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| mattinker:
I had a surprise when I opened John's thread, I've been working on the same thing! I'm not making a film of it though. I bought the book, I could have made from the photos, but it's a good reason to buy a good book. Like John, I've made most of my patterns in MDF, but the dust is really bad, so this is pine that I have lots of from my TV set building work. I didn't have anything round, but that's what we have lathes for! I planed down the two sides of the base to give it draught. glued together, with grubby finger marks in the glue! I didn't have any 8mm dowel, so I drilled a hole in a piece of scrap and drove a piece of pine through with a malet, thus making five times more dowel than I needed! A piece of broom handle to make the split cotter boss. Cutting the pattern in half with the band saw, I had to use two blocks to keep it vertical. You can't see it, but the draught on the bottom made it really unstable. Body filler fillets and hole filling. Pine requires much more finishing, but I'm not ill as I would have been with MDF! I won't be casting until the heat wave is over! |
| doubleboost:
Looking fine You must be in to wood as you have one of those wooden hammers Be interesting to see how we do things John |
| mattinker:
John, I'm a fan of your videos! I'm looking forward to seeing your way of doing the same thing as me! I have always worked in metal, it's just I'm a tool junky, I earn my living partly in wood, so I have the tools. By the way, I was a vehicle fitter for ten years! Regards, Matthew |
| vtsteam:
Great to have two people working on the same project! I enjoy pattern making so it's good to see you both making them. I also sent for Sparey's book after Rob Wilson recommended it so highly -- but mine is taking quite long to get here. I'll be watching and enjoying your thread! :thumbup: :clap: |
| Mayhem:
Nice work Matthew - I'm looking forward to seeing this progress. I'm watching John's progress as well but over on the MWF site. --- Quote from: doubleboost on July 23, 2013, 03:52:01 PM ---...You must be in to wood as you have one of those wooden hammers... --- End quote --- So that is the defining feature? :lol: |
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