I've run out of things to do while the dinghy pieces are drying up so I decided to start another scale model build and I will work on it in between other projects that I have going on. Not much progress today because I had 2 other projects going in the shop but I will show the progress that I do have.
Spent another 8 hours sitting at the scroll saw in order to cut the blanks to yield another 190 cinder blocks. I will separate them tomorrow but for now, my back is destroyed and my hand are sore so I'm done for today.
And, of course, because it is so rare to see, I thought I would show the mess under my scroll saw from making these. I'm not cleaning it up until I am done cutting all the blocks.
Ken, you’ve got to strap those blocks down on each pallet and then strap the pallets to the trailer.
I’m very interested in seeing how you do this.
Amazing work. Very impressed. The concrete blocks has been over the top.
Jim
Another 8 hours in the shop again today. I am almost half way to having the load done. I cut all the stock to complete the load and I will be marking it and drilling it throughout the week hopefully so I will be able to concentrate on just cutting next weekend.
Spent another 8 hours in the shop today cutting (yup, you guessed it) more cinder blocks. Managed to get another 225 blocks cut and I am well past the half way mark now. I have another 5 skids worth to cut so that is another 375 blocks and I will try my best to take a chunk out of that number tomorrow. Wish me luck.
Spent another 8 hours in the shop today cutting (yup, you guessed it) more cinder blocks. Managed to get another 225 blocks cut and I am well past the half way mark now. I have another 5 skids worth to cut so that is another 375 blocks and I will try my best to take a chunk out of that number tomorrow. Wish me luck.
I am afraid I would be temped to cheat a little on the blocks. Make the outside ones realistic, and the interior ones that are not visible, just solid blocks or strips of wood as a filler. Wrap them with clear shipping wrap plastic and call it good. LOL
Sat at the scroll saw for another 8 hours today. Cut the stock for another 255 Blocks today. Only another 120 left to go. WOO HOO!! I didn't separate them at the table saw because I wanted to get the scrolling done. Only one more day of scrolling left and then I will be able to separate them and get them all on the skids. This model is nearing the end boys.
Spent the day working on the last blocks for the rig's load. So in total, that's 1050 blocks which translates to 2940 holes to be drilled and 2490 interior cuts to make the blocks. It also translates to 1050 table saw cuts to separate the blocks into their individual form. That's a lot of drilling and a lot of cutting to get these blocks completed. I still have to glue them to their skids but I started some test straps to see how they would work out. So far, so good. More to come guys.
Maybe you could save the cut outs for brick on your next project. Just kidding. lol Man that is a loooooot of repetition, no way would I have had that kind of patience. It does look great though.
Thanks guys. I still have a ton of work to do with gluing the blocks to the skid and then doing the ratchet straps for the trailer. I still have to figure out how I am going to make those. I have the straps obviously but I will have to research the mechanisms and connection points for the straps.
Ken, do you build your models from plans or do they pop out of your head? If you do use plans where do you get them? I know I would have to have plans.
I use some plans as a base for the models and modify as I go. There have been several changes to this one including the parts of the trailer, the trailer bed, the front grill, the tires and of course, the load is completely done on the fly so it is a huge mixture of both. The plans for this particular model are from Toys n Joys. I hope this help
Well, throughout the week, after work, I have been busy glueing cinder blocks to skids and I managed to get all 1050 blocks glued to the skids before today shop venture. I worked on the straps today and on the ratchets for the trailer. I spent some time to bend up the wire hooks for the opposite side of the tie down straps and I'm glad to say, that after 234 hours of work, this one is done. Thanks for watching the build guys. See you on the next project.
For the scale model of my Jeep, I used a set of plans as the base but then had to scale off of my real one because I have modified my rig so much. So, bottom line is yes, I have made parts from scaling off of real vehicles. The cinder blocks on this model were scaled from measurements that I took from the one in my house.
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