New Mini-NASAW Build
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 8:54 pm
It's been a long time since I got the chance to do a new build. Mini-NASAW, a prototype for what became the full-size machine most of you are familiar with, was a wooden frame with metal moving parts (arm, hanger, carriages). The wooden tracks simply didn't last well, especially through somewhere near 200 launches and several times dropping the weight with the gates un-opened. The last time out, a bit over a year ago, splintered much of the track support and gate section, and needed to be totally re-built. So, instead, I did something I'd been toying with for a couple years, and built an all-steel frame for the same moving parts. It still breaks down into individual pieces, and thus stores/transports nicely (well, it should, this aspect hasn't actually been tested just yet, but the setup is similar to the old wooden one, but with smaller volume parts). After a coat or two of paint, this thing should be good to have lots of fun with!
The gallery will be going up on our website soon The gallery is up, view it here!, or go here to see the pictures on Facebook (you should not need a Facebook account to see them - let me know if that is not the case).
The gallery will be going up on our website soon The gallery is up, view it here!, or go here to see the pictures on Facebook (you should not need a Facebook account to see them - let me know if that is not the case).