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"What was that popping noise ?"
"A paradigm shifting without a clutch."
--Dilbert
"A paradigm shifting without a clutch."
--Dilbert
Nice work, see the length of my suggestion below to see how excited this makes me.
But first a few curiousity questions:
I assume the selection may grow somewhat?
To what extent does he use friction fits and to what degree does he use wood glue?
The following is based on a relatively limited knowledge of woodcraft, I realize that it is a bit lengthy, but that is only because it and shows my penchant for mechanical engineering/artistic design geekdom (or at least nerddom):
If he were to decide to take special orders then a MLRS or similar item could be a comparatively simple take-off on the dump-truck. The rockets/missiles might simply be dowels with the noses rounded off. The addition of static fins (to fit in a gridwork with a cap peice at the back) or fold out fins that fit just tightly enough to stay reliably in place when folded out would be an optional luxury detail. In the case of finless or fold out fins just replace the box with a solid block of wood (perhaps sandwiched together from multiple peices) or use large dowels with an exterior framework. In either case drill blind holes to leave about 1/8 to 1 inches of wood at the back, or PERHAPS have a through hole that is about 1/8 smaller diameter than the rocket for that last little distance (might be best to set things so the glue seams (if any) fall between the rows of rocket holes). If If through holes are not provided, then the rockets should stick far enough out of the launcher to be individually grasped for removal. providing a additional dowel (prehaps from a different type of wood), approximately 2/5ths of the rocket length long so that the user could slip it in behind one of the rockets to the moment of launch would be an added bonus. The only problem I can see is that the rockets might be small enough to not be quite as kid-safe (as compared to the "logs" on the logging truck) if the same scale as the original dump truck was kept to (I.E. might be more prone to result in a nasty poke in the eye, especially since it WOULD be a 'war toy'). Note that I am assuming at least three rockets per row. A 1x2 or 2x2 array could be safely managed even at the original scale.
But first a few curiousity questions:
I assume the selection may grow somewhat?
To what extent does he use friction fits and to what degree does he use wood glue?
The following is based on a relatively limited knowledge of woodcraft, I realize that it is a bit lengthy, but that is only because it and shows my penchant for mechanical engineering/artistic design geekdom (or at least nerddom):
If he were to decide to take special orders then a MLRS or similar item could be a comparatively simple take-off on the dump-truck. The rockets/missiles might simply be dowels with the noses rounded off. The addition of static fins (to fit in a gridwork with a cap peice at the back) or fold out fins that fit just tightly enough to stay reliably in place when folded out would be an optional luxury detail. In the case of finless or fold out fins just replace the box with a solid block of wood (perhaps sandwiched together from multiple peices) or use large dowels with an exterior framework. In either case drill blind holes to leave about 1/8 to 1 inches of wood at the back, or PERHAPS have a through hole that is about 1/8 smaller diameter than the rocket for that last little distance (might be best to set things so the glue seams (if any) fall between the rows of rocket holes). If If through holes are not provided, then the rockets should stick far enough out of the launcher to be individually grasped for removal. providing a additional dowel (prehaps from a different type of wood), approximately 2/5ths of the rocket length long so that the user could slip it in behind one of the rockets to the moment of launch would be an added bonus. The only problem I can see is that the rockets might be small enough to not be quite as kid-safe (as compared to the "logs" on the logging truck) if the same scale as the original dump truck was kept to (I.E. might be more prone to result in a nasty poke in the eye, especially since it WOULD be a 'war toy'). Note that I am assuming at least three rockets per row. A 1x2 or 2x2 array could be safely managed even at the original scale.
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