RMweb Gold JCL Posted June 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 23, 2016 Now here's something just as worrying, the beaver is on the side of the CP locos, and when they have an engine fire the paint and the logo are burned in the heat. When this happens it's called a BBQ beaver. You might not want to google this... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 (edited) Before my life descends completely into fodder for a bad country and western song I'd like to thank everyone here for your support and wishes. I now have a new laptop (Windows 10 - kill me now!) and am going through the painful process of re-installing everything - Inkscape,Cut 2D laser etc etc. On the positive side, I had all my data files backing up nightly from the laptop to a seperate hard-drive in the front (the higher ground bit!) of the house so now its just a case of restoring it all. If I'd lost all the Inkscape and .pdf files for the laser stuff, that would have been really bad, so if I can offer anything from this - please consider how hard it would be for you to recover from some kind of failure or natural disaster - backing stuff up is kind of nerdy and boring but it can be the difference between 2 or 3 hours of annoyance getting it all back, and the loss of months worth of work, and you can easily find free backup software online ( Catch is, they make it easy to backup up, but a pain in the a*se to restore from unless you pay for the premium version!..... How do I know that?) Additionally, where do you have the license keys for your software? Emailed copies I have in a yahoo mail folder so thats easy to retrieve, the others I copied to an encrypted app on my phone, annoying to type in 30 or so characters, but I have them all there ready once I"ve re-installed the software. Please, take a few minutes to consider the risks to your data should something bad happen, and have a backup regime happening! Something to cheer me up.. I finished the jewellery box - but thought it would be awesome to embed tiny rare earth magnets into the box and the lid to keep it shut. Unfortunately I araldited the one on the right hand side of the box the wrong way around (how was I meant to know which way is the right way!) and so when I put the lid on, the right hand side levitates itself up about 3mm due to the power of stupid magnets. Currently trying to figure out how to fix that! WHAT MORE CAN GO WRONG!!!!?!?!?! Edited June 23, 2016 by monkeysarefun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 (edited) We're going to try tattooing next week...... If I can get anyone to stay still for long enough.... It would be easier to laser tattoos off I reckon, which is how this Emblaser thing all started, way back when in post #1! Edited June 23, 2016 by monkeysarefun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 You could try lasering off tattoos with my CO2 machine. I reckon three or four cuts at full waft, you'd remove the limb on which the design had been tattooed. Might sting a bit. Best Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scanman Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 You could try lasering off tattoos with my CO2 machine. I reckon three or four cuts at full waft, you'd remove the limb on which the design had been tattooed. Might sting a bit. Best Simon Then turn it into a lampshade.... Regs Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scanman Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Before my life descends completely into fodder for a bad country and western song I'd like to thank everyone here for your support and wishes. I now have a new laptop (Windows 10 - kill me now!) and am going through the painful process of re-installing everything - Inkscape,Cut 2D laser etc etc. On the positive side, I had all my data files backing up nightly from the laptop to a seperate hard-drive in the front (the higher ground bit!) of the house so now its just a case of restoring it all. If I'd lost all the Inkscape and .pdf files for the laser stuff, that would have been really bad, so if I can offer anything from this - please consider how hard it would be for you to recover from some kind of failure or natural disaster - backing stuff up is kind of nerdy and boring but it can be the difference between 2 or 3 hours of annoyance getting it all back, and the loss of months worth of work, and you can easily find free backup software online ( Catch is, they make it easy to backup up, but a pain in the a*se to restore from unless you pay for the premium version!..... How do I know that?) Additionally, where do you have the license keys for your software? Emailed copies I have in a yahoo mail folder so thats easy to retrieve, the others I copied to an encrypted app on my phone, annoying to type in 30 or so characters, but I have them all there ready once I"ve re-installed the software. Please, take a few minutes to consider the risks to your data should something bad happen, and have a backup regime happening! Something to cheer me up.. I finished the jewellery box - but thought it would be awesome to embed tiny rare earth magnets into the box and the lid to keep it shut. Unfortunately I araldited the one on the right hand side of the box the wrong way around (how was I meant to know which way is the right way!) and so when I put the lid on, the right hand side levitates itself up about 3mm due to the power of stupid magnets. Currently trying to figure out how to fix that! WHAT MORE CAN GO WRONG!!!!?!?!?! Chris 'Araldite' et al respond 'favourably' to 'Nitromors'. How do I know that??? I reduced a whitemetal kit to its component parts trying to remove (someone elses) paintjob.. I absolutely agree regarding backing up, pws etc. In addition to using a 'standalone' 2tb I also back up all my commercial files (drawings etc) to a 32gb stick. Regs Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted June 23, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2016 yay I have finally found a alternative supplier of 0.8mm ply which cuts which means at last I could get this lot cut hopefully it should make a certain modeller happy in the SW a little more progress on the house Nick 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted June 24, 2016 Author Share Posted June 24, 2016 Got this link on my pinterest page today. Don't know too much about it. http://mr-beam.org/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scanman Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 yay I have finally found a alternative supplier of 0.8mm ply which cuts which means at last I could get this lot cut hopefully it should make a certain modeller happy in the SW a little more progress on the house DSC_4308a.jpg Nick Nick - Who's your supplier? I just bought 0.8mm and 0.4mm ply from ''SLEC' - quite happy with it, but it's nice to know of alternates. Regarding the building - is it from a prototype, and is it 2mm? It LOOKS to be 'Jacobean' period - (c1660) in which case I would have thought the bonding would be 'English' or 'Flemish'? Just sticking my nose in... Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) Nick - Who's your supplier? I just bought 0.8mm and 0.4mm ply from ''SLEC' - quite happy with it, but it's nice to know of alternates. Hi, as recommended earlier in the thread somewhere I got some 0.8mm LaserPly from Hobarts. https://hobarts.com/sheet-materials_124/ It cuts very nicely and prompt delivery. Edited June 24, 2016 by Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted June 25, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2016 Nick - Who's your supplier? I just bought 0.8mm and 0.4mm ply from ''SLEC' - quite happy with it, but it's nice to know of alternates. Regarding the building - is it from a prototype, and is it 2mm? It LOOKS to be 'Jacobean' period - (c1660) in which case I would have thought the bonding would be 'English' or 'Flemish'? Just sticking my nose in... Regards Ian Ian supplier is Kitronik https://www.kitronik.co.uk/materials.html?acrylic_thickness=993 they came up via a Google search never used them before, was impressed ordered lunchtime arrived next morning, and slightly cheaper than my previous suppliers. Building is a slight mish mash of local C17th century buildings ( lots of Dutch style in Kent) mainly based on one about 100 yards from where I live, although that is now rendered and looking at others several lots where built from blocks not brick. not been a bricky and also going cross eyed drawing it the bond is probably incorrect bricks are 0.8mm x 0.5mm and should be more exotic and yes its is 2mm its that giant pound coin again Nick 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scanman Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Ian supplier is Kitronik https://www.kitronik.co.uk/materials.html?acrylic_thickness=993 they came up via a Google search never used them before, was impressed ordered lunchtime arrived next morning, and slightly cheaper than my previous suppliers. Building is a slight mish mash of local C17th century buildings ( lots of Dutch style in Kent) mainly based on one about 100 yards from where I live, although that is now rendered and looking at others several lots where built from blocks not brick. not been a bricky and also going cross eyed drawing it the bond is probably incorrect bricks are 0.8mm x 0.5mm and should be more exotic and yes its is 2mm its that giant pound coin again Nick Thanks for that Nick I've heard of Kitronic and nearly went for them rather than SLEC. that said, their service was pretty good... At least I got the 'period' right - but being an archaeologist with an interest in 'built environment I b...y well should have.! I've got brickwork in 'stretcher' and 'English' bond on file - When my eyesight returns to normal I'll do 'Flemish' as well. I tend to 'CAD' it at 1:1 then use the 'scale' option to reduce it (had an interesting experience with the printer when I inadvertently printed at 1:1 - the costly mistake viz-a-viz new cartidges and paper taught me to ALWAYS check the printer)! Anyway, I look forward to seeingthe building(s) in location on the layout (of which I've heard good things from Nigel' Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted June 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27, 2016 largely finished gutters / chimney etc to be added when exact relationship known to adjacent buildings what the rest of you upto ? Nick 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 I confess I've been working on the radio control mobile crane and 'Denton Brook' rather than lasering in the last week! Crane is now completely ready for the RC gear, and 'Denton Brook' is ready for grass..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted June 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2016 Unfortunately I forgot to scale down to 4mm scale :-/ In reality, the water in my house is a mild solution of sulphur hydroxide - imagine getting in a bath of rotten eggs - and I'm building an extension to my wife's office to house a water filtration system. She's in England at the moment, so I'm trying to get it done before she gets back. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted July 3, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 3, 2016 so having consulted the idiots guide to brick laying the following has been produced, destined for my own home layout as a terrace of six units according to the "IGB" its Flemish bond cut from 1mm mdf was quite impressed how it stayed together to enable the corners to interlock at a 1mm deep by 0.5mm saw tooth lots more to do still though NIck 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrushType4 Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Nick, how long does it take to cut out all that brickwork? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted July 3, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 3, 2016 (edited) Nick, how long does it take to cut out all that brickwork? given the bricks scale @ 1.6mm x 0.5mm per brick so the half's are 0.8mm x 0.5mm I started about 1300 today as the F1 started and finished about 1700 with a glass of wine with the first shell assembled too long to be commercially acceptable but as a private project acceptable I confess I was surprised and pleased how well it worked Nick Edited July 3, 2016 by nick_bastable 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 the end wall for my locoshed is a bare fit into an A4 sheet of MDF and takes just an hour to do the brickwork - and a further 10 minutes to do the cutting out. Which is fine, as Nick said, for a happy amateur, unless a) you fail to get the origin the same on both etch and cut b) you fail to get the origin close enough to the edge to ensure that nothing goes off the sheet c) you fail to get the sheet at exactly right angles to the main axis of the laser d) you make a cod's ear of the power settings e) any mixture of the above f) all of the above guess how I know... Happily have avoided (f) so far. best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Where getting a sheet or an item roughly located -as opposed to precisely positioned - I tend to tape down a piece of paper, and 'etch' a border layer onto the paper first, so I know where the cut is going to be..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Thanks Giles, I want to experiment with an approach quite similar to that technique for another challenge I face, but actually, what I did to sort out the material position was to glue a bit of MDF to the honeycomb frame, and simply laser a square corner into it. Bingo, instant origin position & repeatable position of workpiece. It seems to work fine, and I've managed to avoid issues a, b & c, fairly consistently since doing it! Best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveyH Posted July 13, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2016 Emblaser 2 preordering now open on Darkly Labs website if anyone has been so inspired by this thread as to want to buy their own machine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 .... First thing I did this morning! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted July 13, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2016 some more works in progress the original tree storey house did not sit right in my eye so rejigged to this, still lots more to do and for the area groups shunting plank I have started this based on a local terrace only noticed the drafting line after it was cut Nick 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted July 13, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2016 That's not a drafting line. That's a drainpipe plumb bob line. Kev. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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