This is the basic plan, scaled up plans for a "miniature eighteen pounder" to what I felt would make a nice small cannon. Nothing too fancy here. In the background you can see the beginning of the shaping of the foam. 
Here's a shot showing the initial smoothing out of all the rough cuts. You can also see that doing this makes a huge mess of very fine foam dust and chunks, depending on what kind of tools you're using. I guess I should mention what I'm using, huh? Primary tools are an auto body file, or a horse shoe file. It has large arched teeth and you'll be able to see it better in another pic later. Also a rasp, a file card and some drywall sandpaper. Open window screen type since it doesn't clog nearly as much. I said there was a bit of static, it's actually pretty cool to see the foam spinning and the small bits orbiting it, not flying off, but orbiting. It gets old fast since as soon as you touch them they stick to you instead.More to come...
No comments:
Post a Comment