Maar éérst dit: ik verzamelde alle houten latjes die ik had.
I.v.m. de pandemie kon ik dit alles nu eens mooi uitzoeken: sorteren op
houtsoort en op maat, zodat ik de volgende keer dit niet steeds weer moest
doen, dus aan de slag ermee!
But first I had to do this: I collected all the wooden slats
I had in stock. Good thing to do now during this pandemic: to sort this all out
to type of wood and to size, so next time I don't have to do this again and
again, so get started!
Uiteindelijk heb ik de tekening vereenvoudigd en ben ik er maar gewoon aan begonnen. Na een aantal pogingen is het me gelukt om een soort van kozijn op te bouwen dat ik kon gebruiken om er een raam in te laten schuiven. Ik heb een latje van 3 x 3 mm, eentje van 4 x 4 mm en eentje van 5 x 5 mm aan elkaar gelijmd met contactlijm.
I spent weeks thinking about how I could make that window frame, but every time I looked at that construction drawing from Wikipedia, I DID understand how the window frame was put together, but not HOW to translate this into 1:12 scale, and having just 12 mm in depth to work in 😳??? THAT was my problem.
In the end I simplified the drawing and just started on it. After a number of attempts, I managed to build some kind of window frame that I could use to slide in a window. I glued a small slat of 3 x 3 mm, one of 4 x 4 mm and one of 5 x 5 mm together with contact glue.
Als bovenlat van het kozijn heb ik ander hout gebruikt.
Aangezien ik geen dik hout had van die maat, ben ik in mijn schuur gaan zoeken
en vond een houten afwasrek van Ikea terug. Hieraan zat een lat die voldoende
breed was voor de bovenlat EN om er een diepe vensterbank uit te zagen,
joepiiiieee, de dingen die we doen om mini’s t maken, hè?!
I used different wood as the top bar of the window frame.
Since I did not have a wooden slat of that size, I went looking in my shed and
found a wooden dish rack from Ikea. To this was a bar that was wide enough for
the top bar AND also wide enough for sawing out a deep windowsill, yippiiiieee,
the things we do for making mini’s, huh?!
Dus heb ik de bovenste balk (er moest nog aan beide zijden
een één millimeter latje bij) en de vensterbank uit het Ikea hout gezaagd. De
vensterbank maakte het mij nog even ietsje moeilijker: die heeft net buiten het raam, een hellingshoek van 20o. Die hoek was niet zo
moeilijk om te zagen, maar na het afzagen was ik ook mijn aanwijzingen, die ik er met potlood bovenop had gezet, kwijt…..tja, kan gebeuren. Met de figuurzaag heb ik het profiel van het raamkozijn uit de vensterbank gezaagd, zo zat de constructie niet alleen stevig, maar later zou ik hier niet meer bij kunnen natuurlijk...
So, I sawed the top beam (both sides needed a slath of 1
millimetr extra) and the windowsill out of the Ikea wood. The windowsill made
it just a bit difficult for me: it has an angle of inclination of 20o, just on the outside of
the window. That angle of inclination was not the difficulty, but after sawing
off this side of the wood, I also lost my notes I had drawn in pencil on the
top…...well, can happen. Using the fretsaw I sawed out the profile of the window frame out of the windowsill, this way the construction was not only sturdy, but I would not be able to access it later on, of course...
Nu ik het raamkozijn zo ver in elkaar had gezet, kwam het
volgende onderdeel om de hoek kijken: het schuifraam zelf, mèt vast bovenraam (in een ruimte van slechts 7 mm diep).
Hiervoor had ik wel de latjes maar er kwam nog iets anders bij kijken, het
inkerven van gleuven om het glas (styreen sheets) in te zetten. Hierover meer
in de volgende blog post, ik ga nu eerst het raamkozijn in de grondverf zetten 😉.
Blijf veilig en gezond, zorg goed voor elkaar.
Dank voor jullie fijne reacties, een heel mooi weekeinde
toegewenst!
Now I had assembled the window frame this far, the next part
came into play: to make the sash window itself, with a fixed upper window (in a
space of just about 7 mm deep). I had the slats for this job, but there was something else
involved, the notching of grooves for inserting the glass (styrene sheets).
More about this in my next blog post, part two f how to make a sash
window, first I'm going to prime the
window frame 😉.
Stay safe and healthy, take good care of yourself and each
other.
Thank you for your kind comments, have a lovely weekend!
Ilona
15 opmerkingen:
Wow, Ilona, this looks really difficult. I'm not sure I would be so brave to take on something like this but I do admire how well you are doing with it. I will follow your progress with great interest. - Marilyn D.
I'm so curious to see how the windows turn out!
Ilona, tu ne renonces pas, les difficultés, tu les affrontes et surtout tu les résous !
Incroyable !
Prends soin de toi. Bises.
Ilona, estás inmersa en un proyecto de precisión, pero vistos los primeros resultados, estoy segura que llevarás tus esfuerzos a un gran resultado!
Buen domingo, cuidaros!
Besos.
You're very brave to make such a window as it looks very difficult. I can't wait to see the result.
Geneviève
Es increíble los retos que te planteas, pero con tu tesón estoy segura que lo lograrás. Que pases una buena semana y cuídate , un beso grande
Once again you amaze me, Ilona, by taking something so complicated and deconstructing it until you figure out how it's made! I love your resourceful use of materials and I believe that these will be the best made opening dollhouse windows in existence! Excellent engineering!
If somebody can do it, that´s you. You love a challenge, don´t you? and we love to see the wonderful results of your work. Have a nice week dear Ilona.
Oh Ilona, I'd love to learn how it'll work. I'm sure you can face the challenge.
Hugs, Drora
Siempre alucino con el realismo que le das a todo!!!
Where would we all be without Ingvar Kamprad? *LOL* I'm very impressed by your ability to see a sliding window in a dish rack... As you know I too have a tendency to see things in things - but as I'm not a builder the dish rack discovery would not have occured to me. But isn't it funny that one can have a good supply of craft items of all sorts but the one thing needed is missing still? ;O)
It's so you that (as always) you take the challenge and are doing it the hard way. I mean, a window which looks like a sliding window would aldready been a great thing. But no, not my for dear friend Ilona, she's caring about her Mini-Grandma and this means given her the possibility to let fresh air in. I am already looking forward to see pictures of Grandma and Little You waving from the opened sliding window.
Hugs
Birgit
Very difficult. I'm curious to see the result.
Dear Ilona, I am so impressed!!! This is just an example of what a Perfectionist you are with your minis! I decided not to try double hung windows (what they are called here) when I put real glass windows in my Lovely Old Dollhouse. I could not imagine how to make them work and it has thin walls too. "Houseworks" miniature company makes beautiful versions with the sash moving up and down and I have those in my Cupboard House.... but I have not tried to build any myself! You are an inspiration with your finding useful material in old dishracks and other scraps! I am sure you will make an amazing beautiful window for the Farm. And like Birgit, I can't wait to see Grandma waving out the open window! :):):)
Ilona, I really admire your dedication! I would have glued everything shut and left it that way. I do think I have some working sash windows in my stash somewhere, I think they were made by Houseworks. They are definitely not as sophisticated as yours though.
I am truly intrigued by your sash window Ilona. That drawing from the internet looks so confusing and I think (no, know) I would have given up just looking at that.
About the dishrack... I cannot think of a better use for it than mini windows LOL
Hugs,
Anna x
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