Which Static grass applicator?
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I re read the Double0 applicator review in Model Rail and I felt it was a bit non commital "a good number of grasses were left standing up"
Anyone with experience of any units care to comment, I dont want to spend £100 if I dont have to but equally dont want to waste £15 or £30!
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Handheld-Bug-Zapper-Electronic-Wasp-Fly-Swatter-Electric-Insect-Mosquito-Killer-/310666678061?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Garden_Plants_Weed_Pest_Control_CV&hash=item48552d4f2d
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-PACK-KITCHEN-STRAINERS-BAKING-COOKING-SIEVES-TEA-BRAND-NEW-IN-PACKETS-/370952191057?pt=UK_Kitchen_Accessories&hash=item565e793c51
There are loads of videos on you-tube on making them.
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This cost less than $30.00 Au to make and it works a treat. The negative ion generators can be purchased from Oatley Electronics , see here ; http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/OATLEY-ELECTRONICS-IONB2-GRASSINTOR-HIGH-VOLTAGE-MODULE-/121226593244?pt=AU_Toys_Hobbies_Model_Railways&hash=item1c39ab03dc#ht_1315wt_1133
The red wire in the foreground is the earth wire. A small nail has been soldered to it to fix it into baseboard/PVA. The negative ion generator sits inside the 50mm tube and the grass fills into the larger hopper that the red wire leads into. If you would like further instructions, please PM me.
Cheers, Gary.
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This seems to have gone thru to the keeper.I've tried making one, Dave. I've reverted to the old system of PVA glue and a vacuum cleaner. It works for me. :thumbs
Maybe many think it is a joke.
Believe me (and Max) it does work.
Paint the area to be grassed with PVA (white glue), spinkle area wit glue, hold vacuum nozzle aprox 2" ( 25 mm) from suface and you will find the grass fiber will stand up nicely.
NO, it does not get sucked up..
Cheers
Ian
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That static grass applicator looks the business. Some idiot proof instructions would be good ;-)
No rush as I'm miles away from scenics yet but good for the reference archive.
I don't like the grass to grow under my feet.
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Sorry to be picky, but 25 mm is equal to 1 inch!MaxSouthOz wrote:This seems to have gone thru to the keeper.I've tried making one, Dave. I've reverted to the old system of PVA glue and a vacuum cleaner. It works for me. :thumbs
Maybe many think it is a joke.
Believe me (and Max) it does work.
Paint the area to be grassed with PVA (white glue), spinkle area wit glue, hold vacuum nozzle aprox 2" ( 25 mm) from suface and you will find the grass fiber will stand up nicely.
NO, it does not get sucked up..
Cheers
Ian
So is it 2" ( 50 mm ), or 1" ( 25 mm ) ?
I made a tea strainer type, it works okay on the test areas, but don't try and do too big an area at once.
I have heard that the puffer bottle type can produce results that are just as good, with practice.
Cheers Jeff
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In the meantime the tea-strainer will have to do. 3 volts is more than adequate by the way, - even more so if you remove one of the resistors from the circuit board in the fly-swatter.
Theres a good tutorial on the web - just google static grass applicator or similar…
Shaun.
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Anyway, I could never get on with it and all I ever ended up with was flat grass, something that I was quite capable of doing myself without the help of an expensive high tech gizzmo.
So, if any one wants it, it's yours for 30 quid, just PM me to arrange transaction.
Cheers.
Allan.
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Great info, thanks all. Which resistor needs to be removed, is it fairly obvious?
Hi Dave.
I didn't bother to remove it on mine, as it works well enough, but I think it was this one shown below. You had to replace it with a wire link:
(All it does is to keep the final voltage down a bit)
Results using my fly-swatter:
The swatter itself is designed for 3 volts - so I use a couple of rechargeable AAs.
HTH,
Shaun.
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I assume the red goes to the tea strainer and the black to the croc clip, or does it make no odds?
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Do try not to touch the ground with the tea strainer though - you get a big fat spark and a loud crack!
Best of luck with it.
Shaun.
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Sorry, I had a seniors moment and my fingers did not obey command from brain.Iansa wrote:Sorry to be picky, but 25 mm is equal to 1 inch!MaxSouthOz wrote:This seems to have gone thru to the keeper.I've tried making one, Dave. I've reverted to the old system of PVA glue and a vacuum cleaner. It works for me. :thumbs
Maybe many think it is a joke.
Believe me (and Max) it does work.
Paint the area to be grassed with PVA (white glue), spinkle area wit glue, hold vacuum nozzle aprox 2" ( 25 mm) from suface and you will find the grass fiber will stand up nicely.
NO, it does not get sucked up..
Cheers
Ian
So is it 2" ( 50 mm ), or 1" ( 25 mm ) ?
I made a tea strainer type, it works okay on the test areas, but don't try and do too big an area at once.
I have heard that the puffer bottle type can produce results that are just as good, with practice.
Cheers Jeff
It is 2" and correct metric conversion is 50.8 mm. (25.4 mm= 1")
All the best for Xmas and new yr to all.
Ian
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Now you can buy them from Bunnings.
I got one for Christmas last year. Do you think HM Customs will send me a written apology to balance the threatening letter I got?
My letter said that I was importing a device which is calculated to inflict cruelty on animals (presumably flies).
Idiots are everywhere.
Max
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I was born and bred on 150 Sq mile pastoral property in NTH east Sth Australia and worked in the pastoral indutry in the Ausy bush a lot of my early life and can never remember seeing anybody wearing hat with dangling corks.I didn't realize that flies were a protected species in Australia. Presumably, you also have to have a license to wear one of those hats with corks dangling, just in case any flies are injured.
Terry
The corks were more annoying than the dam flies which there was always plenty plenty of them.
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Ian
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