Creative Woodworks & crafts 2003-08, страница 33
Painting The various wood parts of the oroject need to be sealed and painted before assembly. Fig. 6 shows a horse, the cocch body, Ihe stage driver, a luggage trunk and a wheel after be:ng sorayed with clear polyurethane; it also shows a painted coach body and a wheel with the spokes drawn with a block fine tip pen. The ilems hcve been mounted on the sharp end of long sewing needles. The items can be sel to dry with the head end of the needle pushed into c piece of Styrofoam. The needle makes an easy handle by which to hold each item while you ore pain'ing its detcils. (The author would like to givo thanks to his wife Marilyn for her diligent work in doing the careful color painting for this project.) Refer to the photo to paint the pieces. The coach wheels need to have a block rim and blcck spokes. The wheels can be left natural with the polyurethane sealer and the rim end spokes addec with a permanent black fine tip pen as seen in Fig. 6. Make 16 spokes in the wheels. First do vertical and horizontal spokes. Then keep dividing the space between Ihe spokes to get 16. Make a blcck or goid center hub. Don': paint the hub or the inside of the wheels where they will be glued in place. The horses ccn be painted -ncny wcys. T~e horses shown in this article arc white wilh gray manes and tails. The bridle and harness can be gold or b ack. T.nere are lots of choices on colors! The coach body can be red and then the ouflinc of the door on each side can be black. You can give more detai1 to the cargo rails on top (maybe a brown feather seat, etc.). If you are real good at painting, you can add many details. The luggage Irunks need dark linos to indicate the edge of the lid and the straps that go over ihe top as see." in me finished project photo. These can be made with a lead pencil or a f:ne tip permanent black marker. Refer 1o tho photo to paint the pieces. Assembly The wheels can be glued to the ends of tne axies easier if a gluing fixture is used. Fig. 4 shows the coach body sitting on the glue fixture in position for gluing wheels in p ace. Tho glue fixture is simply a 5/16" thick piece of wood that is narrower than the axle length. Note: the wheels are g ued on after the painting is completed. Clean any paint, pallern material or glue off of the ends of the cxles before gluing. Be careful :o keep the ends perpendicular to the axle. Setting Ihe bottom of the axles on the wood strip will hold them at the righl height at which to center the wheels on the ends of the axles when they are gluec. This will also insure that ell four wheels sit evenly on the mounting base. Be careful that the wheels are properly centered fore and aft. Put a drop of white glue on a scrap of paper and use a toothpick to transfer a small dao of glue to the end of each axle and the center of the wheel. This will avoid a glue run on the wheels when they are glued to the axles. The coach and the horses need to be mounted on a base piece. The base used in this article is o piece of walnut 1/2" x 2" x 7-1/2" that has been given a clear finish. The top edge has been given a "oecd cut" with a router. Many different kinas of bases could be used. A 2" x 7-1/2" piece of green file folder can also be used as a mounting base. Glue the coach in place on the type of base you choose. The coach and horses need to be positioned on the base so there is equal space in front of the horses and behind the coach. Use the toorhpick method again to transfer a small amount of glue to the botlom of each wheel where they touch the base. The coach tongue is simply a 4-1/2' long, l/8"-Dia. dowel rod filled into the l/8"-Dia. hole that was drilled above —— the front axle, as shown on the pattern and seen in Fig. 3. The front end of the coach tongue will be glued lo one of the 1wo lead horses at tne same time as you glue the back end of the tongue into the hole in the coach. Put the tongue in place with no glue to determine the proper position of the front horses on the base in front of the coach. The front end of the tongue should match the harness and be halfway up on the belly of the front horses. Glue only one of the front pair of horses in its proper place on the base. As noted above, transfer just a tiny dab of glue to ttie bottom of ecch leg. Let the glue for this first horse dry before you glue the tongue in place. The height of the front end of the tongue should be at the widest place on the horse's oeliy so it can be easily glued in place. Lay the assembly on its side for this glung step so the Tongue will not fall cut of position. You can lay the wheel-gluing fixture under the side of the coach wheels to keep the assembly in position for this step, if you use tne heavy paper base, make sure it is not bent while gluing the tongue in place. The front end of the tongue will fit against the belly of the first horse. Glue the tongue in place by placing the back end in the hole in the coach and the front end against the belly of the front horse. After the glue in ihe previous step is set up, set the base uoright +o complete the assembly. Use a toothpick cgain to put a dab of glue on the front end of the tongue where the second horse will fit against it. Put a tiny dab of glue on the bottom of the feet of the second horse and put rhe second horse in place beside the first one. The other four horses are then positioned to divide up the 'emaining space. The space between each pair should be similar to the space between the front of the coach and the first pair of horses. Use a toothpick to out a +iny dab of glue on the bottom of the feet and where the belly of each horse contacts the tongue. Put a tiny dab of glue on the bottom of the stage driver where he sits on rhe coach seat. Arrange the three luggage trunks where you want them between xhe cargo rails on top of the coach. Pick them up one at a time and glue them in place. | Fig. 6. Individual parts can be mounted on sewing needles and Styrofoam for painting. 14 • Creative Woodworks S. Crafts August 2003 |
