Those Eureka moments!

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Thank you for your kind comments, Ian

I enjoy thinking up these little ideas, when the need arises

As for a column in the mag……..This Forum is an extension to the magazine really, and doing it this way, takes the pressure off me. It`s qiute difficult dreaming up solutions to imaginary problems!

Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Neat and straight forward

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello Paul

Precise wire bending is extremely difficult at times!

I'm about to make a start on the Glasgow handrails and not looking forward to it at all!

Luckily, it's only thin stuff and I might get away with it…….About 0.8mm

Bob

[Len OchiltreeParticipant @lenochiltree67043]

Posted by Paul T on 18/09/2012 16:45:06:

Bob

Just got in from the shed and have come up with this.

Very similar to your idea but not as strong in the gripping department.

Paul

What are you guys making? It looks like my Grans Pickle fork!.

Len.

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello Len

Paul is lost in France at the moment for about twelve months and he is gorging himself on those frogs legs things!

Unfortuneately, some of those pesky frogs keep trying to hop it, so he came up with his patent frog picker?

But it's absolutely useless for fettling castings!

Hold on a minute!……If Paul is lost in France…….How come he just emerged from his shed?????

Time for an explanation?

Sherlock Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

The explanation is elementary

You are smart Dr. Bob you will figure it out.

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

It's pretty obvious really!

You've taken the shed with you!

Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

No thats not the answer.

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Give us a clue!

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

My dear Holmes

Simply consider the facts:

'I am lost in France but my shed is at home and yet I managed to get something out of the shed'

Logically there are only two conclusions….either I have a multi-dimensional shed or I have ?????

Put the violin down and have a brew whilst you mull it over.

Watson

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

It's elementary, my dear Watson

You have dug your own personal tunnel, from somewhere in France to somewhere in Blighty?

Or you've built a Tardis?

Haven't the foggiest!

The Fiddler

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

I've got two sheds

[Len OchiltreeParticipant @lenochiltree67043]

Posted by Bob Abell on 27/09/2012 15:25:12:

It's elementary, my dear Watson

You have dug your own personal tunnel, from somewhere in France to somewhere in Blighty?

Or you've built a Tardis?

Haven't the foggiest!

The Fiddler

Shouldent that be, Havent the Frogiest!!! Ho Ho.

Len.

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

This Eureka Moment will only be appreciated by modellers with some engineering background!………So don`t be too disappointed with the idea if yer not!

The building board has been supporting the Bandsaw for the last ten years or so!……Needless to say, it sags a bit in the middle!

Not good news for an essential dead flat board!

Then came one of my finest Moments!

See the screws with the arrows?………Yep…….They go right through the building board………So what?

SO WHAT!……….They are now LEVELLING SCREWS!……..The engineers answer to precision!

The board is now DEAD FLAT!……….Like it?………..I sure do Bob

Bob with tears of joy

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Bob,

The Gremlins will pay you a nocturnal visit and they will adjust those screws without you realising it.

And so you will actually be building a Sovereign of the Seizure….

Sorry!

Colin

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Colin

You`ve got to admit, having a dead flat working surface is really nice……..What surface do you work on when a flat surface is essential?

Anyway, I hope the Gremlins do pay a visit as I take great delight in levelling up!

Bob

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Bob,

I have always found thet the ceiling is pretty flat…

But I do have a section of kitchen worktop in my workshop.

Colin

[Terry PlumridgeParticipant @terryplumridge66794]

Closest thing I have to a surface plate is our Coffee table!!

Terry.

[david the newbeParticipant @davidthenewbe]

hi all

im not sure if its a Eureka moment but it is a cost saver i have just used a laminated sheet after going though the laminater for window pains .

dave

[mike farrellParticipant @mikefarrell21522]

Hope this little discovery helps out .Sitting eating lunch deep in thought when it hit me .Trying to get a nice finish but having difficulty

Off to the bathroom to the toothbrush stand Electric toothbrush will do

CUT THE BRISTLES AS SHORT AS YOU CAN

CUT VELCRO BACKED SANDING DISC TO SIZE AND HEY PRESTO A MINITURE SANDER FOR THE FIDDLEY PARTS I COULD NOT GET TO

Cost £2.99 from Tesco

try it it worksMichael

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello Mike

That`s a good idea and it`s certainly cheap enough at £3.00!

My Bohler sander, which is similar cost about £60!

Bob

[LARRY WHETTONParticipant @larrywhetton68737]

Hi All,

kitchen work top from builders skip, also nice piece of marbel pastry board ,

look in on a buiders recumation yard , they all ways have junks of wash stand tops …Larry

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

This is not really a Eureka Moment, but a club member needed a flexible coupling right away!

There are no local model shops in the area now and mail order was too slow

So I made him one……Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

This is an old Eureka Moment from yesteryear

I needed to drill about 100 portholes and it was vital that they were spot on!

Yep!….Another jig was called for!

I used the top edge of the hull as the datum and a block clamped to the jig plate acted as the guide. The drill plate had three accurately drilled holes and one hole was used for a location pin.

It was very pleasing and satisfying to see the rows of port holes……Spot on!…….Any deviation would have ruined the effect completely!

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Applying waterlines is very important on a model boat….when it comes to the discerning eye!

Using the plastic sticky stuff is ok but it has it`s limitations, ie……The same width from fore to aft

The stern end is the problem!…….It normally requires "Flaring"

So I`ve come up with a reasonable solution……..Use paper! ……and with a few coats of clear varnish………Bob`s yer Uncle?

Here`s my first mock up on Glasgow…..

Any good?………Well, it`s good enough for me!

Bob

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