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19th December 2016, 05:13 AM #76
The owl and the dolphin have come out really well mate!.
Great stuff.
Cheers
Trev.
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19th December 2016, 08:16 PM #77Senior Member
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Thanks Trev.
I fixed the face in place today, I ended up having to fix a counterweight to the mechanism to stop the beak resting in the up position. I thought about just using a friction disc but I want it as reliable as possible and if there's friction there's wear.
I'll hopefully paint over the caulk around the face tomorrow, I'm pretty happy with how it's looking.
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21st December 2016, 11:35 PM #78Senior Member
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Third dolphin is almost done, for some reason I have put the bottom fins a bit far back which is annoying, I'll have to dig up the drawing I use. I just used one outline and scaled it for each but it seems dolphins don't grow that way and I realised this after looking at a pic of an adult dolphin, whoops!
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Only had around an hour messing around with the back end today so it's still pretty rough.
There are three 3mm dowels running through the tail so I had to get the position spot on so I didn't expose them when trimming the tail down.
I'll finish it and the plane on Friday.
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23rd December 2016, 01:47 PM #79Senior Member
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Just in time, hopefully the recipient is happy with them.
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24th December 2016, 11:08 PM #81Senior Member
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Didn't quite finish the plane, the finish is a bit rough and there is no rear landing gear but it still looks acceptable. Everyone that has seen the owl seems to be impressed, getting pretty sick of office workers telling me I should set up a stall, it takes ages to make this stuff, ages=dollars!
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27th December 2016, 09:25 PM #82Senior Member
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My nephew seemed to enjoy the $5 I put in the plane more than the plane itself, I gave my niece a bunch of limited run coins so I thought I better give my nephew some money too.
Slightly better shot of the plane, lots of veneer as always.
The second tail actually came up pretty good, using a spiral saw instead of a Dremel takes some effort though.
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7th January 2017, 11:55 PM #83Senior Member
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Seems I will be making a toy for myself, going to make a soundbar but a bit bigger than normal as it will house a subwoofer.
I don't have any way to cut square so I think I am going to have to give a cut list to Mr Ply & Wood and then make a dress piece for the front.
Speakers and power is all sorted but I haven't ordered a volume control yet, I'll do that soon.
I'm not sure how to finish the box, I've never used veneer as God intended so that may be a bit of fun it would however have to be ebonised or a mahonany sort of colour to blend in. I like lighter timber on speakers but not if I have to live with them, they shouldn't stand out, in my opinion anyway.
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12th January 2017, 06:34 PM #84Senior Member
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Had a bit of an experiment today and it came up quite nice for a roughly done job, I will do the same at the other end then try to get them identical.
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13th January 2017, 06:01 PM #85Senior Member
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A cabinet maker I Am not, this is tricky.
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5th February 2017, 12:27 PM #86Senior Member
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My nephew spotted the 2CV a little while ago and said his birthday is coming up and that he wants it for his birthday.
Quick test to see how wax comes up, looks much better than Shellac, just a single coat before gluing.
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8th February 2017, 01:21 PM #87Senior Member
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Done and done.
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Nice
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Keith
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22nd February 2017, 10:11 AM #89Senior Member
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Thanks Keith, sadly it cracked a wheel arch on the first night. It did a jump and landed on a table, hahaha!
I wasn't concerned as I told him it was just a "for the time being" toy as I have started making a rocket with a three colour flashing LED flame, it will be done in a few days. It has 15 LEDs and will recharge from a launching station of sorts.
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