Hey, how come there’s no opening/door in the building to feed ore out the chute? Am I missing something?
Jim Rowson said:
Hey, how come there’s no opening/door in the building to feed ore out the chute? Am I missing something?
Ahhh…that’s just great Jim …now you are gonna make Cliff explain this !!
Good question Jim. And good insight Roo.
Now I don’t know what to say…
[later, after a beer…]
Oh! Jim, you meant the ore gate. I thought you meant animating it and letting ore come out, and I was going to reply that I’ll work on that as soon as the horse-drawn wagon bugs are worked out.
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The (stationary) gate will be the same mechanism as the main ore bin’s, but without the counterweighted chute. Those parts are already made, and I’ll install them a little later. So no, you’re not missing anything.
Thanks for watching,
Cliff
I think I know … this merely the mock up for the real model you plan on making! So incidentals like openings are understood to be there.(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
I really think you need a hobby …
John Caughey said:
I think I know … this merely the mock up for the real model you plan on making! So incidentals like openings are understood to be there.(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
I really think you need a hobby …
I think John that you may be referring to my evil plan to recreate the actual H&N, and all its surface and underground works…
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Since bents are now on my mind, a jig idea came to me while at a restaurant in the Orlando airport this afternoon. So I pulled out the laptop, brought up the bent models and modeled this.
Here’s the theory. After assembling the posts and header, the upper slots and pieces allow braces to be installed on that side. The lowest level of slots allows the bent to be flipped over, and add the braces on the other side.
So this evening (now at home), I made the patterns, cut the acrylic, and just now assembled the pieces. They’re pinned together with .06 styrene rod for alignment, but all was cemented afterwards.
The bottom sill plate will go on afterwards (since the heights vary).
===>Cliffy
That should make the bent construction much easier and give you a more consistent product. “Jigs by Cliffy“,hmm, has a nice ring to it. Might be profitable(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-foot-in-mouth.gif)
Haha, thanks Dan!
Dan Hilyer said:
That should make the bent construction much easier and give you a more consistent product. “Jigs by Cliffy“,hmm, has a nice ring to it. Might be profitable(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-foot-in-mouth.gif)
“Use Jigs by Cliffy for better bents in a jiffy!”
There’s a point. 
Also, Jennings’ Jiffy Jigs, might be sellable.
Bents should be wood ! Thinking 1:1 and your overall outlook. Just my opinion
Forrest Scott Wood said:
Dan Hilyer said:
That should make the bent construction much easier and give you a more consistent product. “Jigs by Cliffy“,hmm, has a nice ring to it. Might be profitable(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-foot-in-mouth.gif)
“Use Jigs by Cliffy for better bents in a jiffy!”
There’s a point.
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" Rooster " said:
Bents should be wood ! Thinking 1:1 and your overall outlook. Just my opinion
Rooster, thanks to your big spank a few months ago, yes they’re going to be wood. This is just the jig.
Cliff Jennings said:
" Rooster " said:
Bents should be wood ! Thinking 1:1 and your overall outlook. Just my opinion
Rooster, thanks to your big spank a few months ago, yes they’re going to be wood. This is just the jig.
So you enjoyed the spanking then ?
Forrest… Dan…
I’m not quite sure what to say…
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Rooster, not sure how to answer that either…
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Cliff Jennings said:
Forrest… Dan…
I’m not quite sure what to say…
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Also frequently heard from my parents, teachers, professors, pastor, psychologist, girlfriends, ex-wife …
You guys sure gave me a laugh last night, still chuckling, haHA!
In addition to the trestle build, I really need to get the site prepped for installation of this trestle / dump module. The concrete is there for the other pieces, but dirt and greenery need to move for this one. So the other jig I’m messing with is for excavating. Here’s the site, from the 2017 test fit.
Here’s the computer model, with the jig overlaid.
And, jig only.
Just scrap 2x4’s and OSB. A cardboard template will be lasered to cut the base piece, the rest are just simple saw and screw work. A 5’ level will set the main 2x4 positions, all based from the main ore bin foundation top.
I’ll excavate at least an inch deeper, lay ground cloth and then pea gravel (and maybe sand). Not sure when I’m gonna do all this, and not sure what I’ll run into; but I needed to figger out a tool that is reasonably faithful to the computer model and site conditions.
Thanks for viewing,
===>Cliffy
I played hooky for most of the day and got into the bents. My big ECLSTS purchase was a Proxxon table, and other than a test run, this was the first time I’ve used it. Wow, what a great tool! Here’s all the bent parts.
And here’s a bent being jigged up,
There was a big error in this jig though. As I mentioned, I put a lowest level of slots to make way for the braces on the first side, after flipping the bent over. But, I didn’t account for tolerances in the jig or in the brace installation. So when I flipped it, I had to scrunch it down into the jig (while thinking “uh oh…”). And it was tough to get the bent back out. I should have made the “flip slots” generously wide; they serve no purpose other than to get the acrylic out of the way.
For this effort though, I drilled holes in the jig to punch the bent out from the back.
Anyway, here’s my first bent,
I got the 5 taller bents done, and 5 short ones remain.
Gee I’m making bents too, but mine don’t look as purdy as yore’n.(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-money-mouth.gif)
Of course I started with sage twigs and sticks… and an old odd man’s eye.
Maybe you can bevel your edges …
Sheesh, Cliff…
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Looking good!