discussion How To Get The Curve For A Bucket ?????????

[monica]

As the heading say ,how do you get the curve for a bucket,?


even could not find it with google,


itts been bugging me for days,


I remember making one in school,well that was some years back,


it must be some think quite simply ,but some times simple can be hard


so any help greatly appreciated,

 

[Guest]

I presume you are talking about making a bucket from flat material? In which case you need to look up "development of surfaces". It's a very long time since I did anything like this, but if you have the relevant data - ie the base diameter, the top diameter and the vertical height, you should be able to draw it out with a pair of compasses and an accurate ruler!


Any engineers here ought to be able to add to this!

 

[monica]

ta John,


yes from a flat surface,


I can get a hight,plus,base diameter, the top diameter,but wont a compasses,give you circles,?


and not a long curve,?


or should you use a protractor to have a long curve at the high of the bucket being the distance between each line, ?

 

[Guest]

The top curve is a section of a a full circle as is the smaller bottom one. Imagine two circles, like a roundle with lines from the inner to the outer circles to give the sides. Bit more refined than that but that is how it works.

 

[spanner570]

Monica, you don't need a compass or anything fancy.


A bucket has not got much of taper top to bottom, so get yourself a paint brush handle with a suitable taper to the scale you want. Wrap some paper or whatever you choose around the handle.


Glue along the leading edge of the paper, allow to dry and then trim the top and bottom with scissors to the required size. Then just make a bottom for it. If it's just standing upright I don't even bother with a bottom!


I use the same gauge paper for the handle.


Five minutes and it's made.


Ron

 

[Guest]

I would do as said above but this is the technical way

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[monica]

thank you all so much,Graham,Ron,Roger,for your help,


all very useful ,will have another go at it later this morning,

 

[Guest]

Monica, you don't need a compass or anything fancy.
A bucket has not got much of taper top to bottom, so get yourself a paint brush handle with a suitable taper to the scale you want. Wrap some paper or whatever you choose around the handle.


Glue along the leading edge of the paper, allow to dry and then trim the top and bottom with scissors to the required size. Then just make a bottom for it. If it's just standing upright I don't even bother with a bottom!


I use the same gauge paper for the handle.


Five minutes and it's made.


Ron

I seem to remember that you were or even are the 'Master Bucketeer' Ron

 

[Gern]

The drawing that Roger did shows the shape of flat card you need. I could work out the exact radii and angles for you if you sent the information about how big you need it to be, but Ron's idea is much quicker and easier. Just be careful when you're cutting your finished shape. If you remove the finished cone shape from the brush handle or whatever you use you can't just fold it and cut the top and bottom off your cone shape in a straight line. Better to mark your line while it is still in place.


I have to ask what scale you're working in, 'cos there's lots of accessory type kits out there which include buckets. I'm sure you could find one which would give you all sorts of useful extras - as well as buckets - for the wonderful dios you put together.

 

[Gern]

I seem to remember that you were or even are the 'Master Bucketeer' Ron

That's a point Graham. Whatever happened to the old SMF rule about land-based dios having to have a bucket somewhere?

 

[spanner570]

That's a point Graham. Whatever happened to the old SMF rule about land-based dios having to have a bucket somewhere?

That was suggested by me moons ago wasn't it, as a bit of silly nonsense to keep us old hands amused. Like most things, it seems to have quietly died a death and with so much 'Completed' stuff flying through these days, I doubt there would be time to include the S.M. signature anymore.......


But where there are builds there is hope....