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Thread: Rocketship Mark I
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22nd August 2013, 12:07 PM #1
Rocketship Mark I
Hello,
I got a wild hair to make a rocketship. Here is the first one. I have already started Mark II
Its made of pine is about 9" tall and 2 3/8" in its widest area. Finished with shellac.
Thanks for looking,
Bret
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22nd August 2013, 06:39 PM #2Skwair2rownd
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Bret, that is a rip snorter!!!
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22nd August 2013, 08:39 PM #3
Looks great Bret, ready for blast off to the moon and beyond.
You seem to have surely mastered that old lathe with a very good shaping of the rocket & the engine end, well done.
Cheers, crowie
PS - were is your helper????
QUESTION: Have you bought a new lathe as that doesn't look like the old metalwork one???
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22nd August 2013, 10:46 PM #4
Thanks Guys.
Crowie it is the same lathe. I would like to get a new one as mine has to be oiled everytime I use it and doesn't have any of the quick release handles for the tool holder or tailstock. But it belonged to my grandpa so I can't get rid of it. I plan on replacing all the bearings which are oilite to a sealed type. Just don't want the down time with no lathe. Although while turning the 2 rockets the headstock got rather hot. Maybe sooner than later.
Bret
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22nd August 2013, 11:37 PM #5
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23rd August 2013, 03:46 PM #6Senior Member
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Thats a beauty Bret,very realistic & that woodgrain really sets it off.
Peter.
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23rd August 2013, 07:05 PM #7Intermediate Member
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Well done! Would look great on a simple launch pad!