hi everybody. I'm an apprentice carpenter who is interested in talking about construction with people online. If you are interested, you are welcome to add me to skype. thomas46073 is my username. I have graduated from uni but dont enjoy the white collar life.! im a motivated person who wants to make the most of my oppertunitys in the construction industry.
Quick question, did your rafters and pieces come in little squares or one big strip and you cut them? If in squares, how many mm, such as 0.5mm or 1.0mm etc and did you stick to together to make it rectangular, cheers.
@joelest1993 long strips, got them from mitre 10 and bunnings. no way would i try stick little squares together. it wouldnt look neat, and it would be too much work and not very strong.
The strips are about a 3 metre long, and we used a lot of them.
I'm studying Construction Management & Economics and have to build one in the next week! shitting my pants haha. Would you recommend building the trusses first? did you use different thicknesses of balsa or all the same? What scale did you build it on? I"m finding that the hardest part to decide!
@ShineNSta hey, this at unisa? im in 4th year now, same course.
we calculated how many trusses we needed then drew the 2d trusses on a piece of paper then cut them out and built them all together so they were all the same. i cant remember what scale it was at, but its not really that important as long as the model is not too big in the end. so maybe work out the length of the building and from that check different scales so that you are not carrying a massive or tiny model.
@ShineNSta 2 different thicknesses, we used rectangle shaped ones for everything and smaller square shaped ones for the purlins. i would build the walls first then the trusses. we used broken staples for nails to hold the pieces together while the superglue set. and once the whole thing was together we re superglued all the joints to make it strong.
@joelest1993 it didnt take too long, we just sat up one night, 3 of us, and got it done. we measured out the pieces we needed and drew a template on a bit of paper, then just put the pieces of wood on the template and cut each piece. that way each piece matched the piece on the template. then we used super glue and broken staples as nails. dont put too much glue on at first, just enough to hold it together. once you make all the trusses and assemble it, put more glue on the joints then.
If this is just a model then it is an Architect project but if they are testing it for some loads then it is a structural engineering project. But it doesnt look like this trus system is made for testing so i think it is an architectural engineering project.
what is the uni course you are/were doing? architecture or some branch of engineering? please get back to me this is the stuff would love to do..make scaled down toys :)
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giang180573 3 months ago
hi everybody. I'm an apprentice carpenter who is interested in talking about construction with people online. If you are interested, you are welcome to add me to skype. thomas46073 is my username. I have graduated from uni but dont enjoy the white collar life.! im a motivated person who wants to make the most of my oppertunitys in the construction industry.
gaoxinglangblog 10 months ago
Quick question, did your rafters and pieces come in little squares or one big strip and you cut them? If in squares, how many mm, such as 0.5mm or 1.0mm etc and did you stick to together to make it rectangular, cheers.
joelest1993 10 months ago
@joelest1993 long strips, got them from mitre 10 and bunnings. no way would i try stick little squares together. it wouldnt look neat, and it would be too much work and not very strong.
The strips are about a 3 metre long, and we used a lot of them.
engelteir 10 months ago
I'm studying Construction Management & Economics and have to build one in the next week! shitting my pants haha. Would you recommend building the trusses first? did you use different thicknesses of balsa or all the same? What scale did you build it on? I"m finding that the hardest part to decide!
ShineNSta 10 months ago
@ShineNSta hey, this at unisa? im in 4th year now, same course.
we calculated how many trusses we needed then drew the 2d trusses on a piece of paper then cut them out and built them all together so they were all the same. i cant remember what scale it was at, but its not really that important as long as the model is not too big in the end. so maybe work out the length of the building and from that check different scales so that you are not carrying a massive or tiny model.
engelteir 10 months ago
@ShineNSta 2 different thicknesses, we used rectangle shaped ones for everything and smaller square shaped ones for the purlins. i would build the walls first then the trusses. we used broken staples for nails to hold the pieces together while the superglue set. and once the whole thing was together we re superglued all the joints to make it strong.
engelteir 10 months ago
ok! thanks heaps for that!
joelest1993 1 year ago
How long did it take you? how hard was it? I'm doing it now, any advice? thanks!
joelest1993 1 year ago
@joelest1993 it didnt take too long, we just sat up one night, 3 of us, and got it done. we measured out the pieces we needed and drew a template on a bit of paper, then just put the pieces of wood on the template and cut each piece. that way each piece matched the piece on the template. then we used super glue and broken staples as nails. dont put too much glue on at first, just enough to hold it together. once you make all the trusses and assemble it, put more glue on the joints then.
engelteir 1 year ago
great job
hona41 1 year ago
its tiny...
TheWaldorock 1 year ago
If this is just a model then it is an Architect project but if they are testing it for some loads then it is a structural engineering project. But it doesnt look like this trus system is made for testing so i think it is an architectural engineering project.
Pretty cool stuff.
215810 2 years ago
what is the uni course you are/were doing? architecture or some branch of engineering? please get back to me this is the stuff would love to do..make scaled down toys :)
aidend1993 3 years ago
I did this as part of my "Construction management and Economics" course.
But both architects and engineers would make similar models.
engelteir 3 years ago