Thread for "cardiffrob"
http://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/foru...hp?tid=838
...and for Ian Williams as mentioned above:
http://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/foru...hp?tid=332
While I look at it and think "way more than my cut and screw job" (Trevor the same) my godson and friend are having a go and their experiments with annealing and forming edges were a first time success, so its not THAT hard to fit a skin over tubes or a wooden frame or over ply edges.
In the 20 or so years since I did mine the "game changers" for me are knowing how easy it is to shape wood with a belt sander and the annealing trick.
...and of course the other game changer is access to a forum and youtube...
...am itching for another go at a build !!! Advice for others, if nothing else, DO have a go AT LEAST at a mock up out of hardboard and card and random bits of whatever. I think you'll either get hooked at that point or its really not your thing.
http://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/foru...hp?tid=838
...and for Ian Williams as mentioned above:
http://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/foru...hp?tid=332
While I look at it and think "way more than my cut and screw job" (Trevor the same) my godson and friend are having a go and their experiments with annealing and forming edges were a first time success, so its not THAT hard to fit a skin over tubes or a wooden frame or over ply edges.
In the 20 or so years since I did mine the "game changers" for me are knowing how easy it is to shape wood with a belt sander and the annealing trick.
...and of course the other game changer is access to a forum and youtube...
...am itching for another go at a build !!! Advice for others, if nothing else, DO have a go AT LEAST at a mock up out of hardboard and card and random bits of whatever. I think you'll either get hooked at that point or its really not your thing.