09-01-2009, 05:32 AM
Nicely detailed roofs Wayne, they look great.
Im making a couple transformers today. I had tries to make transformers like the ones epaw made, but had trouble drilling the holes for the cooling pipes evenly. I had wrapped strips of masking tape around the body of the xformer, cuting to proper length, then removed it, laying it flat, and marked even spaing for eight pipes. I then reapplied the tpe to the cyclinder, and used the marks to drill. When I installed the wire for the pipes, I was not happy, they were not evenly spaced! So I decided to make more modern xformers (hey, I've already mentioned I take the easy way out!) There are just square tube with .010 tops and .020 x .060 strip cut to length for cooling fins. They will be painted green. Here is a pic with one assembled, and the other sitting there with its fins cut and ready. I used a chopper to cut to length, and slipped each piece under that rule taped down at 45 degrees. Quick and easy!
Im making a couple transformers today. I had tries to make transformers like the ones epaw made, but had trouble drilling the holes for the cooling pipes evenly. I had wrapped strips of masking tape around the body of the xformer, cuting to proper length, then removed it, laying it flat, and marked even spaing for eight pipes. I then reapplied the tpe to the cyclinder, and used the marks to drill. When I installed the wire for the pipes, I was not happy, they were not evenly spaced! So I decided to make more modern xformers (hey, I've already mentioned I take the easy way out!) There are just square tube with .010 tops and .020 x .060 strip cut to length for cooling fins. They will be painted green. Here is a pic with one assembled, and the other sitting there with its fins cut and ready. I used a chopper to cut to length, and slipped each piece under that rule taped down at 45 degrees. Quick and easy!