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phase pistol Community Member
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joberg Community Member
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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:32 am Post subject: |
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TFS with us Karl...that walnut needs some kind of varnish (my 2 cents ) |
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andy Community Guide
Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 6237 Location: Rochester, NY
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Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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joberg wrote: | TFS with us Karl...that walnut needs some kind of varnish (my 2 cents ) |
You should never ever "varnish" wood. Stain, oil, wax, anything but varnish or shellack.
The use of varnish basically is plastic coating an organic material, and it tends to discolor over time, and can not easily be removed. Wood should always stay as close to raw as possible. A little bit of oil would bring out the color of the wood just fine.
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DaveG Community Member
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:24 am Post subject: |
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Tomenosuke probably discovered, as I did, that making these stands out of acrylic is a PITA since the minor changes in material thickness have a big impact on the fit of the assembly. The walnut plywood is more consistent.
My only problem with the stands is a conceptual one, in the world of Blade Runner trees are basically non-existent. So a hard wood display stand would be a little out of place. _________________ Dave
"I just want to say people... Get A Life! Move out of your parent's basement! It's just a movie!" |
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Vader Community Member
Joined: 19 Feb 2011 Posts: 267 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:28 am Post subject: |
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DaveG wrote: | Tomenosuke probably discovered, as I did, that making these stands out of acrylic is a PITA since the minor changes in material thickness have a big impact on the fit of the assembly. |
Have you considered designing the joints something along these lines:
If you set the nominal distance between the crests of the "bumps" at just a hair narrower than the acrylic sheet tolerance span's minimum thickness, I would imagine you ought to have a design that is fairly robust against variations in the material thickness.
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