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    Frustated Felines

    Action; Cat A jabs his fork at the sardine. Sardine swerves out of the path of fork but intothe path of cat B's fork, thus lining himself up for another assault from cat A. An accuraterepresentation of how the world should work.

    It was a product that we thought could be made pretty well entirely out of birch ply with nolathe or fancy fixings. Still, it seems rather challenging...

    Since staying with my dad and his cats, my dislike of them, which used to be pretended (tomake myself seem interesting and opinionated) has become quite genuine.

    - Paul Spooner

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    You will need

    6mm ply

    1/4 dowel

    1/2 x No.2 Round Head Black Japanned wood screws (If no black japanned youll have topaint the eye screws)

    3/8 x No.2 Round Head any kind of wood screws (B.J. for uniformness)

    Little tension springs (Whistons)

    18g - (3/64 dia) brass wire ( If different size get drill to match)

    Bits of tin plate from sardine tin, olive oil tin, pilchards etc preferably with gold inside.

    TOOLS

    Drills 1. 1/2 Flat bit or machine wood bit

    2. 1/4 twist drill to make tight hole for dowel

    3. 9/32 twist drill to make loose hole for dowel

    4. 3/32 twist drill for screws

    5. 3/64 twist drill for wire

    6. 1/32 twist drill for tiny pilot holes. Get 2 youll break one.

    Sandpaper

    Bradawl

    Stanley Knife

    Tin Snips

    Round Nosed Pliers

    Drill in drill stand

    Soldering iron 25w

    Resin W wood glue

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    -1. Check fit of base joint in frame. Take apart again.1. Cut out sardine tin label. Reserve.2. Sick down the rest of xerox onto 6mm ply.3. When dry. Drill holes. 1/2 New sharp flat bits for eyesClearance hole for 1/4 dowel under cats chins (9/32)Tight fit hole for 1/4 dowel (1/4) Check your dowel and drills to make sure that loose is

    loose and tight is tight.Other holes are screw holes /32 for clearance No.2 screws. Tiny holes are pilot holesdrilled right through to transfer position to back of sheet 1/32.

    Drilling Holes. Its most necessary to be accurate. If you have difficulty drill through allspots with tiny 1/32 drill to guide big drills and help see when marks drilled away.

    3.5. Cut shapes out.4. Sand back edges5. Cut 5 pieces of dowel 4x20mm 1x 15mm6. Knock 2 (20mm) dowels into the frame. Glue if necessary. The dowel Ive used is very

    tight without glue. Leave flush with front surface.7. Put a dowel (20mm) into each front arm Use glue this time.8. Put 2 black 1/2 screws No.2 into eye shutter.9. Drill holes for forks along line shown on plan. Size of hole depends on size of wire. try

    not to get it too tight so you can fit the forks later without mangling the whole thing.10. Push rear arms (with eye shutters) onto dowel in front arm hrough hole in cat. This

    joint should move very easily. Put a blob of glue here when ou ve got it right.11. Fix cat body to frame with 1/2 screw.12.Fix rocker to frame ditto.13.Fix back leg between cat and rocker with 1/2 screws. ALL these joints easy to move.

    14.Fix return pring between arm and body. Not too loose, not too tight, so it springs backevery time.15.Drill pilot hole fo 3/8 screw in this pillar. Make wire thing as near the same as example

    as poss. This is a better design than the one Ive made. The length of the loop is notimportant. Make jig when you got the size right.

    16. Fix wire thing so that eyes are fully moved towards centre when hand is 1.5mm fromsurface of table. Grope around in this area for correct spot for screw. (Make a littlewooden jig to fit between hand + table)

    17. Do the other cat.18. Fish. Shape fishs head both sides. sand. Undercoat + top coat humbrol silver. When

    dry try a hin wash of blue watercolour to make fishy bluer. I havent tried that yet but will

    report. Draw eye + mouth with black humbrol on thin brush.19.Put short dowel into fish tail. screw fish to back of frame with 1/2 screw.20.Fix fish lever to rocker. With rocker in mid posiion lever and fish should be vertical. Use

    one screw only for now. (Glue piece of thin card (sample inc) behind for clearance)21. Make forks. geddit? I didnt do mine like this yours will be good.22.Fit forks. Check action forks should miss. If they hit a) move fish lever to best position

    b) Bend forks. Put second screw in fish lever.23. Make sardine tin: Scribe round template onto sheet of tinplate. Preferably use a tin wih

    that goldish finish inside. Wrap tin round former. Solder. It doesnt matter if its notexactly the same... Make lid. Use end of former to get this shape. Wind up around roundnosed pliers. Make key from brass wire. Push key into coil of lid. Solder if necessary.Solder lid to tin.

    24. Find the best place for tin vis a vis fish + forks. Fasten with 10 min araldite. Try not tosmear it all over as I did. You can make a gismo to help cramp it in place.

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    24.5. Extra safe! Drill a weeny hole here + pin tin on with brass wire.25. Glue label on tin26. Glue stand on.

    Another sardine tin clamp.

    Patent spring clamp available halfords. Pressing tin to wood. Bridging piece between backlegs.