Thread: Stage Coach 1848

both of the doors are now almost finished. just need to varnish them and then add the inside leather cushions

one cabin i need to glue 4 2x2 wood strips that i need to bend to the shape of the cabin . not easy and i have broken 2 strips already. hoping i have enough to finish it

Adrieke, you have the patients of Job with this build....Well done, keep up the good progress.....Cheers, crowie

Looking Good there what is the stain? i like the look...
Gary....

Hi Adrieke soke your strips in water for a time tell there wet all the way thue then what i di is take a block of wood that's 2'' wide and say 6'' long put it on it's side and runn it thru your band saw with the curve you need then put your strips in between and just put in your vice or clamps and mash it togather and let it dry and there you go a curve i hope this helps ...
Gary....

First time I have come across this thread. Stage Coach builders are a world apart from the rest of us.

Great work.

Greg

Hi Adrieke, this is some of the jigs i use to bend wood this may help just soke your wood then clamp it down tight tell it drys ....
Gary.....

this one i use to get the curve on the bottom and the ends of the coach hope this helps...
Gary...

Adriaan,

Glad to see you back at the stagecoach! I take a week off and all kinds of things crop up....

The paddle wheel looks great on your other project as well...but I'll comment there...

Cheers,

Jim

thanks Gary . no stain was used for this . the wood use is walnut and sapelli. I bend my strips by soaking them in water and then put a hot soldering iron together with a piece of wood that has a nice curve to it. I was just impatient and wanted to rush things when I broke the strips.

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thanks for the comment greg

thanks Jim. I haven't done much just started repairing the broken wheel . the kom will hold my attention for awhile still . btw what's the trick in starting a new line in the editor as enter doesn't seem to work

Originally Posted by Adrieke

thanks Jim. I haven't done much just started repairing the broken wheel . the kom will hold my attention for awhile still . btw what's the trick in starting a new line in the editor as enter doesn't seem to work

Adriaan,

The enter key works for me on my PC (windows vista) (firefox browser) and the return key works on the I-Pad.

Not sure that helps.....you are the techie....

Cheers,

Jim

Adrieke have been watching with interest. What a great build

Originally Posted by Adrieke

btw what's the trick in starting a new line in the editor as enter doesn't seem to work

I think Bret, (bj383ss), was having the same problem with the latest IE. I'm not sure if he found a work-around, but it never hurts to ask.

You could maybe try hitting the <Enter> key at the beginning of the last line you typed to move it down one line, then select it and drag it up a line. That might leave a new line at the bottom.

Adrieke my solution is using Firefox to browse this forum or you could use google chrome. Kinda of irritating but for some reason IE just wouldn't work and I have version 10 with the latest updates.

Bret