As an update to the non boat models subject which seems to have created some interest.
It has turned out to be an interesting and unexpectedly challenging exercise, every spare moment I go to my workroom to check on my last bit of build or struggle to fit A to B with nothing in the vicinity glued so you have to be gentle yet firm ( where have I heard that before !!)
I have broken a couple of pieces but have managed to glue them enabling me to carry on.
I must admit the U tube I have been viewing on the build helps a lot.
Fingers crossed not much more to do but putting the two main bits together any time soon will pose problems, I could do with another pair of hands.
Regards ChrisG

Thanks for posting pics of the globe.
What a fascinating project, and how amazing is that laser cutting. I could do with the accuracy of this method. My cutting skills are not what they used to be so I find myself deliberately oversizing parts such that errors can be sanded down and corrected.😉

Roy

Where is the Non-Boat model to go with your story?
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Hi Ronald I suppose I was for a time at the other end to you. I worked for a large UK computer company started as an engineer and went on to management.
Each year I would take on 6 Industrial Trainees for a well paid 12 months who were doing Computer Science courses and introduce them to "The Man/Machine Interface".
I did this for 3 or 4 years and met some lovely young people. Many similar in age to my own children. This was in addition to my P.M. work.

The interesting part was, I was sent the CV's and I knew about massaging such documents, we were past masters at it ourselves!

I was working on a large secure site, a government contract etc. So I had a long corridor to walk along to get to security.

The return trip with the applicant, which took a long 5 minutes was the interview as far as I was concerned! The sit down bit was just to see what else might surface.

My main question was what did you do in the holidays? Quite often got to the real person then.
The ones I took on, I made sure enjoyed their time with us and had several different areas to cover.
I soon realised they loved competition and I only did the real thing. Typically was giving them an idea on how to sell. A lot of our own company buildings had units using in house computer equipment and no contracts for repair!!! Why should Customer Services pay while they had a budget to cover this.
They all had a go at visiting and selling contracts, after all it was a safe environment, and after a few weeks I would total up the value of the contracts and announce the winner. The rest were all "Runners up".

On another occasion I worked with one of the Industrial trainees and we set up the internal help desk for the Automobile Association, where they handled all their IT faults and passed H/W on to our company.

I insisted that the unit we were instructing knew how it all worked and first we did it manually with old fashioned T cards. Should the computer go down they could switch straight to T cards and no one would be any the wiser.
When they were happy we installed the PC and S/W. The system was still running 10 years later, even I was surprised

Loved it, and felt privileged to be have been involved and it was nice when several came back to see me after they had graduated.

Nice memories thanks.
Roy

During my time as a High School teacher, one of the classes I taught involved students getting work experience in a field of interest to them.

Part of my responsibilities was to visit the workplace to speak with the students’ supervisor. One of the girls was at a law and little did I know, that at the end of my visit the staff person asked if I’d like to meet the General ? Not knowing who this person was at the time and being polite, I answered yes.

The Major General Richard Rohmer (now retired) came to the lobby. He gave me a signed copy of his latest book, and we talked about his career, also the Mustang I he flew as an aerial photo-recon pilot over the beaches on D-Day.

Here is a model in 1/48th of his type of plane. I built two plastic models for him, one his plane and the second his wingman.

Best thing about having laser cut wood parts is that they have to use good quality ply for the job.

I think some of the wood I have seen in a few boat kits was of such low quality, I was surprised they used it.

The carbonized edge seems to be going now as well.
Roy

Hi I can echo what you have said. I have a laser cut marble machine to construct. Just deciding how to mechanise it.

Roy

I am glad the post was of interest, when straying from the main purpose of the website you are never sure.
My main reason for putting this on was due to my amazement at the accuracy and brilliance of the laser cutting. The photos show two of the model in build, one of the comprehensive plan and a selection of the laser cut sheets which are all 300mm x 220mm.
The model when finished is illuminated by led lights and the globe will turn through a set of wooden gears which will be manually operated.
I hope this sparks some interest as an alternative pastime. Cost around £45 delivered.
Meanwhile I continue to look at plans and am awaiting a shaft of inspiration for my next boat build.
Regards ChrisG

I would love to see some photos too. It’s nice to change it up once in a while with something different

Sounds intriguing. Photos please !😉