tel
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During my recent cruising around the net I came across this site which has a wealth of potential models just waiting to be made. I was particularly taken by the very top one, a double cylinder horizontal oscillator.
Been thinking about it for a few days, and I reckoned that the only really tricky bit would be getting the base done. If I can do that without making a complete dog's breakfast of it, then the rest should flow along fairly easily. Thought about, and discarded, notions of casting it, or hogging it out of the solid (life's too short) so we are back to fabrication. A suitable bit of sheet was unearthed from the ju.. reserve supplies, and a stasrt made today. Of course, true to the nature of these things, at this point I ran out of acetylene, so it has ground to a halt until I can lay some more in.
I'll insert the usual disclaimer here - this will be a 'sort of' model of the full size thing, as I"m working from this one photo and much of it will have to be eyballed and guestimated.
Let the fun begin.
Been thinking about it for a few days, and I reckoned that the only really tricky bit would be getting the base done. If I can do that without making a complete dog's breakfast of it, then the rest should flow along fairly easily. Thought about, and discarded, notions of casting it, or hogging it out of the solid (life's too short) so we are back to fabrication. A suitable bit of sheet was unearthed from the ju.. reserve supplies, and a stasrt made today. Of course, true to the nature of these things, at this point I ran out of acetylene, so it has ground to a halt until I can lay some more in.
I'll insert the usual disclaimer here - this will be a 'sort of' model of the full size thing, as I"m working from this one photo and much of it will have to be eyballed and guestimated.
Let the fun begin.