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Date:  4-4-2015
Number of Hours:  3.00
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Brief Description:  Cutting Canard Cores

Re-arranged shed, placing single table for hot-wiring in centre of shed, other at window end.

Strung wire saw, using 0.041" SS safety wire on tension end and 0.032" safety wire on the cutting side. Design of the saw came from Mike Skorija, thanks Dust!

The plans method of maintaining wire tension, and having to tighten and slacken just seemed dumb, with mine (Mike's) I tension it up until it plays a nice note when plucked, heat it up, and the note doesn't change, (much). I just pluck it before cutting, and tune it to a pleasing note. :) This is timewarp stuff, written after I cut the cores and learnt how to do it all.

Tension provided by 5 x 4" loops of light bungy cord, (I bought a spring, but can't find it), and adjusted with a fence wire strainer.

Hooked up to a 10A 24V power supply, (provided by Grant), it worked a treat.

Clamped and drilled Canard Core Templates. Think a thinner material may have been better.

Cut Central Canard Core. Was so excited forgot to start the camera for the cutting of the actual core. Absolute fun!

Then noticed the f*&king thing was too short to cut the Inner Cores. Built it 55" for some reason, rebuild to 72" and restring.
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Attaching power cables to Wire Saw

Attaching power cables to Wire Saw

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Match drilling canard templates

Match drilling canard templates

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Making straight cuts for Central Core

Making straight cuts for Central Core

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