If you are reading this then Phase one of the new site has probably been deployed!
In summary it is a Drupal based site focusing on Blogs and Image Galleries. All customizations were done using Drupal modules. It has no custom code; not a single line; so it should be easy to keep up-to-date. Even so the site offers a wide range of features for the club's members. For example, a more-or-less WYSIWYG editor for posts; one that supports adding existing pictures from the site into your post or uploading one from the editor.
I am still learning how to use my MicroMark 7x14 mini-lathe and MicroMark milling machine. However, one of the things that has been causing me a lot of grief is how inaccurate the tail-stock on the mini-lathe is. Because I am a complete novice, and because the equipment is so expensive (at least for me). I have been very hesitant to modify it. However, the inaccuracy of the tail-stock was becoming a show stopper and had to be corrected.
I figure I should let folks know what I've been up to, and how far I've gotten on the Oiler conversion to CAD plans. I started with the line drawings, and plotted the provided hull contours. Placing them into a 3-d space according to the 2-d plans, I was able to generate a full hull form (a mesh, for those who know 3d modeling and CAD). From that, I am going to generate actual ribs.
This blog post briefly describes how to cut windows in a previously marked fiberglass hull. Cutting windows in a fiberglass hull, even a thick one like my Nassau hull, is far easier than making a wood hull from scratch. This is the first part of a series of articles I will write while building my German Dreadnaught Nassau.
I am still learning how to use my MicroMark 7x14 mini-lathe and MicroMark milling machine. However, one of the things that has been causing me a lot of grief is how inaccurate the tail-stock on the mini-lathe is. Because I am a complete novice, and because the equipment is so expensive (at least for me). I have been very hesitant to modify it. However, the inaccuracy of the tail-stock was becoming a show stopper and had to be corrected.
I figure I should let folks know what I've been up to, and how far I've gotten on the Oiler conversion to CAD plans. I started with the line drawings, and plotted the provided hull contours. Placing them into a 3-d space according to the 2-d plans, I was able to generate a full hull form (a mesh, for those who know 3d modeling and CAD). From that, I am going to generate actual ribs.
This blog post briefly describes how to cut windows in a previously marked fiberglass hull. Cutting windows in a fiberglass hull, even a thick one like my Nassau hull, is far easier than making a wood hull from scratch. This is the first part of a series of articles I will write while building my German Dreadnaught Nassau.