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Old 10-20-2019, 10:08 AM
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Cylinders

How have people handled the making of cylinders Especially the small ones Such as one where the paper is like 1/16th of an inch wide Thinking of buying some dowels to be used as forms. As any one tried making the very small ones out of wood and then either painting the wood. Or covering it with the paper.
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Old 10-20-2019, 10:23 AM
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I'm assuming (yes I know) that the 1/16" is the diameter of the finished cylinder. For these I just progressively roll them smaller. I have yarn needle that I would start the roll with then I move down progressively through needles and straight pins. On cylinders this small I always edge glue. 1/16th can be made using 64 lb. card stock but it they get much smaller I would use a heavy paper (28 to 24 lb.

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Old 10-20-2019, 11:09 AM
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thanks very much for the fast and great response.The 1/16th is the width of the paper that needs to be rolled.
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Old 10-20-2019, 11:14 AM
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I have painted dowels many times ...the problem is getting the right colour to match the paper parts.

I don't like rolling narrow tubes, or any size tube for that matter!
What I usually try to do is "wrap" a dowel.

Print the part on lighter/thinner paper...
or if the part is already printed on thicker paper, you can separate the layers of the paper to make a thinner part.

And then, wrap the part around a suitably sized dowel.
I will sand a dowel to get it to a specific diameter and make it smoother.

1/16 diameter is almost 3mm.
A standard round toothpick is roughly 2mm.
The paper layer will add up to .5mm to the diameter.

I have thinner toothpicks as well (1.4mm)
Long Swab Sticks usually have a 2mm stick.

Craft dowels come in various sizes...smallest I have is 2.9mm.

Not sure if that answers your question?
You said "where the paper is like 1/16th of an inch wide"

If you are talking about 1/16" thick paper...that is cardboard.
And cannot be rolled.
It must be scored to be rolled...but it can be curved.
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Thanks for all the super fast responses! A super plus about this website
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Old 10-20-2019, 12:15 PM
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Thanks for all the fast responses A super plus about this site Measured it. the piece that needs to be rolled is 1/16th wide x 1/8 long (Looks like trying to edit it. it got messed up)
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... the piece that needs to be rolled is 1/16th wide x 1/8 long...
So, once rolled it will be 1/64th in diameter. Pretty tight.
Probably a good idea is to use a pin instead. Or a Hypodermic needle.
Rolling that tight is not impossible, but requires some good pulse, patience and a couple of tricks.
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Try some very small diameter drill bits or some sewing needles for a rolling form, but watch out for the pointy end.

Or maybe something like 19 guage wire for the rolling form.
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Old 10-20-2019, 02:34 PM
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And for larger cylinders, knitting needles come in a lot of different sizes.
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Thanks every one it is for the windlass on the JSC Fritz. Figure 2 Numbers 29 and 32
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