Great, great grandson's Christmas gift

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:06 am

Nice...

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joedw00 · Post by **joedw00** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:41 am

Nice job. There sure are a lot of pieces of the same size. Why not glue them to that thickness then cut them out. Seems like there would be less of a chance to not glueing them up straight?

wrmnfzy · Post by **wrmnfzy** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:29 pm

I'm going to give it a try, wish me luck.

curiousgeorge · Post by **curiousgeorge** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 4:44 pm

wrmnfzy wrote:I'm going to give it a try, wish me luck.

If you don't mind a few suggestions to make it go a little easier for you...

1. If you are not in Europe/England you probably won't find any A4 sticker paper so I used Elmer's Repositionable spray (found it at Walmart) to stick the patterns on the ply for cutting.
2. Find some regular A4 paper and print the patterns at 100% from the PDF to keep the correct size of the parts.
3. Use 5/32" ply or as close to 4mm as you can get. 1/4" is too thick.
4. I substituted 3/16" dowel for the 4mm, 1/4" dowel for the 6mm and 5/8" dowel for the 16mm dowels and it worked fine.
5. Be sure to watch the videos at least 2 to 3 times or, better yet, download them so you can have them handy. Every time I watched them I picked up something new.
6. Don't get in a hurry. It's really easy to make a mistake on the glue-up. Pay close attention to the drawings and the order the numbered parts are assembled.
Last, but not least, HAVE FUN!!!

wrmnfzy · Post by **wrmnfzy** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:33 pm

Thx, I'm use to being told what to do.........I'm married. All kidding aside I appreciate your input.

kablerj · Post by **kablerj** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 6:46 pm

wrmnfzy wrote:I'm going to give it a try, wish me luck.

Be sure to post pictures.

wrmnfzy · Post by **wrmnfzy** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 6:55 pm

Assuming I don't get too frustrated I will do so.

wrmnfzy · Post by **wrmnfzy** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 12:33 pm

Since all pieces are made from same thickness plywood why is 1/4" too thick. I have 15/64" plywood or 6mm.

curiousgeorge · Post by **curiousgeorge** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 3:21 pm

wrmnfzy wrote:Since all pieces are made from same thickness plywood why is 1/4" too thick. I have 15/64" plywood or 6mm.

Poor choice of words, I guess. You can use it. But, be aware that the glue-up on the barrel will not go as shown on the video. You will have to be sure to get the dowel centered. On the first one I made I used 1/4" ply and the barrel came out off center by quite a bit. I didn't take into consideration that the gun was thicker by using 1/4" instead of 5/32" (4mm).

wrmnfzy · Post by **wrmnfzy** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 4:48 pm

Got it, thanks for your input. As soon as I finish some projects for my wife's craft show booth I'm going to try.

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