Eiffel Tower model

[Abdul Baseer Hai]

Hi All

Buzz from the other forum posted this file. Here is the model.
It is 30 inches high and made of mdf
Abdul

[Shaddy Dedmore]

Looks great. I just happen to have some 1/8" MDF right here... I should try it out.

I've made a few things with MDF and it's always been hard to keep it clean, what's a good easy way to finish it before lasering? I did use paper mask on both sides before, and that worked well too, but I hate weeding off tape.

Nice job, did you use regular wood glue?

Shaddy

[Ken Frisby]

Hi All

Buzz from the other forum posted this file. Here is the model.
It is 30 inches high and made of mdf
Abdul

Don't you mean Tiler02 (James Stokes), he was the one who posted it. It is mentioned here on an earlier post.

[Dave Jones]

I do not believe the full ready to cut model was ever posted here. There were a couple of threads about it, but the only ready to cut file posted here was a flat version of one side. (unless I missed it)

[Lee DeRaud]

It was in another thread here, but that one contained a direct link to another forum so the links got yanked. Go to www dot worldofengraving dot com, register, and search for "eiffel".

I played around with the files to get it to fit my 12"x16" machine (Versalaser)...discovered the tabs are sized for 4mm material (0.16"). You can either edit all the tabs or scale the whole thing down 78% to use 1/8". (Or up 156% to use 1/4", but that makes some of the pieces too big for the smaller machines.)

[Abdul Baseer Hai]

All

sorry i was out of town for a few days, hence the delay.

I used regular wood glue for this project with a ton of rubber bands.
I re-sized all the tabs to .125 inch.
I will not stain the tower but will spray a clearcoat on.
The ready to cut corel 12 file for the tower is available for any one who sends me their personal email address. The file is too big to be attached here.

I will be doing this tower in Alder wood in a little while.

Abdul

[Ruben Salcedo]

Hi Abdul,

I appreciate your offer, but I'm more interested to know how you did the re-sizing of the tabs in Corel? I'm new to Corel and I want to learn the most I can. Thank you

Ruben

[Keith Outten]

Abdul,

Send me the Corel File and I will place it on the SMC server for downloading.

[Dave Fifield]

Thanks Keith! I'm looking forward to making this model.

Dave F.

[Abdul Baseer Hai]

Ruben
Re sizing is a laborious process. You have to move the all the nodes of all tabs and slots to measure .125 inch.
Select the graphic with the pickup tool, select the relevant nodes and move them to measure .125. you can do this by drawing two lines, horizontal and vertical, and use them as a ruler. Make sure you dont disturb any other nodes.

Abdul

[Abdul Baseer Hai]

Keith

How do I send you the file?
Let me know

abdul

[Ruben Salcedo]

Abdul,

Thank you, now I understand, that was very helpful, I thought that there was a way that you just select the lines you want to change dimensions to and hit a button an automatically make the changes, I think I was dreaming Hu!

Ruben

[Ken Frisby]

Abdul,

Send me the Corel File and I will place it on the SMC server for downloading.

Don't you think you should check with the original poster of the other forum before posting here?

[James Stokes]

I am the original poster, I tried to post it here but the file was to big. It would not bother me at all for it to be posted here.

[Keith Outten]

Here is the link to Abdul's Corel Draw 401k version of the eiffel tower.
To download this file right click on the link below and select "Save Link As" or "Save Target As" from the dropdown menu, then select a folder on your machine to start the file transfer.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/files/neweiffel_12.cdr