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  1. AON
    possibly a cannon ball indentation!
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    Druxey: You think I can sneak anything past "she who must be obeyed"??? I know you are married and I'll bet after all those wonderful years you still can't get anything past her. Alan
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    Hexnut: The fun left a long time ago with fairing the 3D hull. I just couldn't let it beat me. As I came back refreshed and could see errors again I will admit some "fun" was brought back to it. Druxey: I have a similar issue with the floor timber height measurement stated in the contract and feel I should likely stick to the contract and ignore the penned notation I spent about 2 hours making nit picky fine adjustments to the upper portion Unsurpressed the loft feature to show the new shape in 3D and slowly spun it about looking for shadows pin pointing blemishes Cleaned them all up ... I cannot find any more in that manner Turned on the zebra view and changed it to Spherical Map (wish I had noticed it before) and the image is below At this point I am ready to move on. (hurray!!) Alan
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    Spherical boarders, eh? I'll have to have a look into that I must agree that it is likely "good enough" considering scale and the sanding to final shape ... but not being able to explain it I just have to tweak it a wee bit more.
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    That's like me telling people I am 4'-22-3/4" tall and getting shorter Speaking of the contract.... It does get confusing when the contract states the length was to be 168 ft but they pen in that the length was 170 ft but then again the plan reads "as built 168 ft" What do I believe? Alan
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    I had looked at them but as my outlets will be recessed in the frame below the table top at each end I think I will be okay Worst case I can mount an outdoor cover on the box As it is I had boxes (wrong style), cover plates and plugs left over from wiring my basement and I was hoping to use them up and not spend more money than necessary. The boss/accountant has been giving me a funny look as I walk in the house with Canadian Tire, Art's Tools and Home Depot bags in hand.
  7. AON
    Had some time away from all this as I've been working on my modelling table. Started back on the fairing of the 3D hull model with fresh eyes and found quite a few hiccups Below are some updated images I find the copper tone colour reflects blemishes better than the yellow I used previously. Zebra stripe and curvature view are becoming less of a mystery but I am not quite comfortable with them. I'll need to work on it a wee bit more yet... but I feel that I am getting there! Alan
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    I can see the turntable will get a lot of use as I'm certain you will be asking yourself how had you managed all this time without it. Can't help but wonder if I've made a mistake not having this on my table as one end of my model will be over the stationary side table Time will tell, and I suppose it can be added later if I plan for it now. I went out and bought new simple electrical outlet boxes, the exposed kind used on concrete walls. These are a little larger than the normal in wall mount units and happen to cover the mess of a hole I made earlier so the part is no longer scrap! Alan
  9. AON
    Thank you Pat and everyone else dropping in. It seems this detour project was exactly what I needed to recharge my batteries. I went back to fairing my 3D hull model tonight for about an hour and it is amazing what you can see with fresh eyes. I have a feeling it will have a positive affect on my zebra striping on the hull to highlight the blemishes. I might get the lofting right yet and be that much closer to templates and building my ship. Unfortunately I won't get much done on the table until the weekend and this May two-four weekend is our normal planting weekend for the gardens outside. The "love of my life" is looking forward to our being outside with hands in the dirt... and I've see the neighbourhood cats roaming back there so it should be full of surprises!
  10. AON
    I am certain he would forego the need to have his toilet re-installed to help me if I asked. Sure he would. Besides, he is too damn tall and good looking to be in a photo with me. I simply won't allow it.
