A few test patterns later on some paper to see if i was working in reality.
And after a test fit an cutting some hardwood pins then slater of super glue and pressure, and I have scissors again. A splash of stain to cover my mistakes and they are ready for the drawer again.
Thx was pretty fun and I think I ended up in better shape than when i started, except for the black and red fingers from staining because i was too lazy to go buy some gloves.
I love stuff like this! My husband had an old folding knife that was missing the black handle piece on one side, and I did similar to this. Doesn’t look identical, but sure served the purpose. I just finished making a screen for a vacuum cleaner (don’t know where it goes). My mechanical engineer SIL sent me a PDF of the design he made and I cut it out of some scrap black acrylic.
Brings to mind the old theme music from Mighty Mouse…“here he comes to save the daaaayyy”
I had a favorite coffee cup, had a plastic handle. Knocked it off the counter one day and the handle shattered. A little baltic birch ply and epoxy, and voila.
Got into a trend of making projects from the same material using many pins and needed a way to produce them accurately and easily.
Works really simple, put in the dowel select how many layers its for put in the blade and press lightly as you spin it counter clockwise. I put the dowel in my drill and just make piles of them
Yeah, well right now its a dust collecting machine hehe but its going to be a strandbeest when all said and done.
Started with this image to get the ratio of the legs
and thats as far as ive gotten. I need to find a way to make the crank shaft removable out of the back spine part of the machine but hadn’t considered that when I built that part so probably going to have to re make it.
was pretty fun and I think I ended up in better shape than when i started, except for the black and red fingers from staining because i was too lazy to go buy some gloves.
you gotta love ‘mercan ingenuity
