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Tag: Steel

  • Wyvern – Welder Purchase – Day 22

    Wyvern – Welder Purchase – Day 22

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    Yet again it’s been a while since the last update because I’ve been debating what the best way forward is (read being indecisive for debating). As I mentioned in the last entry the bolting together plan was working, mostly, but it was very time consuming and didn’t offer the advantages I’d hoped for. If I…

  • Wyvern – Frame Building – Day 21

    Wyvern – Frame Building – Day 21

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    I’ve not managed to get much done over the last few days as work has been getting in the way, I suppose I need to do something to pay for all this CNC equipment though. I’ve got all of the brackets for one side drilled and fitted now but I’m starting to wonder whether I’d…

  • Wyvern – Bracket Fitting Tutorial – Day 20

    Wyvern – Bracket Fitting Tutorial – Day 20

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    If you have been following this build you’ll know that I’m new to engineering so this may or may not be the best way to go about the task of fitting a bracket but what I can say is that it works. Since all the brackets are the same size and have the same hole…

  • Wyvern – Frame Building – Day 19

    Wyvern – Frame Building – Day 19

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    It’s been a while since the last update, I’d like to say that’s because I’ve been busy building the CNC but the truth is that I only got a few days to work on. I’ve made a good start on the frame though so I thought it was time to do an update.

  • Wyvern – Test Bracket – Day 18

    Wyvern – Test Bracket – Day 18

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    Well I’ve found my new favourite paint in CombiColor. It goes on smoothly with very little odour and the coverage is pretty good considering it’s yellow which doesn’t tend to cover very well. That lot you see in the picture below was covered using <100ml of paint. It needs another coat but the 2 litre…

  • Wyvern – Test Bracket – Day 17

    Wyvern – Test Bracket – Day 17

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    Before I piled into drilling holes in the actual steel that will make the frame I thought it was best to do a dry run with some of the off-cuts that I have. I’m really glad I decided to do this as it has shown me that I’ve got some accuracy issues that I need…

  • Wyvern – Steel and Paint – Day 16

    Wyvern – Steel and Paint – Day 16

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    The big clean up continued over the last few days. I was beginning to think that perhaps this coating on the steel should be left in place and that was confirmed by someone on the CNC forum. It seems steel comes with a protective coating. My problem with that is it holds onto the oil…

  • Wyvern – Steel – Day 15

    Wyvern – Steel – Day 15

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    The last few days have been devoted to the steel for the base. Someone I met through the CNC forum offered to source and cut the steel for me which has saved me a big job and I collected the parts last weekend. After leaving them in the hall for a week I carried them…