My SPAD 7 project

Butch · 12 June 2006, 02:15 PM

The bow is built up from three pieces of spruce with the grain running in two different directions, similar to a model ship frame. After cutting to rough profile, it is tapered on a belt sander. Later it will be hollowed out with a shaper cutter.

Pete

jumpinjan · 12 June 2006, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Butch

Can anyone tell me why my pictures are oversized?
Pete

You have too many pixels, you want 72 DPI and a picture width of 7"-8". If you specify those two parameters in your Photoshop program, they should display perfectly.
Last year, I talked to a few of the AF Museum restorers that worked on Cole's SPAD, and they complained how heavy it was.
The other day, I was in their collections warehouse and saw some SPAD wheels (that's what the Museum's researcher said), but they looked a little different, the rims had three rows of spokes, one row in the center and one on either side of the rim. What's up with that, you think?

RobW · 12 June 2006, 05:55 PM

Looks great so far. I'll be very interested in watching it come together. Thanks for sharing

rob

Machinbird · 12 June 2006, 10:28 PM

Good to see your project at last Pete. Any idea how much free time you can generate to work on it in an average week? It can be daunting to realize how little free time we really have. It will be great watching your project progress, thanks for sharing.
I personally love the big pictures. With big pictures, I know for sure there are enough pixels for potential replication of items.

And besides, In my current 4 eyes configuration, I don't have to squint so much.

Sid

CodyPaul · 12 June 2006, 11:56 PM

Beautiful, can't wait to see it all together. Would love to see pictures of the engine as well.

CodyPaul · 13 June 2006, 12:26 AM

Forgot to subscribe to the thread so I can keep up with it. Sorry for the extra post. Looking forward to seeing more

RobW · 13 June 2006, 10:11 AM

Holy Crap!!! You are in Arlington... Not in some far off place in the world... When can I come over and play??????? (I work in the Pentagon, so you can't be too far away)

Rob

Butch · 13 June 2006, 06:17 PM

The aileron spars require two custom shaper cutters and a good table saw blade. The raised pads on the backside are where the hinge eye bolts come through. They are stop routed, or what ever the same procedure is called with a shaper. Care must be used to avoid chipout when completing each cut. On the face, the long groove is for weight savings. More on that later. The sides are beveled, as is the face on both sides of the long groove.
Pete

Dughor · 14 June 2006, 12:17 AM

Realy interesting. And nice photos

But could you please reduce picture size, to around 800x600 (or something similar) pixels.

This would realy help visibility.

bzhyoyo · 14 June 2006, 01:47 AM

eh eh, as I model in 3D, your instruments pics were really the right size for reference pics!

Thanks for sharing and good luck for your project