ASAT Posted April 19, 2015 Share #31 Posted April 19, 2015 Oh, I thought the topic was the relevancy of close tolerance wood milling and its affect on building a quality wooden ship model...... Quote Lou, In Pleasant View Harvey by ASAT- AL Scale 1:50 - Kitbash Fair American by ASAT - LSS Craftsman Plus https://modelshipworld.com/topic/23121-revenge-1577-by-asat-amati-164/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLakie Posted April 19, 2015 Share #32 Posted April 19, 2015 It was actually just a review of the purchased wood that somehow, was diverted from that. Quote GEORGE Don't be bound by the limits of what you already know, be unlimited by what you are willing to learn. Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASAT Posted April 19, 2015 Share #33 Posted April 19, 2015 Ooops.... My bad.... I think I'll go fly my RC Helicopter... :-) Quote Lou, In Pleasant View Harvey by ASAT- AL Scale 1:50 - Kitbash Fair American by ASAT - LSS Craftsman Plus https://modelshipworld.com/topic/23121-revenge-1577-by-asat-amati-164/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted April 19, 2015 Share #34 Posted April 19, 2015 (edited) Lou, You're not "bad". This topic got previously hijacked, to put it simply. We all have our methods and reasoning for what we use and how we use it. I, for one, am amazed at the tolerances of some suppliers and also by the lack of tolerances by some others. Consistency is what I look for and if I have to use a Crown or a Hobbymill to get it, so be it.. In other words, if I'm slicing 1/16" planks off a slab that's supposed to be 1/8" for 1/16"X1/8" planking, I don't want to find out that it wavers all over the place and in some places is less than 1/8" thick. I'll thickness it down, but I can't add thickness to it. For you and others, milling your own wood is great. For people like myself, not so great. I don't have the time, space, or equipment. This is truly a topic of "whatever floats your boat". I'll slice planks off a slab, etc. but dealing with anything bigger than 1"X 4" is out of the question. And for the record, I do take umbrage with someone (not you) painting scratch builders who don't mill their own wood are somehow less than those who do. An artist is an artist, doesn't matter if they grind their pigments and mix their own or buy them in a tube. We have artisans (not me by a long shot) here who do mill their own, others who don't. I'll go quietly now.... Edited April 19, 2015 by mtaylor Ryland Craze, gjdale, Mike Y and 10 others 13 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASAT Posted April 19, 2015 Share #35 Posted April 19, 2015 You are absolutly right Mark, there are a multitude of ways to enjoy this great hobby and having great resources and quality materials adds to the enjoyment factor. think it is awesome to see the amount of choices we have these days and even if you choose to utilize very expensive materials (or a kit) it is still the best value for dollar spent of any of the myriad of hobbies that are out there. My helicopter habit is a great example..... About $600 for a nice heli and if you get 10 hours flying in before it needs more $$$ or you crash it you are fortunate indeed..... Quote Lou, In Pleasant View Harvey by ASAT- AL Scale 1:50 - Kitbash Fair American by ASAT - LSS Craftsman Plus https://modelshipworld.com/topic/23121-revenge-1577-by-asat-amati-164/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modeler12 Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share #36 Posted April 23, 2015 I think its irrelevant that a piece of wood is milled to such close tolerances..... Let me add a comment about 'nomenclature' and the confusion about tolerances. When I bought the lumber from Crown Lumberyard I did not specify a tolerance on thickness or anything else. What I did, when I received the material, was to measure the 'deviations' from the specified thicknesses. It was one of the considerations of quality. In other words, tolerance is something you can tolerate and is specified (usually) as a plus or minus amount from what you want. The deviations in my analysis is what I found from the measurements. The latter may lead to specifying tolerances in the future but not now and maybe never as far as I am concerned. GLakie, mtaylor and Canute 3 Quote Jay Current build Cross Section USS Constitution http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/10120-cross-section-forward-area-of-the-uss-constitution/ Finished USS Constitution: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/103-uss-constitution-by-modeler12/ 'A picture is worth a . . . . .' More is better . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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