Re: Space 1999 Eagle Transporter Build Club MEGA UPDATE NOV 29 (PIC HEAVY!)
Things have been on the back burner here a little; partly due to work commitments, partly due to the festivities, and partly due to the fact that I have been having huge issues with certain aspects of my build. As you know, the spine has been of major concern. Not only to me but also to other members on here that have the valuable knowledge and experience that I lack. The issue has been in trying to get a solid, strong bond between wood and aluminium. I have been making up test joints using various adhesives but, ultimately, I have realised what I should have done in the first place and that was to listen to the advice that JoeB over on the ETF gave me some time ago . He suggested ages back that I should consider drilling, gluing and pinning every joint on the spine to resolve the problem.To my own utter shame, I didn't take that wise advice and as a result, I wasted a lot of time and effort. The reason was that I was scared that I would not be able to do it well enough so that it would remain straight and strong.
So, my apologies, JoeB. but I got there in the end. All the top cross sections are now drilled, glued, pinned and fitted.
It took a long time....so much so that I decided to test it before fitting the bottom pieces. If it held up, then I would continue; if not, i would use stronger pins and try again. So I placed a 6 lb cordless screwdriver on the centre of the spine and left it there for 24 hours.
24 hours later and the spine was still straight and true once the screwdriver was removed.
The lower cross pieces, measure 10.6 mm and that distance has not increased over the 24 hour test period. I feel confident now that the spine should easily be strong enough to support the weight of the Eagle which , I estimate, will be in the region of 6 lbs total. Maybe a little more...
Thank you a million times to JoeB!
Now I can hopefully push on and make some progress!
Things have been on the back burner here a little; partly due to work commitments, partly due to the festivities, and partly due to the fact that I have been having huge issues with certain aspects of my build. As you know, the spine has been of major concern. Not only to me but also to other members on here that have the valuable knowledge and experience that I lack. The issue has been in trying to get a solid, strong bond between wood and aluminium. I have been making up test joints using various adhesives but, ultimately, I have realised what I should have done in the first place and that was to listen to the advice that JoeB over on the ETF gave me some time ago . He suggested ages back that I should consider drilling, gluing and pinning every joint on the spine to resolve the problem.To my own utter shame, I didn't take that wise advice and as a result, I wasted a lot of time and effort. The reason was that I was scared that I would not be able to do it well enough so that it would remain straight and strong.
So, my apologies, JoeB. but I got there in the end. All the top cross sections are now drilled, glued, pinned and fitted.
It took a long time....so much so that I decided to test it before fitting the bottom pieces. If it held up, then I would continue; if not, i would use stronger pins and try again. So I placed a 6 lb cordless screwdriver on the centre of the spine and left it there for 24 hours.
24 hours later and the spine was still straight and true once the screwdriver was removed.
The lower cross pieces, measure 10.6 mm and that distance has not increased over the 24 hour test period. I feel confident now that the spine should easily be strong enough to support the weight of the Eagle which , I estimate, will be in the region of 6 lbs total. Maybe a little more...
Thank you a million times to JoeB!
Now I can hopefully push on and make some progress!