  11. AON
    This weekend did not go at all as I had planned. C'est la vie! Yesterday I managed to lightly sand all the pieces. Started to assemble the frame directly under the table top and sub-top. Drilled, pinned and glued four pieces. Then I got a call that my son needed help with his bathroom renovation... so off I went. My advice to any young people out there... do not buy an 115 year old home unless you are prepared to deal with no insulation, old wiring and clogged lead pipes. Just touch one pipe and every joint from the second floor to the basement will leak. Tear out one wall and be prepared to rewire the whole house. Rip up one floor and be amazed at how the whole house had never fallen down with the carpentry skills used to originally build or modify it along the way to you finally owning it. I explained to my son... that is why we eventually sold our old home and bought a 10 year old brick house. Some pictures of my meagre progress. Alan
  12. AON
    Yesterday was a wash with entertaining company Picked up sanding belts Cut one hole for an electrical outlet box and then had to admit to myself after trying to make it fit that it was the wrong style box and the piece was now scrap Will have to make that piece over today Victoria Day today I believe everything is closed so I will likely not get the proper electrical outlet boxes until tomorrow I should have went fishing
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    I managed to get all the legs and stationary pieces cut yesterday. Everything needs sanding Discovered that somehow I only had one belt left for my belt sander. I'll have to ask my son how that happened. Going out this morning to get some more belts. Should be doing some assembly today. Here are three pics. Cutting frames and legs to length and notching the relief for the mechanism control buttons. Alan
  14. AON
    I like what you've done and have been eye balling the underside of my table in the 3D model for storage shelves (as you have done) or drawers. Your photos help me visualize the options Thank you! Once I get the feel for this table on casters I may add casters to the legs of my old reference table that I use for everything in my workroom because it can be a pain moving it out of the way when it is loaded down.
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    I splurged and purchased a second Up/Down control button and splitter cable for the lift I will mount it on the opposite side of the table to the first button so that way if I am comfortably seated and find I need to make a table height adjustment I do not have to get up off my lazy butt and walk around to the other side to do it. In 1990 I had a tumour removed from my neck and spinal column that required the fusing of the lower vertebrae in my neck. I believe that this electric-hydraulic lift device and the manual pivot mechanism will be well used by me and make my time spent at the table more enjoyable. I laid out one set of table legs and one long top frame piece this morning. I will need to make these cuts before I mark the others (using these as templates).
  16. AON
    Drilled the holes for pinning the table at various pivoted angle from horizontal to 60° in 5° increments I should mention that before drilling it is important to square the press bed to the drill bit to ensure straight holes are made Sanded the edge to finished shape using a belt sander And that is as far as I got this weekend I will try laying out the legs and frames this week to cut this coming weekend. With luck I might start some assembly.
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    Marked a cut line to cut the board into two equal size pieces and then put the marked sheet on top of the unmarked sheet and screwed them together so as to cut them both at the same time making them identical Cut out the outline shape with my band saw. I’ll mention that the table everything is done on was my drafting reference table eons ago before they brought in computers… we continue to work as a team.
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    Laid out the shape marking curves and hole locations (I certainly could have made some good use of the 24 inch beam compass we use to have at the office before they brought in computers
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    Routered the grooves for the 4 foot long T- tracks along each edge Insert the T-tracks for fit and show. Then I started on the Pivot Plates…
  20. AON
    Began my modeling table build this weekend but didn’t get very far with it as there are many distractions and with the fair weather comes other odd jobs (like cutting the grass which admittedly is better than shoveling snow) … and then it was mother’s day! Started with the table tops. Measured and marked off the cuts in the ¾” plywood with chalk line One piece 24” x 36” (stationary top) and one piece 24” x 48” (pivoting top) I did not need to cut the sub base as they were already at size Made the cuts (without adding to my reflection in the photo due to the shine off the top of my head)
  21. AON
    Druxey = unmatched skill and eagle eyes!
  22. AON
    Zebra View is a mirror reflection of lines on your shape ... your shape is the mirror as the shape changes the reflection of the lines adjust it highlights changes in shape, mates and alignment I am still having trouble wrapping my head around what it is telling me. a perfectly fluid shape would, I believe, have long lines reflected... their direction might change but not sharply and they would change as a group
  23. AON
    Believe me - I know exactly how you feel! isn't technology wonderful... we now worry about the tiniest dimensions and now stripes when are grandfathers would have just made it work even if it took a good wack or two with the 10 lb pursuader
  24. AON
    Thank you Don I'll watch the video tonight when I get home. Alan
  25. AON
    I have the free download version at home and I am convinced if you want it to function properly you need to purchase the full version. It also seems to crap out at the most inconvenient times. Text will work per my settings when it wants to. Dimensions likewise. But it is free and I am only getting older .... I find myself slowing down so doing things twice all of a sudden seems to be the new natural thing to do

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