It's taken me a little while to get round to this.
Finally though, I have the space and, in the form of the remains of a large pile if shafts we got shot of from work over the summer, the materials. Lots of pieces of wood of uniform dimensions. Nice strong stuff too, tasty. Also, the drop saw makes short work of cutting the stuff down.
I drew up some plans the other night, and built the frame and Castle today.
The castle has been built in such a way that I expect to be able to be able to swap different shedding systems in and out.
The castle is probably a little tall just now, but I thought better bigger than smaller.
The first shedding mechanism I'll install will be counterbalance, then maybe a countermarche and perhaps eventually a jack mechanism, though I'll need a router to do that, so it may have to wait for some time.
Also, there are lessons to be learned in the process. Even in the building of the frame. But certainly in the building of the shedding mechanisms.
Anyhow, two pictures of it as it is, in folded and open conditions. I also need to dig out a track for the locking arms to travel on.
Once this is all done and tested, i'll have learned enough to try again with bought wood.
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