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Those look great Erik! What did you use for the cap squares? Cheers, Todd
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I've been playing around on Heroforge, a website used by gamers to create miniatures for their games. The site lets you pick how the character will look and you are able to pose them. I tried to make them look more human and less toy like and here's what I have come up with. I don't have a resin 3D printer yet but have downloaded the STLs and will get them printed and see how they look. Here's what I've come up with. Not perfect but interesting nonetheless. Cheers, Todd
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These PCB drills work great in my little Proxxon drill press. Rarely break one because they are in a drill press and go straight up and down. I use collets so they run straight and true. When I put them in a pin vice it's like Paul says, they just screw in. Can't seem to get up to the required RPM by twisting them with my fingers. 😉 Rich, thanks for the heads up on the Foredom bits. Time to take a look around for some. Cheers, Todd
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These look great Chuck. I don't know much about resin printing but is there stronger resin that would allow for 1/4 scale?
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I've had some of Ron's 9 pounder carronades resin printed. Found a local guy here to print them as my FDM printer is not up to snuff for such fine detail. Here's one with a coat of primer. I think it looks great. Thanks again Ron for sharing your STL files of these cannons. Next steps are some black paint and weathering and then off to the laser cutter to cut a carriage. Cheers, Todd
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Looks great Chuck! What are you using as the pins that hold the wheels onto the axles of your carriages? Cheers, Todd
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Looks great! Thanks again! Todd
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Looks fantastic Ian! Well done! Nicely equipped shop as well. Both the ship and shipyard are something to aspire to. Cheers, Todd
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Wow, looks great Ron! Thanks for jumping onto this one so quickly! Just one small thing. Should the trunnion be slightly below the centre line of the barrel as in the quoted drawing above? Cheers, Todd
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Your 3D printing efforts look fantastic Chuck. Looking forward to trying some out. How hard would it be to a loop for the breeching tackle on carronade barrels? Something like this: Cheers, Todd
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Looks great Ian! Off to a great start. Nice to see that you're putting that CNC mill to use. Cheers, Todd
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Hobby Shop in Hamilton, Ontario
Tossedman replied to Guybrush's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
I'm not from Hamilton but stumbled across this on Reddit Cheers eh, Todd. -
I'd be up for a set of 1/48. Like KenW said, they look amazing.
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So good! Everything here is aspirational for me. Some day! What are the capsquares made of? Did you laser cut them in one pass? Not sure as to how you'd go about that process? Cheers, Todd
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Yeah, but he'd be a lot faster making the next 50. 😉
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Try HeroForge for figures. You can design your own figures and download the STL to 3D print yourself or have them 3D print them for you. These figures tend to be used for wargaming but you can make them with or without weapons in lots of different poses. By default, the 'human' species figures can look a bit unbalanced. The head and hands are too big. There is no slider for hand size, and the slider for head size starts as low as it can go. The fix is simple: increase height. Bringing the height slider up to 7'— one inch under XL size— does not scale up the size of the head and hands, making everything look much more natural. There are many options for clothing, helmets and gear. Prepare to spend a few hours exploring but you can make lots of figures in different poses. Try a Google image search for "Heroforge Viking" to see what others have done.
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Those are photos from the Billings Boats website, build and photos by Richard Simpson. Here's the link to the photos. His build can be found here.
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Just found this thread and am now following along. You're making good progress Wayne. I like what you're doing. Which MCM steam plant are you using? I looked on their website and they have a plethora of them. I've always been intrigued by steam and this looks like it could be a way to get into it. I'm assuming you're going to be able to control the steam plant by remote control. Looks like a fun build and will be fun to operate when it's done. Does anyone make 1/12 scale figures of Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn? That would be the crowning touch. Looking forward to following your progress. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Todd
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Laptop recommendations?
Tossedman replied to Mike Shea's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
I use an Apple MacBook Pro, 2019 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel i7, 16 GB of ram, 1TB SSD. I run Adobe Photoshop 2024 and Illustrator 2024, SketchUp Pro, Fusion 360, Shapr3D, Onshape, TinkerCad, and PrusaSlicer. Backup the SSD regularly using Time Machine to an external SSD. Never had any problems. Regularly exchange documents with PCs. Don't fear Macs, they are great machines. I've been using them since 1984 and have managed networks with over a hundred Macs and have experienced very little in the way of problems. I would replace it with another MacBook Pro in a heartbeat. The best advice though, is to get the kind of computer that whomever is going to be giving you a hand has. If they know Windows, get a Windows computer. If they know Mac, get a Mac. Cheers, Todd -
Beauty! Thank you sir!
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Ross, what blades do Ultimation recommend?
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Pretty sure that the blades are for carpet cutters. They only have a bevel on one side.
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