Author Topic: Eric the Shed builds a VOLCANO (update 01/03) (Read 23733 times)

Eric the Shed · « **on:** January 30, 2015, 12:49:36 PM »

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Captain Blood · « **Reply #1 on:** January 30, 2015, 03:42:01 PM »

Looking good so far. That's your best work to date.

(Sorry Giles, cheap shot, I know... Couldn't resist

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Eric the Shed · « **Reply #2 on:** January 30, 2015, 03:43:33 PM »

Cheap shots allowed - its Friday afternoon

snitcythedog · « **Reply #3 on:** January 30, 2015, 06:35:04 PM »

I knew it iced over rock cliff faces in Egypt!!!!

Snitchy sends.

Eric the Shed · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2015, 01:36:44 PM »

Seeing that others have jumped the starting gun ...I thought official start was tomorrow I shall declare my build...

It will be approximately 50cm wide and 50cm high. The plan is that this will sit on top of my rocky escarpments...so yes more cork involved

marianas_gamer · « **Reply #5 on:** February 01, 2015, 01:04:53 AM »

Looking forward to this. I have always wanted a volcano for my jungle table, so I will be taking notes

LB

Eric the Shed · « **Reply #6 on:** February 01, 2015, 07:25:18 AM »

Materials bought yesterday...(receipts available to check if required) - construction starts this morning

Ill be posting updates here and on my blog.

Materials bought

MDF base - 50cm square cut for me at B&Q

Lots of glue...

Jablite for basic internal construction

Cork Bark - two 60cm tubes

Proof that Cork Bark found in the right place is not expensive...this was from my local garden centre (their reptile area)

Progress build later tonight

Dewbakuk · « **Reply #7 on:** February 01, 2015, 08:37:05 AM »

The two garden centres near me that have reptile sections charge way more than that! Thankfully I bought 10kg of it online a little while back that has done me well

Captain Blood · « **Reply #8 on:** February 01, 2015, 10:16:53 AM »

£8.99 for an entire cork bark tube is astonishingly cheap.

Pick me up a couple next time you're passing, would you Giles?

Eric the Shed · « **Reply #9 on:** February 01, 2015, 10:26:35 AM »

Quote from: Captain Blood on February 01, 2015, 10:16:53 AM

£8.99 for an entire cork bark tube is astonishingly cheap.

Pick me up a couple next time you're passing, would you Giles?

Going back today for more so OK

Eric the Shed · « **Reply #10 on:** February 01, 2015, 03:53:33 PM »

09.00hrs and the project is a go !!

First up fix an old Champagne box to base board. This has had one end chopped off and stands 36cm tall. The box will create a sturdy centre for the volcano plus creates an inside for something I have planned later on.

Cut roughly to 36cm high

Glued and screwed to baseboard.

Step two glue in skewers around the base to hold the polystyrene at the heart of the volcano.

Simple bbq skewers hold the polystyrene in place

As you can see in the following pictures as the volcano takes shape I have not been particularly careful in measuring pieces. Afterall you are not going to see this in the final pictures.