Dr. Zooch SLS Build Part 22 LAS Nozzles

The small LAS nozzles are actually cut from the back end of fancy toothpicks.
These are small, and could be easily lost. Keep them in the bag!

I've already dipped them twice in varnish, wiped off the excess and sanded to surface.
It's a good idea to seal these nozzle pieces, they will look rough if just sprayed with white. You could spray them with primer and sand, but I prefer using clear varnish to seal and sand them before gluing to the model.

TIP: I used a four sided fingernail shaping file from the beauty supply store.
These are padded sanding sticks with four different grits from about 220 to 400 grit.
I'm sure they are a lot cheaper than the hobby store "boutique" sanding sticks. For something like these small nozzles, the padding under the sanding surface works very well.


They were cut to size after sealing.
These are small, for easier handling keep them long until you are ready to glue in place.

Pencil lines were drawn for a angle cutting guide. I wanted all four nozzles to come off the LAS dowel at the same angle.




All four nozzles were set on masking tape, sticky side up.
This was for two reasons -
You won't want to lose them,
You can check them side by side to make sure they were all the same length and angle of the cuts.