When working on plastic models of any sort I have been using Faller's plastic cement called Expert. Nasty stuff as far as smell goes and not very healthy either. Is there a safe plastic cement?

I can use a fan and blow it all over the house, it's a small house so my wife will really not appreciate it.

So the question is how do the rest of you handle dealing with the fumes? I'm thinking air filter, but what kind? Room size is about 11ft square.

Thanks, Jack

Good day, all - I have been experimenting with a wireless method of supplying power to a rotating object. Things like illuminated, rotating signs, turntables, and other kinetic devices sometimes need power. Traditionally we use slip rings and brushes or similar contacts.
These can be troublesome and hard to maintain.

I have come up with a way to use the circuitry that is employed to wirelessly charge a cell phone to supply several watts of DC power to a rotating device.

I have posted details (including a video) here:

MODERATOR NOTE: On the December MRH Arduino article comment thread, there was a discussion point made about the "true" cost of the hobby being how much your time is worth - the Arduino might be cheap hardware, but if you spend a ton of time trying to figure out how to program it, time is money, too. So to keep from derailing what was a how-to thread with hobby philosophical discussions, we've moved the most relevant parts of the philosophical discussion here.

I recently sent a parcel from the UK weighing 4 kilos (9 pounds) to a friend in the USA for $32.00. It went by UPS and got there in 2 days. This week, I bought three kits and a scale lorry from GCLaser and the shipping was $22.50, which I didn't think was that bad. 

I have just checked on the JL Innovative site for a small kit "East Junction Yard Office" and the postage is $10.00!