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One additional tip: Besides using a pin and maybe peeling off a layer of material to make the part thinner, slightly moisten the back of the part before rolling it. I use a watercolor brush dipped in tap water and and wiped off on a piece of tissue paper once before "painting" the back side of the part. The key word is "moist" (not wet).
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Some of our Czech friends use alcohol, as it doesn't affect the print, be it inkjet or offset
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Thanks this website should does respond fast and with many responses
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I'm with Philip, for larger cylinders, I commandeer Marji's stash of knitting needles... I've never tried moistening the back of the part, excellent tip, I'll be trying that later today..
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It is very good to use bamboo sticks for teeth or for shashlik. Bamboo very good to process on lathe machine. Which can be changed on mini electric grinder machine like Dremel.
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I'm all for substituting thin paper tubes with dowel or toothpicks etc as I usually paint my models but on a recent build I persisted and learnt to roll very small and thin tubes with paper, you can start them off with a form, as mentioned above, I was using thin gauge brass rods, but for really thin stuff sometimes you can just start with a former then finish it off between your fingers with the form removed. Hope that makes sense.
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Another thought for those that haven't considered it, lollipop sticks. This paper does come rather thin and tightly wrapped. I get my supply from the craft store in 15cm lengths and unwrap for a solid pole of diameters as small as 2mm. I then use the unwrapped paper to create tubes by wrapping around dowels, pins, etc. Trimming to length is easy enough, especially when supported internally.
Hope that helps further.
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Glad my post was helpful to several
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I just tried that technique of moistening the back of the part, it was WAY easier than trying to roll it dry, I used a damp Q-tip, will now continue to do so, thanks for the tip!
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