sandman
08-05-2006, 10:22 AM
I found an old picnic table top under my deck that was made of redwood.
Redwood is normally fairly hard to find around here.
It was pretty badly weathered but it was 4/4 sized wood (a fill 1" thick) so I planed it down and found some LOVELY dark reddish brown wood underneath. It cleaned up real pretty!
I always wanted one but never had the money to get one from Estes, (they were a WHOLE $2.00 each back then!!!). :eek:
http://www.ninfinger.org/%7Esven/rockets/catalogs/estes64/64est50.html
So I made up a plywood pattern and used up all of the redwood.
I made ten!...I got carried away a bit... :o
I made two styles. One has the 3.75" base like the original and one has a 4" base (I think it looks a tiny bit better). Like the original they don't come with a deflector plate or launch rod.
BTW, they are fully assembled.
Anyway, if anybody wants one for display or even to launch rockets...yea, I know you could make one real easy and there are much better launch pads available but...it's a nostagia thing. :rolleyes:
PM me if anybody wants one.
Redwood is normally fairly hard to find around here.
It was pretty badly weathered but it was 4/4 sized wood (a fill 1" thick) so I planed it down and found some LOVELY dark reddish brown wood underneath. It cleaned up real pretty!
I always wanted one but never had the money to get one from Estes, (they were a WHOLE $2.00 each back then!!!). :eek:
http://www.ninfinger.org/%7Esven/rockets/catalogs/estes64/64est50.html
So I made up a plywood pattern and used up all of the redwood.
I made ten!...I got carried away a bit... :o
I made two styles. One has the 3.75" base like the original and one has a 4" base (I think it looks a tiny bit better). Like the original they don't come with a deflector plate or launch rod.
BTW, they are fully assembled.
Anyway, if anybody wants one for display or even to launch rockets...yea, I know you could make one real easy and there are much better launch pads available but...it's a nostagia thing. :rolleyes:
PM me if anybody wants one.