Made a little friend for my flies ;)

[martinka]

 

[Claymore]

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[martinka]

I reckon 50 pairs of legs might play havoc with my sanity, Brian.

When I was cutting the beetle, I breathed a sigh of relief when I finished it without breaking the feelers, but as soon as I started sanding the fuzzies off, the left one broke. Cheap ply again, complete with voids.

 

[Claymore]

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[beganasatree]

Hi Martin,
They look a bit delicate,could you tell me what size the flies are??

Peter.

 

[martinka]

Good grief, Brian, you aren't expecting me to pay for materials are you?

Peter, not including legs, the bigger of the two flies is about 7" long, the smaller one about 6".

 

[NazNomad]

Good grief, Brian, you aren't expecting me to pay for materials are you?

DuPont will send you 6 free Corian samples.

 

[martinka]

Good grief, Brian, you aren't expecting me to pay for materials are you?

DuPont will send you 6 free Corian samples.

I can't imagine them being very big, have you had any? It'd be wasted on me anyway as just about everything I cut either goes into a cupboard somewhere or gets thrown away.

 

[beganasatree]

Thank you Martin.

Peter.

 

[NazNomad]

As I recall (too cold to go and look) they are about 2.5'' square and 0.5'' thick - in old money.


There's nothing to stop you resawing them to ¼ inch and getting double for nothing.

 

[martinka]

As I recall (too cold to go and look) they are about 2.5'' square and 0.5'' thick - in old money.


There's nothing to stop you resawing them to ¼ inch and getting double for nothing.

Well, nothing apart from not having a saw to do it with.

edit: There's what seems to me to be pretty cheap 6" squares on ebay, though I imagine Corian to be heavy, so postage is probably high.

 

[Claymore]

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[NazNomad]

Resaw it with a handsaw.


I just ordered another 6 samples, I'll post a photo when I get them.

 

[martinka]

Resaw it with a handsaw.

I just ordered another 6 samples, I'll post a photo when I get them.

It'd have to be a hacksaw. Does it cut easy?

 

[Claymore]

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[NazNomad]

I'd like to see ya hacksaw it Naz! its quite brittle stuff and although its easy to scroll saw it I think you will struggle to slice 12mm in half (I will be amazed if you do)

Challenge accepted. :-D