An NSR Absolute Block instrument

also found an issue on Fusion where converting to drawing is changing the colours.. May now need to update my graphics card.

 

No the colours are the same ones as used for the face. You physically see it change in the same program (so I can rule out my screen although it’s a very valid point !) it’s a known issue listed on fusions website. Just says update the graphics card which I’ve done and no change.
I’m just trying the laptop instead as totally forgot about my sons computer as that’s already windows 11, and see how that works.. but guess what, it also needs an update!

 

Now. The issue rested solely with Fusion.. kind of.. it seems that there are settings in the design , ie shadow etc that has an effect on the drawing stage. Silly, but yes. It also changed when you orientate the part by 90 degrees. I had the face looking up and it made the design setting dark.
However, rotate round by 90 degrees to stand upright and face the light source and the drawings come out correct!

now to set up for a test print on the laser printer.

 

Printed the work of mossy and myself out today..


doesn’t look too bad.

but the great thing with 3D drawing is you can “turn on and off” parts in fusion, so I can hide most of the drawing and just print the boxes.


I knew the overall shape Mossy had drawn was correct from the earlier test print, but I’d made changes with the font sizes and text spacing to look a little more like the original.

I decided to try this first off. Easier to lay out and compare..


oddly, despite measures taken, and printing to 100% they look under scale, so I’ll double check the measurements and widen the boxes. Height wise was ok, so at some point we have got something wrong. It could well have been my dark photos with reflection off the ruler making it hard to interpret the measurement, I don’t know.
Anyway, we shall give it a mod and another whirl tomorrow and see what we get.

andy

 

It’s most annoying that googling and playing with most settings won’t seem to loose the black outlines.

I may have to see if I can invest it a photo editing software that allows Adobe files to be edited..

or just suck it up and accept it.


None of the boxes should have a black outline. It’s added by fusion . Same with the white text on the red background.
I also need to see if I can print in some glossy photo paper rather than the cheap stuff. See if having a shine helps the final printed colours.

 

I was never happy with the front beading for the glass, and the other day dropped on some that was the right shape and size, although the wrong type of wood.
I’ve been trying some stains and the shellac to try and match it in..


even had to do the lower one twice, so here is that one raw and the others after a first wipe of the mahogany die.

it looked a little pink!


but after 3 it’s beginning to blend in. Next to add some shellac.

 

It’s getting there. Some of it is down to the lighting. The shellac has pulled it around to blend in and it’s had a two further coats since these photos.
Sadly, I’d already gone and done this (although I had done some test strips along side) when I got your reply @gormo . Oh well. Teak may have been a good shout. However at £3 for about 6 ft of strip wood, it can always redo it again.

 

I’ve rebuilt the door this morning.. so we’re now all back together and more complete than it’s been in years.

 

I’ve been sorting the photos out for a friend who wants to make a video (he is part of a signalling group) going back 18 months I’ve got over 370 pictures!
Not sure how I managed that? And some have been edited out since.

 

And so, with many thanks to @Mossy, my father in law and Peter in Kilmacolmn I’m now calling phase 1 done. The block is restored and finished.

here is a photo dump of it outside this aft.



Phase 2 will be to create a back board to mount the bell box on like my friend Nick Allsop’s, below



Phase 3 will be the simulator from Peter once it’s been created.

So that may be it for a while now.

Andy

 

Glebe sidings is Nicks Block, that I’m aiming to replicate