Turntable bridge - 3
STEP 1: Creating a bending template
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2. Arch drawing, printed on self-adhesive paper.
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Knowing the final width of the turntable bridge, I
fired-up my computer to create a drawing of the arch.
I drew only the inner width of the arch to use as a
bending template.
STEP 1: Creating a bending template
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3. I used a sharp knife and a ruler to cut out the
arch template. Then I removed the backing paper
and affixed the paper to a piece of styrene.
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After printing, I roughly cut out the template and
glued it to a piece of 0.040” styrene. Then I used scis-
sors to cut the styrene piece to the final shape.
4. The final arch template.
I used scissors to cut the
styrene exactly along the
printed line.
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MRH-Sep 2014
