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Jae-seung Roe wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 15, 2022 2:35 pm

Great hand made Zimmerit tool kit! Did you even make the pattern as well?

Hi Jae-seung Roe

I had a good look at the zimmerit tools Bob lent me and the number of teeth per inch and depth of the Zimmerit/teeth has been documented elsewhere on the forum. The biggest problem was finding a file thin enough and with the correct angle to avoid rounding off the troughs between the teeth. Also make sure the teeth/depths are slightly different so the zimmerit pattern is not perfect.
If you go to my build on the link below you can see how I made them.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8881&start=135

Regards
Gary

I made my own Zim tool out of brass and plastic.



This is how I figured out the number of teeth.
I measured the side hull at this area and enlarged this picture to 1/6 scale.



In the post on my Tiger Per Sonnervik noted the lines on the front plate in the Zimmerit, here you can see them really well.

Thank's for letting me know this Mike K.