02-20-2024, 03:13 PM
Continuing on, here's steps 5 and 6 which adds bling to the backboard. As for the wires, one is the power input, the other is for a string of LED lights. At this point I've got just about six hours into it and used 125 pieces of laser-cut plywood. Some pieces are small shaped pegs to hold other pieces together and attaching the figures. So far I've only used four screws, but there's a lot more to go and several bags of screws.
That was yesterday, today I finished steps 7 and 8, which are the two side pieces. Each one has 28 pieces to it. The first one took me about an hour, and I timed doing the second one and it came in a few minutes less, at 50 minutes to fully assemble. So over four days, I've got close to 8 hours into this and used 181 parts so I think my 20-30 hour estimate is close.
That was yesterday, today I finished steps 7 and 8, which are the two side pieces. Each one has 28 pieces to it. The first one took me about an hour, and I timed doing the second one and it came in a few minutes less, at 50 minutes to fully assemble. So over four days, I've got close to 8 hours into this and used 181 parts so I think my 20-30 hour estimate is close.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD