Re: Sonerai One - Serial Number 012412-1179
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 11:54 am
Thanks guys. I needed a bit of a push.
Here goes .....
I finished blocking the table a few weeks ago. It now looks like this:
I was REALLY nervous about bending the longerons, even though I had bent a few samples first.
One of my concerns was that of burning or marking the table. I had thought of making up a steel or aluminium spacer to place between the wood and the red hot 4130 tubing. This should protect the table right? Hmmm ... But! .... It would effectively create a heat sink that would cause the tubing to cool rather rapidly, and harden it. Eventually I figured that there wasn't really an option but to burn the table.
Now that it's over, I'm not really sure what the fuss was about!
The tubing, once cherry red, actually ignites the chip board surface once placed between the wooden blocks.
I tried to keep the torch away from the wood as far as possible.
Now the fun stuff starts again. Notching the tubing is really fun and rewarding.
Here goes .....
I finished blocking the table a few weeks ago. It now looks like this:
I was REALLY nervous about bending the longerons, even though I had bent a few samples first.
One of my concerns was that of burning or marking the table. I had thought of making up a steel or aluminium spacer to place between the wood and the red hot 4130 tubing. This should protect the table right? Hmmm ... But! .... It would effectively create a heat sink that would cause the tubing to cool rather rapidly, and harden it. Eventually I figured that there wasn't really an option but to burn the table.
Now that it's over, I'm not really sure what the fuss was about!
The tubing, once cherry red, actually ignites the chip board surface once placed between the wooden blocks.
I tried to keep the torch away from the wood as far as possible.
Now the fun stuff starts again. Notching the tubing is really fun and rewarding.