submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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I'm gonna make the fin a little slimmer than it is currently, but the general shape works for me.

It's currently made from SPF from home depot, but I'm debating making them out of more oak dowels, but that'll be SO MUCH more work to carve out

Just spent 5 minutes using the proper tools, got the other two roughed out, as opposed to the 30-45 minutes it took with the box cutter

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[-] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

OP I want you to keep posting pictures of progress but in each one please make the tip pointier and pointier just so there is a reason people can keep pointing (huehehehuehe) it out to you.

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I see you're flaring the end.

Smart.

Maybe still blunt the tip a wee bit.

[-] xylol@leminal.space 2 points 17 hours ago

Do you recommend a suction bottom or without

[-] DokPsy@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

As long as the base is sufficiently flared, it's dealers choice

[-] Krusty@quokk.au 1 points 12 hours ago

At the monthly gathering of the Vampire Slayer Society...

Snek: what's up my fellow vampire slayers? So I got this killer idea, right? It's going to be a rocket-propelled stake through the heart!

Standing ovation

[-] Cricket@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 hours ago

For a second there, I thought that you were making the rocket from the Tintin graphic novels:

[-] sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

I mean, that was the original idea, then I decided the v-2 shape was more attainable

[-] Cricket@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 hours ago

Cool! I understand your decision though.

[-] jankforlife@lemmy.ml 0 points 16 hours ago

Nice start!

[-] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 16 hours ago

Is it a Tintin rocket?

[-] sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Eh, kinda

[-] Thorry@feddit.org 0 points 17 hours ago

Sure Buffy, it's a wooden rocket model and totally not a stake for vampire hunting ;)

Looking very good tho

[-] sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 0 points 17 hours ago

Now that I'm looking at it, I kinda want to taper the nose and tail a little more, it's just a touch chunkier than i like p

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 0 points 16 hours ago

Other jokes aside, it's got a good Buck Rodgers/Flash Gordon vibe right now, though blunting the nose a touch might be prudent. What did you end deciding on joining the fins?

[-] sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

I'm going to wrap a piece of sandpaper around the rocket body, then sand the inside face of the fin to match the curve, then just glue them once I've got a good match.

It'll be almost a square inch of contact, so I think it ought to be plenty strong, anything strong enough to break it would break any method of attachment

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 0 points 17 hours ago

I see the banana for scale, thanks. Also, how old is your kid and how worried are you about the pointy end going into someone's end? I know few kids that never throw things but my youngest is a thrower, and I would add a nerf dart-like tip to the rocket.

[-] sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

He's 2, but I'm going to significantly round the tip, it's just pointy for ease of initial shaping

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 0 points 17 hours ago

I mean it looks great. Any thoughts about colors?

[-] sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Most likely I'll leave it bare wood or rub it with a 50/50 beeswax/mineral oil mix i made

It's inevitably going to be chewed on, so gotta keep that in mind

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