08-29-2010, 04:58 PM
Appreciate your comments... 
The dies came in yesterday's mail...So I got my butt movin'...
I did a couple of trials using "standard" and heavy duty foil, and settled on the HD. The standard seemed just a bit flimsy. While testing the foils I quickly realized that making the "sheets" by hand was gonna be some kind'a chore. So I started dreaming up a quick(er), more reliable way of making the sheeting. The ol' lightbulb lit up when I saw my vice - which I turned into a "press"...Here's a couple of views of my "hydraulic" press....
![[Image: DSCF2625.jpg]](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/titocast/LOMETA/DSCF2625.jpg)
![[Image: DSCF2629.jpg]](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/titocast/LOMETA/DSCF2629.jpg)
I just glued the dies to the jaws of the vice, making sure they were mated properly...and PRESTO..!! The first of 50+ sheets rolled off the line...
![[Image: DSCF2630.jpg]](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/titocast/LOMETA/DSCF2630.jpg)
Then came the chore of cutting the blanks to be fed into the cruncher....I use a piece 0f 1/4" safety glass as a cutting "board" to make sure I get nice clean cuts - no raggedy edges here....
![[Image: DSCF2632.jpg]](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/titocast/LOMETA/DSCF2632.jpg)
And after a couple of hours' work, I got 50+ corrugated metal pieces ready to be fitted to the roof..!!
![[Image: DSCF2633.jpg]](http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/titocast/LOMETA/DSCF2633.jpg)
That'll be the subject of the next installment. That "triangular" piece of balsa seen in a couple of the pics is my version of a "feasibility study", to see how they were to be glued and painted....Just used yellow carpenters glue, and acrylics for painting & weathering....
BTW...When is the contest deadline..?? :oops:
The dies came in yesterday's mail...So I got my butt movin'...
I did a couple of trials using "standard" and heavy duty foil, and settled on the HD. The standard seemed just a bit flimsy. While testing the foils I quickly realized that making the "sheets" by hand was gonna be some kind'a chore. So I started dreaming up a quick(er), more reliable way of making the sheeting. The ol' lightbulb lit up when I saw my vice - which I turned into a "press"...Here's a couple of views of my "hydraulic" press....
I just glued the dies to the jaws of the vice, making sure they were mated properly...and PRESTO..!! The first of 50+ sheets rolled off the line...
Then came the chore of cutting the blanks to be fed into the cruncher....I use a piece 0f 1/4" safety glass as a cutting "board" to make sure I get nice clean cuts - no raggedy edges here....
And after a couple of hours' work, I got 50+ corrugated metal pieces ready to be fitted to the roof..!!
That'll be the subject of the next installment. That "triangular" piece of balsa seen in a couple of the pics is my version of a "feasibility study", to see how they were to be glued and painted....Just used yellow carpenters glue, and acrylics for painting & weathering....
BTW...When is the contest deadline..?? :oops:
Gus (LC&P).