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I really like your mock up. I'm almost thinking that you wouldn't need the tapered effect around the edges and possibly continuing the rounded edges on the left and right sides as well. Just an overall flat thickness with the recessed lines and text. That "m" is a bugger. I've been staring...

Presume the budget for this project is $20 plus materials on hand. Could you carve/sand/finish it out of a piece of blue or pink insulation foam? You'd have to really finesse it to get it presentable, but it might get your idea across. Is this a picture of the font you're talking about? http://your...

Agreed, pics would be good. :wink: For styrene to wood, I'd use contact cement. Roll or spray both mating sides, let dry and stick 'em together. Once you place them together though, they're >stucktogether<. Could you make a male buck pattern and vac-form Sintra board for the main body of the signs? ...

A feat of engineering and a work of art all rolled into one. I have to image someone at PIXAR has your thread bookmarked in their favorites folder.

I finally did get yuku to work for me, thank goodness. Your Bessie build was worth the effort!

ShopBot Desktop is going to be coming out with interchangable options to go along with the 3D digitizing probe. Coming soon: we'll have add-ons such as a Laser Cutter and 3D Printing (plasma extrusion) tools -- all of which will make your investment in the ShopBot Desktop even more valuable. http://...

That's not a Major score, that a 5 Star General score!

I've made female vacmolds from hydrocal or ultracal. They're much stronger than regular plaster. I've got one here that is a shallow cone shape, but my photo program is being uncooperative at the moment or I'd upload a pic of the set up. I'll try to put some up later. I'll describe it for you. You n...

Where are you located?

Check the major manufaturers' webites and see if they have any dealers in your area.

Not sure if this would work for what you need, but I've been drooling over a Veritas Beam Compass like the one show on this page (8th item down): http://www.classichandtools.com/acatalog/Veritas-Layout-Tools.html I really needed one of these for a project I was working on, but had to make do with a ...

Chris, poke around this website:
http://www.fibreglast.com/

http://www.fibreglast.com/category/Learning_Center

Michael's and maybe A.C. Moore sell a small two-part RTV putty kit. It's in the sculpting section. about $20.00 but, if you have the 40% or 50% off coupon---even better!



Dennis

I remember you posting progress pics on this way back when.

Actually, I was just wondering whatever happened to it about a week or so ago.

Despite the "flaws" you mentioned, it's a wonderful example of scratchbuilding. I love seeing builds documented so thoroughly.

We have a recumbant exercise bike that had super cheap bearings that would get destroyed with even the slightest amount of use. I replaced them a few times before I finally had enough of the B.S. and turned a pair of solid Delrin "bearings" that fit the whole profile of the original junk b...

Are you sure it's electrical? I ground down the back of the gearbox and the back of the motor. Not all the way through, but enough that the plastic is slightly translucent. If you weakened the motor/gearbox housing, it could be that the gears/shafts are now jacked out of alignment due to the thinner...

John Bear Ross has a cool little CNC set up you might be interested in viewing, also with machinable wax to boot!

http://www.johnbearross.com/prototyper.html




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Replaceable cutting mat for cleaner cuts

We used our a lot so it wore out quicker than would probably be normal.

We'd patch the groove with bondo, but that got to be p.i.t.a. over and over, so that's why we made the new base.

scratchy wrote: I have one, I have mixed feelings about it. Yes, it does make nice thin pieces of styrene.... even used it for my scratch star destroyer. However, I now have to replace the fiber board that it's mounted to. In time and with use, the razor blade will chop a nice deep rut into the boa...

I can't get the yuku thing to work for me. Do you have pics posted anywhere else? I remember when you had the first thread about Bessie and I wanted to show my daughter your project because she LOVES Cars. Have you thought about writing an article on scratchbuilding Bessie for one of the hobby magaz...

http://scihighmodels.com/howto_shrink.html

Bookmarks are your friend!


Alex Dumas has it all worked out.







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You know, I'm secure enough in my manliness to say that your Sulaco build makes me feel all warm and tingly inside, like a fuzzy little kitten cuddled up next to the fireplace on a cold winter day.






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Yes, that's the one!

A great sense of humor and some mad modelling skillz, a great combination! Keep up the good work!




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Sculpting ! :twisted: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll104/franckmathieu15/HPIM2283.jpg Great! :8) :D :8) Your angle of attack is a little steep for that type of chisel, but to each his own. :D That reminds me of Lasse's Death Star picture. Anyone have a link to that? It's on my old hard drive ...

I got drool all over my keyboard.


That is looking sweeeeeet!






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Is that Mr. Bigglesworth?





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Depending on the application and how difficult it might be, you could rubber band it in place, hit it with a heat gun to get it to conform to the pattern to retain the shape and use contact cement (maybe water based if the styrene is really thin). Just a thought. Probably too much effort required th...

Cylon Raider.

Nice design.




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I hate it when my band saw starts buffering right in the middle of a cut. It leaves nasty burns and cut marks on the video.

Wait a minute....I think I got some of that mixed up.


There's nothing quite like sound of power tools cutting through stuff!





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Well, they had what you were asking for before you changed what you were looking for.


Kylwell has a good suggestion. You could ask if someone here has a length of 1/2" x 1" x 8" acrylic.


Or you cuold laminate several strips of styrene if it has to be that material.




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http://www.mcmaster.com/#plastics/=4qptam

This will get you started. I tried to link directly to the page you need, but evidently, only it goes to the main subsection.




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