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[ColinB]

The Nordkap kit calls for the bending of brass rods into rungs for the cat ladder (see attached). Can someone recommend a cunning trick how you would get them identical as 14 need to be made.
I had the idea of using heavy duty staples instead as by luck they are the same size and general shape.

[Circlip]

You need t make a simple jig.


  Regards Ian.

[T888]

Colin,




I use these


https://www.emodels.co.uk//trumpeter-handrail-jigs-6-sizes-09921.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_8zMzrCx_wIVD8jtCh0GoAanEAQYASABEgJ_9PD_BwE

[ColinB]

Thanks Dave, I started the boat back in the 1980s so things have changed. The speed and direction controls I fitted are Heath Robinson stuff, particularly as components were hard to find in South Africa back then where I was living at the time.


Cheers


Colin

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

I used a needle nose pliers, and stuck the brass rod into the pliers at
the same point for each bend like a depth gauge. 

[ColinB]

Cheers mate