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Hi all I decided that my scrap yard should have everything, including the kitchen sink, but, I don't have a 1/16th kitchen sink, so I devised a cunning plan to make one.
First I made a former for said sink.
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then I made a thing to press the plastic over the former I was using 2mm plasticard (will be using a blow torch as my hot air gun is snaffu so thought I better use some robust plastic) so made this part 2mm bigger all round.
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so I cut the plasticard placed it over the former and heated it up then when it started getting shiney I put the press over the top of it and pressed, oops didn't heat it up enough and only got it pressed half way down, and snapped the pressing tool getting it off so had to make another , so second attempt worked.
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unfortunately being a very tight fit I also had to break this one off, But look what I got
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now a little drilling and cutting and we have this
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when painted and in the dio we have a 1/16th sink
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now I know you couldn't use it in a dolls house or anything, it would need a lot more refining but I think it looks ok here and its a new method I an see being very useful to me. how about anyone else.
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First I made a former for said sink.
View attachment 86609
then I made a thing to press the plastic over the former I was using 2mm plasticard (will be using a blow torch as my hot air gun is snaffu so thought I better use some robust plastic) so made this part 2mm bigger all round.
View attachment 86610
so I cut the plasticard placed it over the former and heated it up then when it started getting shiney I put the press over the top of it and pressed, oops didn't heat it up enough and only got it pressed half way down, and snapped the pressing tool getting it off so had to make another , so second attempt worked.
View attachment 86611
unfortunately being a very tight fit I also had to break this one off, But look what I got
View attachment 86612
View attachment 86613
now a little drilling and cutting and we have this
View attachment 86614
when painted and in the dio we have a 1/16th sink
View attachment 86615
View attachment 86616
now I know you couldn't use it in a dolls house or anything, it would need a lot more refining but I think it looks ok here and its a new method I an see being very useful to me. how about anyone else.
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