Fusion furnace

[Ryan Clinton]

Hm. Do you mean ring A or ring B?

I've added some recesses to ring A from what I can see in one or two of the photos.

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Yes ring A. Also the cables on the base are corrugated. Not smooth jacketed.

 

[3Dsf]

Yes ring A. Also the cables on the base are corrugated. Not smooth jacketed.

Cool; thanks. And definitely no criticizing going down - it's all about figuring this stuff out!

 

[Ryan Clinton]

Cool; thanks. And definitely no criticizing going down - it's all about figuring this stuff out!

Agreed buddy, never know who's going to take offense. I mean well though

 

[Halliwax]

This is wicked intense

 

[Ryan Clinton]

So after a short heart attack, because I realized that the bottom anchor looking greeblies weren't lining up, I re-scaled the top of the furnace and I needed 8 not 7. So I had to undo a lot of work to add and reposition the greeblies. Now they line up and I've now been getting the copper coils dialed in plus working on the top cap

 

[Ryan Clinton]

 

[Halliwax]

Some great photos

 

[Ryan Clinton]

Some great photos

 

[Ryan Clinton]

Thats the only color photo I have that isn't a screen shot

 

[Halliwax]

Love Kenny in the r2 body…

 

[Ryan Clinton]

Finished the cap. Still working on the base, I'll post pictures soon.

 

[Vaderman]

Excellent progress, this is on my list to do “someday” - I don’t recalll ever finding a lid that had 11 fins and kept hoping I would to scale it from.
Looking forward to seeing more!

Edit: what part did you start with for that main top plate, the aluminum finned piece, I mean?

 

[OdiWan72]

EXCELLENT!!!

 

[TatooineMachine]

Awesome Ryan!

 

[Ryan Clinton]

Excellent progress, this is on my list to do “someday” - I don’t recalll ever finding a lid that had 11 fins and kept hoping I would to scale it from.
Looking forward to seeing more!

Edit: what part did you start with for that main top plate, the aluminum finned piece, I mean?

This is the fan before I modified it

 

[Ryan Clinton]

The closest fan I have found is plastic. It would have been easier to modify. Could have just trimmed the fins. However I had already bought the metal fan and didn't want to waste it.

 

[Ryan Clinton]

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[Vaderman]

I’m surprised you found two that were so close to correct! I would be the same, continuing with the metal, but for starting from scratch, that plastic one would work very well, as you say/

 

[Ryan Clinton]

Here's an update. I used a pizza pan for the base especially to get the upward angle and rounded rim. My wife cut a stack of acrylic which we glued together, then I filled the bevel with resin. The bubbles plus the gap from the acrylic to the pizza pan i filled with milliput. Then I sanded it down and shaped it to match the slope. There's also the added ring at the very top of the base that has a slight curved slope down to the center I used milliput on that also. The mid section with the holes in it I still have to finish drilling the holes, trim a little off the top then glue it down to the base. I put a long gated hole in the bottom for the LED converter. Used a long clear container for the support of the top. Also cut a bigger acrylic piece for the tapered top to rest on. Theres a 3/8" rod that connects the top to the base. I'll be putting in 3 more 1/4 inch rods for more support. The 3/8 rod alone actually makes this things pretty solid. The LED'S will wrap around the center tube. We did some tests with the lamp shade material to see if the supports would be visible when lit up and they are not visible.

 

[OdiWan72]

MAGIC!