right, finally i have a day where the weather was semi decent and i could get to the person't house i have hijacked as a workshop!
today i wanted to catch up, i have not done any of the hammer since last week and to be honest was getting restless. my other half was getting ready to kill me as i have thrown myself into the pepakura in a massive way while stuck at home (3 seperate arm pieces, first was out of proportion, second was wrong scale, third time hopefulyl lucky... also two shoulders and the helmet. the flat is covered with bits of paper and my fingers with glue gun burns).
first things first, i wanted to make a start on the haft, it being the only real piece i hadn't touched yet. i have made this a little freehand if i am honest, judging positions and lengths of the different sections to what feels right for me. the inner core tube is 40mm pvc plumbing pipe with the thicker sections in 55mm. to space them properly i cut some batons off a spare piece of mdf and hot glued them to the inner tube, then forced the outer one over, a good tight fit, held in place without glue on the outer layer. win! i ended up using a sealant gun loaded with a heavy duty putty/glue/snot stuff anyway to fill the gaps and seal it tight just in case anyway
the batons spacing the gap
just over 6 feet of plumbing pipe, bring it on mario...
next, the mounts to connect the blade to the haft. this is being made as two main pieces, an outer master piece to be detailed and cast so i can use it on each side, and the other is a heavy futy bit to connect the actual blade to the handle. the blade holder 18mm mdf (same as the main blade thickness) with 3mm facing bits so it partially encloses the back edge for a good solid fit. when this is cast i will be either pinning or using the sort of wooden pegs you get with flat pack furniture to help strengthen the bonds or sticking it together. i am working on the details for the outer cover piece, i am thinking of using plasticard (sheet styrene to a few people) for the actual detail layer as i can carve and cut into it with a sharp modelling knife way better than i can in mdf with my trusty jigsaw...
outer detail cover of the blade holder, will have more details in plasticard before casting for a pair of identical pieces to cover each side
the connecting box bit enclosing the back edge of the blade
all in a nice lined up happy way
i have also started on the pieces designed to hold the bottom edge of the blade, sort of flattened v shaped pieces (but forgot to take a closeup, they are visible on the shot of all together). thye are cur on one side to butt up flush to the blade, the other edge curved to join at the hammer. with the proportions i have made it all these bits sit just on the top of the first wider section of pipe on the handle.
FINALLY i have found a sound chip system that will not bankrupt me
here and for only £18, about a quarter of previous quotes. i will be wiring a button on the haft later.
next, yet more puttying between the detail plates and where the edges join on the apex bits, drilled a hole for the handle and made the cap piece to go on the top of the hammer itself, so with this, once sanded out, the master for the hammer head will be DONE!
the blade itself i need to just putty a couple of areas and that will be done too, the blade box is done, the lower blade support is done, the handle is half done. i need to finish detail on the blade box facia, design a guard to go on the lower section, finish the haft and do the electronics. at the rate i am going i will be ready for molding next week
it actually fits and holds
yup. tall
bits lined up to get a sense of position
yes. i am huge. very wide and 6'6 tall... and the hammer is taller than me