Industrial display work

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Using a pass-through length of 1/16” brass rod as an alignment aid I suspended a stabilizer over the work, then applied CA adhesive to the deeply...

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No sweat. Far from a pig. That kit of yours will fall together. A bit of putty, and it's all good. Love your work, pal.

David...

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Thank you, sir. I'm currently working the ALFA stern stabilizers. While I was doing that I was thinking of the upcoming 1/96 BALUGA project -- same thing...

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As it’s been some considerable time since my last posting to this work in progress (WIP) article, so I looked over the last installment for continuities...

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Bingo!...………………….....

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I'm not clear on this. Am I turning a RenShape cylinder or a Lexan cylinder, Scott? I face-mount RenShape to a RenShape face-plate all the time without...

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Or, you can gimbal the propeller. In this example I'm not only swinging the propeller to increase the yaw rate, but also swinging it in pitch, thus eliminating...

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It’s one thing to come up with a clever innovation on an old concept – maturing the WTC to a proper modular system being discussed here as...

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Good stuff. Funny, as I came in to the house to check the e-mails I'm brushing off Renshape chips as I just finished the first of the 2.5-to-3 inch unions....

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The subject is this Industrial display I was commissioned to build for a vendor (Librascope/Rathion?) involved with the old Australian COLLINS class submarine...

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Before the mid-day break for my hideous nap I got this much done converting a 2.5"-to-2.5" pre-production union casting into a 2.5"-to-3"...

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You want to place your fixed ballast weight as low as possible in the boat and massed longitudinally to get the boats center of gravity about center with...

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I am in aw!

David

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Ah! Satisfaction!

My work is done here.

What's up Manfred?

Hate you too, buddy.

David...

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OK, I’ve finalized how the union piece between two lengths of Lexan cylinder interfaces the devices within. I kept things simple by making it a 2.5” diameter-to-2.5”...

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Yeah, Andy. I thought I was clear of the Casswell curse, but he just keeps pulling me back in!

David
swinging my arms like an Ital...

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(I'm a Moderator! maybe I have a button here that will turn Mikes CPU into a fragmentation grenade?)

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(where the fuck is that 'ban' button!???……………)...

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BOMB-THROWER!

Stop fucking up my WIP with this sacrilegious talk!

David
Outraged...

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DON'T MAKE ME COME OVER THERE, OLD MAN!!!!!

David
Your Humble Servant...