today's work

[Ken_NJ]

Gotcha. I misread, misunderstood the order of posts. Thanks!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I can't share? I'm promoting and encouraging people they can do this.

Ken. Pal. I was not referring to your input on a vacuforming machine. I was defending my inclusion of the chicken clip here, because this is my thread; pre-emptive explanation of 'why'.

No offense intended, Ken. Not aimed at you, just the general audience.

[Ken_NJ]

I can't share? I'm promoting and encouraging people they can do this.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Why?... because it's my frig'n thread... that's why!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sxaTnAxdkhg?feature=share

[Ken_NJ]

Here is my version that I made years ago (geeze 15 years ago) for small parts. This was before I built the Marlin. I don't know where on my computer those pictures are so have to use this old post on RCG. If I wanted a larger platten for larger parts, I could replace the hardboard with holes with a larger area of holes. Have not used it since then. I did my online research to build it. Worked fine on the first try. Adjustments had to be made to the placement of the parts and filler pieces to eliminate spidering of the styrene around the subject.

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?1306908-DIY-Vacuum-forming

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

The new box in the first few pics, input power and a socket so output power, perhaps for a vacuum connection. Holes, maybe for a vacuum suction? Adding screens possibly for vacuum forming.

Other older pictures show a vacuum forming setup. Hot plate to warm styrene with an old vacuum forming setup. And an older box that looks close to the newer box.

So, must be a new vacuum forming setup. Same pictures on Facebook with no other information.

The refinished 'box' is a Barber's vacuum. Ellie pulled it out of pier side Dumpster when I was aboard the YOSEMITY AD-19, working as a Diver. We had just started the business and outfitted much of our shop (a single-car garage in Navy housing) with tools and consumables from midnight dumpster diving at the piers and adjacent base machine-shops. I was a master Scrounger and identified all the model builders and kit assemblers aboard the Yo-Yo and SIMA facilities -- I spent a lot of time digging through metal and plastic discard bins in those shops.





That vacuum machine -- covered in coffee grounds and God-knows-what-kind-of-slim (Ellie was fearless!) -- was liberated from the base over forty-years ago; God knows how long it was aboard a ships 'services' Department before that. It's ancient hardware, but runs good. I modified it by plugging the vacuum inlets, punching a hole in the side (later, as illustrated in my recent post, the hole transferred to the top of the machine) and attached some expanded plat and chicken wire to form air evacuation channels on the plenums face.

Yeah, it's a vacuforming machine. Duh!

[DrSchmidt]

OK. That's a load off the table. Thanks. Can I keep the set as parts for my boat? (tooling -- though doable for those items -- would have been, ah, ... Interesting).

Time for my hideous nap. After that, onto the spin casting tool.


David

Sure, those were for you right from the start. I have mine already here on my side of the pond....

[Ken_NJ]

The new box in the first few pics, input power and a socket so output power, perhaps for a vacuum connection. Holes, maybe for a vacuum suction? Adding screens possibly for vacuum forming.

Other older pictures show a vacuum forming setup. Hot plate to warm styrene with an old vacuum forming setup. And an older box that looks close to the newer box.

So, must be a new vacuum forming setup. Same pictures on Facebook with no other information.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I think there's no need to make masters for the mast boxes. Those can easily be 3d-printed....

OK. That's a load off the table. Thanks. Can I keep the set as parts for my boat? (tooling -- though doable for those items -- would have been, ah, ... Interesting).

Time for my hideous nap. After that, onto the spin casting tool.


David

[DrSchmidt]

I think there's no need to make masters for the mast boxes. Those can easily be 3d-printed....

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Lovin it.....

You have been so patient with me. Time for me to fulfill my obligation, made over a year ago. In the intervening months I've been able to ready my boats for regattas and do some one-on-one training of local talent.

Tonight I put all the U-1's tiny masters onto the first half of the spin-casting tool embedment, and start in on the ugly job of clay-masking those open framed 'box' do-hickies.

The objective is to produce parts for you and me -- with three extra sets for you to pass out as you please.

At the conclusion of my work I will send you all master, tools and assembly jigs (if any, don't know if any will be needed at this stage).

David

[DrSchmidt]

Lovin it.....

[redboat219]

Doesn't the 2" subdriver for the 1/72 type vii have a 7 oz ballast tank volume? If that 6.7 is in ounces then you're in luck.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]