Today I set to complete the railing on the top of the tower. This is the kind of job that needs a lot of preparation in order to ensure everything ends up outlined straight. I eyeball a lot of things, but nothing beats direct measurement. If there would be any misalignment, my eyes would immediately notice and so in order to avoid later disappointment, I gave this step the time it deserves.
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1. Railing on top of the tower
I don't have particular special tools in my workshop that could possibly ease this task but I figured the only to do it right was to make a jig first.
In the jig, basically a flat wooden plate, I laid out the knots for the railing construction and carefully drilled 1mm diameter holes there. Once that was done, I turned to the supports, that of course had to be dimensionally equal. Also, these supports needed to be drilled carefully to ensure all angles would be straight on the end product. The corner supports required two drillings on each level, 90 degrees apart, exactly. So that was a challenge for me without a drill stand...
I then set about rigging the construction. I used 0.8mm piano steel wire for the lower two braces and 2x1 mm styrene for the top one.
The top handrail was drilled and featured of 0.8mm styrene outliners to ensure dimensional equivalence to the lower support outline
The total job cost me about 2 hours, once all parts were prepared. I spent equal time yesterday making the supports and drilling them carefully.
On days like this, I thank de divinity for the existence of CA glue, really! Here is a thank-you pic! 🙂
I'm quite happy about the end result, already gave it a shot of white primer from the rattle can in support of later steps!
Hope you like this one!
Nice evening all, Michel.
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