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18th January 2021, 02:52 PM #61
While I am still not hundred percent set on the final shape at least I started to cut the pins.
Also dressed a.block of wood which I then will shape to get the bend side profiles to be matched against.
Some progress is still better than no progress.....
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18th January 2021, 05:14 PM #62
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18th January 2021, 06:08 PM #63
Maybe I should then make my plane from a non-Newtonian fluid. So it is liquidy in normal state and once it its the wood becomes rock hard and automatically adjusts it's shape to the workpiece?
There is a thought.... Let me just mix up the cornstarch [emoji12]
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18th January 2021, 08:08 PM #64
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19th January 2021, 09:19 PM #65
OmG, that was nerve-racking. I went tonight to bend my side profiles. As I could not find a good source on how people go about it I made it up as I went.
First I shaped my big block of wood to the curvature I wanted. Then I sort off made up a sheet metal bending roller type set-up / contraption.
That involved several blocks of scrap hardwood, clamps and whatever round stock of wood and metal I could find. With that I slowly bent and rolled the profiles by putting little bends along it's length. I was trying to mimic the mechanism of these rolling machines.
I think I got there, but not as nice as Ironwood managed. I think it's ok for my first time and I am glad I did not cut the profiles out yet. Probably wood have had bad kinks then.
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20th January 2021, 07:13 AM #66
Cklett,
I think you have done pretty well, especially since you didn’t have a set of slip rollers, an not a lot of us do.
Using large rolling pins was a good idea.
I’m pretty sure Ian will pop up soon, and I’m pretty sure he uses a two piece bending form?
But remember generally when bending metal it’s reversible most times[emoji6].
Cheers Matt.
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20th January 2021, 03:06 PM #67
There are probably better ways. I could slowley dial in. The other profile still needs some work, but this one sits probably as good as it gets.
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20th January 2021, 04:09 PM #68
For someone who's never bent and bashed metal before this challenge I think you've shown amazing ingenuity with good results
If the wooden former is hard enough AND you can FIRMLY clamp the two ends down you can beat the "corners" into round.
Alternatively... once it's all put together you can round them off on a linisher.Nothing succeeds like a budgie without a beak.
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20th January 2021, 05:21 PM #69SENIOR MEMBER
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Lookin' good C.
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22nd January 2021, 02:16 PM #70GOLD MEMBER
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More ingenuity! I love it
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29th January 2021, 12:33 AM #71
Hi, after I was happy with my cheeks I used my sophisticated carbon neutral sole flattening set up to prepare the sole piece. I used a piece of steel I got for $2, so it took some time to get it smooth.
Then cut the pins and started to shape the cheeks towards the target shape. Inbetween I use some card board engineering to check if my design is heading in the right way...
I can slowley see it coming together.
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29th January 2021, 01:17 AM #72
Excellent progress! Looks pretty good.
Steve
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29th January 2021, 06:58 AM #73
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29th January 2021, 08:01 AM #74SENIOR MEMBER
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29th January 2021, 08:27 AM #75