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Fiddleyard beginnings...


-missy-

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Hello.

 

For a while now I have had tucked away the bits for Highcleres fiddleyard which were very kindly made for me by Alan S from the 2mm SA who is a genius when it comes to machining things on a CNC machine. The fiddleyard bits are all made from plywood and quite literally slot together, and after a kind offer from Mark C (mitziblue on here) to help assemble them at his workshop it was an oppertunity too good to refuse.

 

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The above photo shows the parts for the 2 semi-circular end boards during a trial assembly to figure out how all the bits fit together.

 

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This is during assembling the bits together for the 2 end boards.

 

Mark was even celebrating some work finally being done on Highclere by wearing a nice little party hat!

 

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The woodwork for the end boards is now about 90% done with a few fittings and painting left to do. Then of course is soldering a bit of track together to glue to the two boards, followed then by the rear boards which hold the cassettes so there is still a bit of work to do on these. Things are still happening on Highclere though!

 

Missy :yes:

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Wow - the future has arrived! B)

 

Top stuff Julia, looks like you've got a good helper in Mark too.

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That hat suits Mark, he should wear it more often. Good progress.

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Not too sure about Marks party hat(!) Maybe the coke bottle contained something from the Wychwood Brewery. Good to see some progress again.

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Thanks guys :yes:

 

I owe alot to Mark as woodwork is definately not one of my strong points.

 

M. :yes:

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I've never seen CNC cut ply before, it's usually MDF. It's given a really nice result, one to remember!

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That looks like you're building something thats going to fly. Very neat .

Don

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Hi Tony.

 

It does look familiar doesnt it! Alan certinaly does have 'the knack' when it comes to designing and building baseboards so I guess if the design works then why change it!

 

M. :yes:

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Those are the NEAG meeting rooms at Bournmoor. The layout is currently set up, but in my garage. This isn't an option over winter and impinges on progress to say the least...

 

Cheers

 

Tony

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