simple thinking in styrene

Amji · #1 03-09-2008, 03:51 PM

Hi

after a lot of nice comments and a lot of questions about how I build that
101"body about my thechnices ......
I thought

they all can do that

all things are build up from simple forms like tube ,rods ,blocks and balls
keep that in mind and you will build the most beautifull things
( i'm going to ad "I build better then I write "to my name )sorry for my bad english
the first thing I wanna show you is making a hinge

First take a strip and a pice of rod and cut two squares and same length rod
cut some discs from the rod like this

or

then lay the rod in the gap of the door and lay all the pices in there place
add a little glue and the result is a nice hinge (non opening

)

I hope to contribute a small thing for better builds

AmJi

weeb_beano · #2 03-09-2008, 03:53 PM

Thanks for sharing! This is very clean and elegant...

DrKucho · #3 03-09-2008, 04:02 PM

yeah yeah ! we need more usefull tips like this !!

Old Busted Hotness · #4 03-09-2008, 04:36 PM

I'm with Amji, I thought everyone knew that....

Thorsteenster · #5 03-09-2008, 05:10 PM

Itried it but as soon as the torch hit it, it melted! So I used brass instead.....

It is nice to see a thread dedicated to easy but maybe not known tricks for styrene.

cflight · #6 03-09-2008, 10:31 PM

Excellent!

The lines are open, now taking requests?

How about the tools on the front of the 101?
That shovel is burned in my brain.

zabbe · #7 03-10-2008, 04:16 AM

Nice!
Keep it coming

Amji · #8 03-12-2008, 12:49 PM

Hi
This time a request (cflight)

Today I wanna show you the making off a shovel

In this picture you see all necessarily items
Pice of styrene ,some rod, some tube, a lighter

,a knife and a file

First heat up the underside off the 2mm sheet off styrene and when its soft press softly the end of your knife(a screwdriver will do as well) into the soft styrene

When that is good take the pice between your fingertips and when it’s in the middle you can draw around your finger the shape off the shovel, then cut it out

Then file the edges round in the shape you need .
Afther that take the rod ,heat it a bit and bend a S shape in it

Then make the part of the handle that will overlay the blade half round ,cut a ring off the tube and cut the back handle

Then glue the parts togetter

And cut away some material in the white arias so the blade looks thin

Happy building
AmJi