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Sort of gives you an inkling of shipbuilding obstacles man had to deal with.
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Looking good! This is one of those builds that sets it apart from the rest because you took what you had available and turned it into something other than chopsticks.
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Good point Arthur this is going to be tricky. Trouble with the wood that will be exposed to the water so it has to be sealed which may give it some gloss, unless there is a type of wood that can resist water like teak maybe. I could always make a clear plastic hull and glue the planks to it with CA glue, that could be a plan. I've started working on his hands the left hand will rotate the right hand will move up and down. They are rough now but once I finish the arms I will finish and fit the hands.
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I need to find pictures of wrecked and beached wooded boats. I want the hull to appear weathered, beaten and something neglected so close up shots of beached or wrecked boat sides would be good. I have a picture in my mind how I want it to look based on the look that you see with Viking ships. Broken boards that are poorly repaired would be part of the look I'm after too.
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Builder: Bensid54 Advisor/ Electrical Engineer/ Patient person: AEW Scrapping the first set of arms and will be starting on the replacement arms. I predrilled the elbows without realizing they need to be drilled at 120 to 130 degrees instead of the 90 degrees that I drilled them, so they are now scrap plastic. The reason I'm using Nylon over wood or metal is I think Nylon will give a bit of flex at the elbows and I think that will better represent the properties of ligaments and joints on the average person.
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Thanks Bob and you are right a difficult hurdle has been cleared. The electronics work and this is so nice because between Charons Electrical Engineer and myself (the later doing the least) we spent in the neighbourhood of around eight hours just getting this thing programmed to work. Now time for the video!
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Charons friend that will reside in the bow of the boat. This skeleton came with three sets of hands so I'm debating about rebuilding Charon to work with one of the pairs of hands. So far the mechanics have been troublesome so hopefully the electronics can be sorted out, if not there is always plan "B" which I know can work.
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Thanks Captain, I see the bamboo is being very co-operative for gluing and sanding.
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Work on the arms now, I've grooved them both to fit the servo horns one level the other 15 degrees. The reason one is 15 degrees is because his left arm has to cross over his chest then his elbow will be bent to make up the rest of the distance. The right arm will have a free pivoting elbow but the left elbow will be pinned or set screwed to not bend once I have the final setting. When I make the hands the right one will have the ability to spin and pivot whereas the left one will only be able to spin. Next I will be machining the servo horns to fit the shoulders.
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