Train Part 3

It is so great to have the beast up and running agin. I took the down time to improve a couple of things on it.. The nuts and bolts vibrate off over time so it was time to tighten them back up again. Went to Ace Hardware to get lock tight and cut down on that chore. I got the train table off and started painting. The next couple of steps are to put table legs on and some scenery...

Reprograming

When you lose a hard drive you can get it all back however it takes time, and work and effort.
It would be easer if I kept a backup of the files I need.. The installation video said to back up your files.. They said it more than once.. Did I listen, No.. I will this time.. in a bit, it is on the list of things to do. I just noticed that it is on the list from the first time I installed this Whoops.

New Hard Drive

Ok I got a new hard-drive and got it installed hopefully this will fix my little problem.. Now there was some dust in the computer but not as much as I thought there would be. It takes a long time to install windows, but now I got to put all the numbers back. This is where I ran into trouble the first time when I couldn't get this beast to live... The fun just doesn't stop.

I got the train table primed and it is starting to look like a train table...

Dust and Disaster

Ok things haven't gone so well.. The used computer died.. Well the hard drive did and now all the settings are gone. So there it sits on the table not moving until I get the thing fixed.. Argh..

Train Part 2

Step three Design. Lay out and measuring is the key The little round balls at the end of the track were a challenge but I got it done.

Step 4 Cutting. I had to put this on hold.. My machine would only cut smallish things at first because of the track and the wiring and the other gremlins in the works. So it is off to killing gremlins I go.

Step 5 Cutting. Gremlins Dead I got the board strapped down to the table now and I am ready to start cutting.. This beast is going to take 4 bit changes and has 19 steps. I hope I got every thing right..

Toy Train

Now it is time for the biggest thing I have ever cut.. My boys train table He loves toy wood trains. I don't know many two year olds that don't. So I set out to make him a toy train table.

Step one research. I looked at all the toy train tables out there... Not that I had much choice because he dragged me to every one.

Step two Size. The car is small and I can fit a 2' by 4' sheet of ply in there so there you are.

Toy Giraffe

I wanted to do something for my boy.. After all he is my son.. He also likes the Giraffes at the Zoo.. It is a bit of a hike they are all the way in the back and I end up carring him a lot of the way.. So I was going to make him a wood one..

I started with a simple photo that I took then I traced it using Illustrator.. (a great program) I then took it over to the "other computer" and worked out all the layers I would need to make it 3d..

It took me 2 tries but I am inspired now I can see how I am going to do a full sized wood horse..

The bad news is the tail is to fragile for him to play with.. The next thing I carve will be for him.