11-02-2013, 04:08 PM
Hi,
Thanks Gary; I agree it is better to use like with like when it comes to glues but I like to experiment a bit if I think I can get away with it.
I mentioned part of my plan was to add a veneer fan motif to the top panel and I've already made a lot of progress towards achieving this; these motifs are readily available from eBay in assorted sizes but I want to learn how to produce my own from scratch as I think it would be interesting.
An interesting project.
I'm also learning how to use CAD both in 2D and 3D and again I'm making progress because I've managed to draw the fan pattern both as a single and in multiples as shown in the pictures. The multiples are drawn to the required size and once printed off they will be cut out and used as templates. I've also got the silver sand ready in the workshop for use in "sand shading" the fan components. This is another technique I've never previously tried but should be interesting. I added extended cutting lines and a border to aid alignment whilst cutting the veneers.
It's not long ago I had great difficulty using CAD but suddenly I'm settling down and making good progress; I always found CAD to be incredibly difficult to learn; it was the need to accurately divide a circle for gear production which made me join my first Internet forum; it's amazing how one thing leads to another. I've included the large single fan drawing in case anyone else would like to have a go because this picture can be used as a base allowing it to be re-sized as needed. I've changed the pattern of the fan slightly and perhaps I can add one of these to my work rather like The Mouse-man adds a mouse to his furniture.
Single and multiple CAD drawings.
I've left the cabinet alone today to allow it to settle and dry out completely in the hope that it will behave; next job will be bringing it to the finishing stage which I'm looking forward to. All this time and effort might appear over the top for an old radio cabinet but it's not really the finished cabinet that holds interest for me it is the doing and learning involved as I see this cabinet more of a stepping stone to even better projects. I hope it all works out as planned.
Kind regards, Col.
Thanks Gary; I agree it is better to use like with like when it comes to glues but I like to experiment a bit if I think I can get away with it.
I mentioned part of my plan was to add a veneer fan motif to the top panel and I've already made a lot of progress towards achieving this; these motifs are readily available from eBay in assorted sizes but I want to learn how to produce my own from scratch as I think it would be interesting.
An interesting project.
I'm also learning how to use CAD both in 2D and 3D and again I'm making progress because I've managed to draw the fan pattern both as a single and in multiples as shown in the pictures. The multiples are drawn to the required size and once printed off they will be cut out and used as templates. I've also got the silver sand ready in the workshop for use in "sand shading" the fan components. This is another technique I've never previously tried but should be interesting. I added extended cutting lines and a border to aid alignment whilst cutting the veneers.
It's not long ago I had great difficulty using CAD but suddenly I'm settling down and making good progress; I always found CAD to be incredibly difficult to learn; it was the need to accurately divide a circle for gear production which made me join my first Internet forum; it's amazing how one thing leads to another. I've included the large single fan drawing in case anyone else would like to have a go because this picture can be used as a base allowing it to be re-sized as needed. I've changed the pattern of the fan slightly and perhaps I can add one of these to my work rather like The Mouse-man adds a mouse to his furniture.
Single and multiple CAD drawings.
I've left the cabinet alone today to allow it to settle and dry out completely in the hope that it will behave; next job will be bringing it to the finishing stage which I'm looking forward to. All this time and effort might appear over the top for an old radio cabinet but it's not really the finished cabinet that holds interest for me it is the doing and learning involved as I see this cabinet more of a stepping stone to even better projects. I hope it all works out as planned.
Kind regards, Col.
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