today's work

[DrSchmidt]

Parting plane....making a mold?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Parting plane....making a mold?

Herr Doktor.

Yup. As I dared not physically split the hull master longitudinally, I elected to form the tool parting plane by embedding the master, about half way, into a depression cut on the moldboard to receive it.

That process demonstrated here, during creation of the glove-mother mold tool used to produce our 1/96 Type-212's, and other tools:

[DrSchmidt]

Doing the same on my side of the pond....

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Doing the same on my side of the pond....

You and I, Doctor, are in near perfect synchronization with our respective tool making. Much like that moment when Colossus-Guardian matched up with a computer language no one else could possibly understand.

(If anyone gets the reference, YOU ARE OLD!).

David

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[ffr2608]

Dave,
That hull is going to be a blast in the water. Can’t wait to see it.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Dave,
That hull is going to be a blast in the water. Can’t wait to see it.

Two stupid small brushed motors in the wet, direct drive to the screws. KISS!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[rwtdiver]

WOW David,

When I come back from the depths of hell for my second life, I am going to build a nice shop and learn how to build submarines using all your methods...:-))

Rob
"Firemen can stand the heat."

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

WOW David,

When I come back from the depths of hell for my second life, I am going to build a nice shop and learn how to build submarines using all your methods...:-))

Rob
"Firemen can stand the heat."

I still have the Sulphur stink in my hair from my last tour down there. Careful what you ask for, Rob.

David

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[Subculture]

Are you building the rubber up in layers and/or added any thickening additives?