Did anyone follow my link? It’s one of my favorite Steve Jobs quotes, quite apropos.
I prefer to think of it as the back side of the cabinet.
True.I remember reading that on some early computer model, he had the engineers re-layout the circuit boards, because he didn't find the traces aesthetic enough. Most customers will never admire the routing of their computer circuitry, but it mattered to him. (I don't know if this is apocryphal, or true).
if you can't be happy and productive, pick one. And I'll add that sometimes the other miraculously follows.
Well that sent me right to Google...rag-chewing
Hey Marten, are you a ham radio operator?
I've never had a problem with this after quite a few fin roots and a few centering rings glued on or in without sanding off the char. It's a very thin layer, thinner than the wood glue penetrates, and very well adhered to the wood beneath. It's really not an issue, I believe.Want the glue to adhere to fresh wood, not char.
Hear hear.I have enough trouble making the OUTside of my rockets look decent, I don’t sweat the innards
I would be unimpressed by driving up the cost by imposing the extra demand of utterly irrelevant aesthetics. Such a demand might even compromise function by, say, needlessly lengthening paths or reducing the separation of signals. But those probably weren't factors on Jobs's early efforts. Still, adding pointless requirements into the mix is bad engineering.I remember reading that on some early computer model, he had the engineers re-layout the circuit boards, because he didn't find the traces aesthetic enough. Most customers will never admire the routing of their computer circuitry, but it mattered to him. (I don't know if this is apocryphal, or true).
I tried to follow the link but got a text-only page without anything apparently Steve Jobs related. I don't like to see naked particle board on the back of a cabinet. But I'd rather that than hidden particle board, because at least then I'd know to pass it by and get a better cabinet.Did anyone follow my link? It’s one of my favorite Steve Jobs quotes, quite apropos.
Yes. But I *have* been curious to experiment with thinned epoxy as an alternative to CA for hardening nose cones. Wouldn't commit it to critical part until I had worked out the process.
If I confirm that the JLCR would work OK in a BT60 (it is made to) then I would probably try to use it for E flight, which should be over 1000'. For Ds or below it's probably not appropriate.
I decided to try my current "CWF the whole thing" approach on the body tube. I am slathering it all over with my fingers, not going in any sort of spiral pattern, but just trying to make sure that the spirals look like they are CWF-covered when I'm done. I try to rub off as much excess as I can to minimize sanding.
Is that due to being too busy with more important things, or due to the isolation-induced funk (which you've mentioned earlier). I f the latter, I must truly urge you to push through that and start building. Depression and it's short term lesser cousin can sap one's enthusiasm for things that usually of interest, and yet doing those things anyway is one of the best ways to stave it off.I would like to officially apologize for lack of progress on this build, which is essentially in stasis right now. I have had zero hours and zero minutes of bench time in the last... oh, however many years we've been stuck in side.
I'll get back to it eventually.
Neither, really, but I can't go into it. I'll try to get something done soon, even if small.Is that due to being too busy with more important things, or due to the isolation-induced funk
Additional spray coats cost me dearly, so I'm willing to see how it goes the way it is. The extreme close-up definitely makes it look worse than it is.You've proven yourself way better than I am at finishing, so take this for what it's worth.I'd be inclined to hit that seam again with filler primer before moving on. Just that band where the seam is, not the whole rocket.
That area will be covered by fin root and fillet, so it is left rough.It looks from here like that horizontal (in the picture, vertical on the rocket) area needs a bunch of work. Is that a photographic illusion, will it receive more filling, or do I just not know what I'm talking about?
For me, I find that one good coat of filler/primer does *not* fill spirals, so if the CWF + filler/primer gives me a smooth body tube, then that is fine and dandy for me. The tube *feels* smooth; I cannot feel the spirals at all.
I dunno, maybe a little thinner than dijon mustard? I'll probably go a little thinner next time, but don't want it to be too watery. The act of spreading it around with my fingers tends to dry it out rather quickly (or maybe the tube is absorbing the moisture, I dunno), so it needs to start a bit thin to provide some working time.How much did you thin the wood filler so that it could spread over the whole tube?
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