It takes some trial and error to get the bends right. Sometimes pieces have to be heated and formed and then re-heated and re-formed. Some of them aren't perfect, but they look decent enough. Some of the bends were then finished using a belt sander to smooth out the bends and remove any heating marks. I used a hand propane torch to heat the plastic. I wish I had an old oven that I could heat the pieces with. That would make it easier. All of the rounded edges were done on my router. PVC routes really nice. Much better finish on the routed pieces than wood. It does glue easily unless you are in a really cold garage like me. The glue can take a long time to dry when it's cold.
Derek T065 On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Mark_123521 <[email protected]>wrote: > Derek: > > Nice work!! > That PVC plastic is cool stuff, strong, glues easly, cuts nice, impact > resistant, and I see it bends well. It looks like a good choice for > building a tank. > Your plastic tank is looking good! > > How hard was it to get good bends for your turret? How did you heat it > for the bends? > > Mark > > On Feb 20, 11:34 am, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]> wrote: > > whoops...sage=sag > > > > Derek > > > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Phil the tracks weren't connnected, so they don't sage quite so much > when > > > they are. > > > The attachment chain tracks can sage since they do not come off the > > > sprockets. Yes, > > > it is an "ugly" tank, but it does have tons of room. I'll easily get a > > > 20oz. CO2 bottle in > > > there to feed the gun. > > > > > Chris, yes that is frost. We are renting a place on a lake since we > had to > > > move for my > > > wife to find work. Still haven't sold our house way up north. This > place > > > has a detached > > > 3 stall garage with no heat. My garage in my house was attached and > > > heated. Boy I > > > miss it. It was about 10 degrees outside last night when I was > working. I > > > only have a > > > dual head "sunflower" type portable LP heater that I use. It can bring > the > > > temp up in the > > > garage to about 40 degrees after a couple of hours. I work wearing my > > > Carhart pants, > > > jacket, insulated hunting boots, ski hat, and gloves. Not sure why > anyone > > > in their right > > > mind would install new garage doors in MN that aren't insulated. I put > up > > > plastic sheeting > > > between the stalls so I'm only heating the one stall. > > > > > As far as the velcro is concerned, I put a strip all the way across > both > > > the front and rear edge > > > of the top. The top is very snug since I rough cut the shape and hand > > > fitted it to the top by > > > sanding the edges on a belt sander. It was a lot of work, but I wanted > the > > > seal tight to keep > > > paint out. > > > > > Derek > > > T065 > > > > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:34 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> is that a bad case of frost on the garage door? > > > > >> looks good in plastic > > > > >> as to the lid, how much velco did you use? > > > > >> Chris, > > >> Odyssey Slipways <http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html> > > > > >> -- > > >> You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > > >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > >> To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] > > >> Visit the group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat- Hide > quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
