04-06-2011, 10:51 AM
Magnets! 
Yes, this is why I used magnets to make my first perpetual motion machine...and we all know how that turned out, at least those of us who know conventional physics. At that time I did not, but was learning all about it in a practical application sort of way.
This is turning into one heck of a train-of-thought thread! No worries, I'll bring us back on track.
The angle braces are on 3 out of 4 sides - two sets for each arch. One more set to cut and fit then I can move on to the next step. The instructions say to do steps 1-9 then repeat for the other arch. I did 1-4 or so and began on the other arch while the first dried. It will probably turn out that I have a bunch of nbw's to add all at once this way...but that's not terrible. Only 140, and a few of those were destined for the trestle bents which I'm not building for this particular bridge.
Okay...pictures later tonight or tomorrow morning.
Galen
Yes, this is why I used magnets to make my first perpetual motion machine...and we all know how that turned out, at least those of us who know conventional physics. At that time I did not, but was learning all about it in a practical application sort of way.This is turning into one heck of a train-of-thought thread! No worries, I'll bring us back on track.
The angle braces are on 3 out of 4 sides - two sets for each arch. One more set to cut and fit then I can move on to the next step. The instructions say to do steps 1-9 then repeat for the other arch. I did 1-4 or so and began on the other arch while the first dried. It will probably turn out that I have a bunch of nbw's to add all at once this way...but that's not terrible. Only 140, and a few of those were destined for the trestle bents which I'm not building for this particular bridge.
Okay...pictures later tonight or tomorrow morning.
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!