badsimmonds
Alphans
In the mid seventies just after the first series of 1999 was shown I built a comlock but unfortunately over the years it has disappeared so I thought it was time to build another.
I know there are kits out there but I decided to scratch build using bits and bobs lying around the garage.
I cut up some MDF and glued them together, although MDF is fairly stable I also fibre glassed the joins just to make sure. This was followed by endless filling and sanding and priming. I was originally going to just cut the grove using a saw but that turned out a mess so I ended up just cutting the block right through. This means more sanding etc but I think it will give me the neatest gap. I also made a smaller cube for the bottom of the comlock which was treated the same as the other. I ended up with three sections which now need to be joined.
I know there are kits out there but I decided to scratch build using bits and bobs lying around the garage.
I cut up some MDF and glued them together, although MDF is fairly stable I also fibre glassed the joins just to make sure. This was followed by endless filling and sanding and priming. I was originally going to just cut the grove using a saw but that turned out a mess so I ended up just cutting the block right through. This means more sanding etc but I think it will give me the neatest gap. I also made a smaller cube for the bottom of the comlock which was treated the same as the other. I ended up with three sections which now need to be joined.