playing again with wind stuff.
i made a nose for the mill but it dident look right.
it was made from a ceiling fan /light. i stripped one down to see what was inside.
but later i stacked sum bits together and it looked like a prop nose.
all made from metal i got gas torch and soldered it.
now i needed sum bondo or car body filler .
but i only had resin and talc and wanted to keep that for new roter.
but i did have sum drywall filler.
so i used that it was only going to be a mock-up.
but then i added sum water-proof glue .PVA type
used the filler like bondo and i gote a nice new nose cone.
but it was a odd shape .
so another day i got thinking about a better shape nose.
this time no metal.
i started with polystyrene . cutting out a disc at a time .
i used a sharp craft knife same action as a jig saw .
first marking it out on the sheet with a compass and pencil .
it was a old bit rubbishy scrap that was laying around.
i made each disc smaller as it got taller.
soon i had a pile of round discs.
next thing was to glue them together . but with WHAT?.
i know sumthings melt polystyrene . so i tried white silicon sealant .
it worked great. was the first time ive tried to glue it.
i did leave it over-night to set. but it worked so well.
so then i could start to shape it. a surform tool worked well and sum 40 grit
sandpaper.
but now i had a problem as i couldn't sand the white silicon . it was like soft rubber.
i used a sharp blade and just sliced it off.
then again i used the filler and pva wood glue. also water.
to much wood glue and its impossible to sand down.
as it was taking shape i cut a ply disc and stuck it on the bottom.
then i found a round metal plate type thing.
i screwed that to the plywood disc.
more filler and sanding. this was done a bit each day or evening.
or when i had time.
well now i could see that this shape was much better .
then i finished the surface with water mixed with pva glue.
letting it dry each time.
using paint i had . it got a finish on it.
next time i try this .i will get a motor or shaft with bearings and use it like a potters wheel.
no power just spin it with hand.
first coat was a gray primer and second was blue spray.
that reacted bad so had to start again .
but its all good fun doing a new nose job for my mill.
as i was making it i thought i could use the nose as a plug. or a male mould.
glass over it then make a female mould.
but i dident want to start making noses in fibre glass.
it was only fun. my wife cant beleave i made this thing .
the finish pic has got a zippo in the middle for size .
you can see how it went with the pictures .
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