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Hello from a Loosenut behind the wheel
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Agree, especially since I can't spell cad and usually spell cnc backwards. lol
Patience and skill, again beautiful work.
Ouch!
skippyelwell
Ultra Member
Wow, if I hadn't known they are photos of miniatures, I would have thought they were full sized.
historicalarms
Ultra Member
Damn, thats a lotta good work for something that doesnt go "bang"
historicalarms
Ultra Member
Im on my 4 th trip thru those photos and my admiration for your workmanship just grows every trip.
The attention to detail is superb, from the elevating mechanism to the opening-closing slides & handle on that Krupp style breech block.
I have built a "interrupted thread" breech system also but it is simplistic in design compared to yours
Fine-Fine work sir!!
The attention to detail is superb, from the elevating mechanism to the opening-closing slides & handle on that Krupp style breech block.
I have built a "interrupted thread" breech system also but it is simplistic in design compared to yours
Fine-Fine work sir!!
Loosenut
Member
If it does go bang then the men from the house of many doors show up and drag you away for a few years.
Not quite yet....
Loosenut
Member
JAIL!
you just need to find better places to let things go "bang"....
Tom O
Ultra Member
I wouldn’t know I’d have to cross reference with my Brother in law ( OCD & probably fetal alcohol…. Or maybe he just likes picking out curtains with Bubba. Currently sporting the gps watch they wear on the ankle.
Tobho Mott
Ultra Member
Super cool projects! Welcome from near Ottawa. Love to see some pics of your patterns and any coreboxes etc.
My two 3D printers have each earned their keep by pooping out usable foundry patterns, but I don't like to admit it.
As a molder, wooden patterns are so much nicer to work with!
It takes time to find good deals on all the used woodworking machines one "needs" though, and even then you still have to make room for them and learn how to get good at using them. That also takes time. Meanwhile a printer can mostly cover the same bases, and almost as well.
At the cost of about half my sanity, trying to get draft and fillets to work, etc., these infernal machines have somehow earned their place.
Jeff
My two 3D printers have each earned their keep by pooping out usable foundry patterns, but I don't like to admit it.
As a molder, wooden patterns are so much nicer to work with!
It takes time to find good deals on all the used woodworking machines one "needs" though, and even then you still have to make room for them and learn how to get good at using them. That also takes time. Meanwhile a printer can mostly cover the same bases, and almost as well.
At the cost of about half my sanity, trying to get draft and fillets to work, etc., these infernal machines have somehow earned their place.
Jeff