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| S. Heslop:
That's fantastic! The fact you actually use them to build other stuff makes them even cooler. |
| Meldonmech:
Hi Ralph A great video, nice to hear you describing your collection. I and a lot of people I am sure would be interested in seeing how you investment cast your planes, and what materials you use in the process. May be you could make a little video. Well Done Cheers David |
| flyingtractors1:
Thanks Gents. David, at the bottom of page 1 is a sketch outlining the casting process, and the last 1/2 of page 4 illustrates the mold and wax pattern making process. They don't quite show the actual casting in process. Although I don't do castings all that often because the setup involves a number of complex procedures, next time I will do a pictoral documentation. Yes, S. Heslop. The original reason that I built the first tiny plane is that I needed to accurately "plane" down some small components that I was building for a model airplane. And what do ya know? . . . I dont fly much any more, but am still building miniature tools and use them for other small jobs. Well John, I don'y know how many hours I've invested nor what else I could have done with that time, but it's been a lifetime of either insane or sanity preserving endeavors - as hobbies (and obsessions) go. It typically takes 40 to 60+ hours to build a piece, and I've built close to 100 pieces. I don't even know where they all are. Many have been gifted to special people, and some just turn up here and there in unexpected places - nooks and crannies and niches where they have been stashed. The joy that I've had building and using (and showing) these little gems surely has been worth it all. So I just keep doing it - now almost entirely for sanity sake. It is my therapy. Ralph |
| tom osselton:
That is quite the difference I've seen your toolbox but had no idea you had all these others well done! I wonder what the guiness book has for the handmade minature plane colection. |
| flyingtractors1:
Thanks Tom. Yeah, the collection has grown beyond my tool board. Now I may need to build a tool chest to contain some. I don't know that / whether Guiness keeps records of such things, but I'm sure that no one has created, for example, a 1/4 scale of a functional #4 plane (this may be the world's smallest) or of an actual 1/4 scale model of a legitimately dovetailed infill plane and some others. I have seen none nor heard of any. I'd love to see them if they exist, or maybe not - cause then I'd have to build a 1/5 scale.? Maybe we should research Guiness. Ralph and |
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