blade with lots of set should still work. Go very slowly. The blades on these small saws are quite flimsy so they don't rip too well. I don't know what you have in the way of machine equipment facilities there but here in Eugene we have several places we can have saw blades made up. The blade stock comes in large rolls and they cut and weld them to your saw length. I am not sure how wide a blade you saw can handle.

Actually my band saw is nearly as old as I am. Works fine but I have to have the blades cut to length and welded for it as it is an odd length. I can adjust the back blade guide to accept fairly wide blades. My side blade side guides are made from (round) iron wood which I turn on my metal lathe. I soak them in linseed oil for a week and then put them in the holders. Made several of them about ten years ago but have never needed to replace the first ones yet. Not even sure where the spares are any more.

Bill Hudson

Jig Saw: The only "small" jig saw that comes to mind is the one Micro Mark carries. Also Sears now is carrying this same type saw. It runs off of a 12V transformer. I have had one for years and wouldn't trade it for anything.

Fannye

Pacifier Nipples: When I was working in 1" scale I made pacifiers by cutting the smallest eye pins to pacifier length (the eye became a ready-made handle) and then dipped the end into thick Tacky glue. If you sort of hang them to dry glue side down the glue forms a teardrop, or nipple shape. When they've dried they can be painted pacifier nipple color. I always used acrylics but I'll bet glass stain paints would really make them look realistic.

Pam