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Old 03-06-2012, 06:58 AM
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In the associated photo showing the Spandau part against the screen shot, do you import the scale drawing into Corel and then trace over the part to generate the cutting path?
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Old 03-06-2012, 12:49 PM
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In the associated photo showing the Spandau part against the screen shot, do you import the scale drawing into Corel and then trace over the part to generate the cutting path?
Yes. You can draw a line that matches the scaled size of something on the drawing and then resize the drawing until the object's length matches the line. Then everything cuts the correct size. In this case the drawings have a scale along the bottom so it was easy.

Then just draw over the plan in hairline and send what you've drawn to the cutter. Quick and easy. The body of the gun was produced in card stock within minutes after I found the drawings on the web.
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Old 03-07-2012, 07:42 AM
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Will Corel work directly from a .dwg file? I mean to say that if you have a scale drawing that is a .dwg file, will Corel print directly to your laser cutter? Or, is there additional work that must be completed before the file is printer ready?
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Yes it will. I just got Rhino and am in the process of leaning to work with it. I can export skin developments from Rhino as a .dwg file, open them in Corel and directly cut.

There are some complications such as having to remove the non-outline lines that the Rhino development puts in, but there are no formatting issues- it's seamless.
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Is it seamless enough that you would consider a commission job...paying of course?
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PM sent, Charles.
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Old 03-10-2012, 02:47 PM
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Spandau Progress

Well I hate seeing the Fokker fall off the front page of the forum but it's been a hectic week with little time to work on the model. However I did get time to make progress on the machine guns this morning.

One of the things eating into my modeling time is that I just purchased Rhino and I have been spending hours working through the tutorials trying to learn it. Wow, what a tremendous platform for paper model design! But what a steep learning curve.

Anyway I am so excited at the potential of this tool. Look at the fit of the skins on this Aeronca test prototype I developed:



Pretty good considering the size!



Anyway back to the Fokker.
I have cut and glued the pieces for the body of the guns. I like to hold them against a machinist's block when I sand the edges so they are nice and square.



Now I cut and apply the fusee chain cover. This was .050 mat board split down center. Also there are two thin little pieces that give the shell extraction opening its shape.



Working on the other side is the part that receives the ammo belt



I have learned that if I need two of anything, make four!

Then we work on the chambering lever mechanism. Gosh I LOVE the internet!!!





Sorry for the photos- I seem to be operating at the edge of my camers'a abilities.
Happy modeling!
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Great stuff!! Absolute pleasure eyeballing the different things your working on..
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The Aeronca test looks amazing! The guns look fantastic, too!
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Dear bclemens:
I just stumbled onto this thread, WOW, Looking at the rivits pictures my question is is the sirenge a BD standard Insulin Syringe? Having DM type two Ihave a lot of those around mine are 31 guage are you using a bigger guage for the glue?
Thanks for the thread,
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