SawdustDave
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Don9of11 in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
At this scale, wasn't sure how I was going to tackle the tiny ships bell. Not crazy about painting a wood bell.
Came up with this....turned a small brass "phillips head" wood screw using two Dremel tools spinning against each other.
Not too awful bad....I'll take it.
No, there is no "clapper" inside the bell.
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SawdustDave reacted to riverboat in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
Really nice! work Dave,........ just visited your blog, very impressive collection you have there. Tried leaving a comment.. with no success.
That's a great idea with the blog to keep your kids and grand kids in touch. They must be very impressed!!
Frank
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SawdustDave reacted to popeye the sailor in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
very nice work Dave.......so clean and well done!
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SawdustDave reacted to russ in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
The planking looks good. Treenails came out very well. Good work.
Russ
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Farbror Fartyg in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
Holy SH..T!!!
Left the door to my shop open this morning while doing yard work. Came in to cool off and found a visitor....adult mocking bird flying around trying to find a way out.
So he perched on the light fixture above my poker table and proceeds to express what he thinks of my ship building. Look how close he came to hitting the ship.... even worse, the poker table fabric! OMG!
And what the heck has he been eating!?
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SawdustDave got a reaction from tadheus in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
Turning to more fun stuff now....deck trim and fixtures....
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SawdustDave got a reaction from tasmanian in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
Adding railing stanchions. Getting each the exact same height being the promary challenge here.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Shipyard sid in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
Now working on top mast shrouds using 3.5mm dead eyes....
Thought I might share this handy seizing jig for anyone interested.
Took me about 15 minutes to create this simple jig, using two wire stubs to secure the tiny deadeye on one upright and the second upright with a map pin used as belaying point to secure the two ends of the shroud nice and taunt whilst being perfectly seized.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from NMBROOK in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
At this scale, wasn't sure how I was going to tackle the tiny ships bell. Not crazy about painting a wood bell.
Came up with this....turned a small brass "phillips head" wood screw using two Dremel tools spinning against each other.
Not too awful bad....I'll take it.
No, there is no "clapper" inside the bell.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from NMBROOK in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
She now has her masts....although they are merely sitting loosely in place at this point.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from NMBROOK in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
Tops....
Over 100 pieces per top....These are, by far, the most difficult tops I've ever tried to build.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from NMBROOK in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
More deck trim.... Note water pump....just because I enjoy building them (builders prerogative)
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SawdustDave got a reaction from NMBROOK in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
Forecastle update....
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SawdustDave got a reaction from NMBROOK in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
My first posting of my Mayflower #2.... 1/60th scale.
Decking progress, as seen here, is moving along fairly well. Tree-nailing for two days now. The only thing more repetitive would be tying clove hitches....right?
The stern view....I wanted to get a little flavor of working at the larger scale.
As for my continued progress on the smaller scale Mayflower #1.... will take a shot at tying in some ratlines to the top shrouds tonight. Should be interesting since I haven't tied a clove-hitch in over two years. Looking at some of my old builds, I kinda like the white line on black shrouds. To me, the contrast really pops.
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SawdustDave reacted to pete48 in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
Your build looks Sweet Dave, nicely done ( wow a bird in the shop bet that was fun )
Best Regards,
Pete
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SawdustDave reacted to _SalD_ in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
Dave, at least he went on the paper. Isn't that suppose to be good luck or something?
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SawdustDave got a reaction from mtaylor in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
Holy SH..T!!!
Left the door to my shop open this morning while doing yard work. Came in to cool off and found a visitor....adult mocking bird flying around trying to find a way out.
So he perched on the light fixture above my poker table and proceeds to express what he thinks of my ship building. Look how close he came to hitting the ship.... even worse, the poker table fabric! OMG!
And what the heck has he been eating!?
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SawdustDave got a reaction from CaptainSteve in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
My first posting of my Mayflower #2.... 1/60th scale.
Decking progress, as seen here, is moving along fairly well. Tree-nailing for two days now. The only thing more repetitive would be tying clove hitches....right?
The stern view....I wanted to get a little flavor of working at the larger scale.
As for my continued progress on the smaller scale Mayflower #1.... will take a shot at tying in some ratlines to the top shrouds tonight. Should be interesting since I haven't tied a clove-hitch in over two years. Looking at some of my old builds, I kinda like the white line on black shrouds. To me, the contrast really pops.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from Elmer Cornish in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
My first posting of my Mayflower #2.... 1/60th scale.
Decking progress, as seen here, is moving along fairly well. Tree-nailing for two days now. The only thing more repetitive would be tying clove hitches....right?
The stern view....I wanted to get a little flavor of working at the larger scale.
As for my continued progress on the smaller scale Mayflower #1.... will take a shot at tying in some ratlines to the top shrouds tonight. Should be interesting since I haven't tied a clove-hitch in over two years. Looking at some of my old builds, I kinda like the white line on black shrouds. To me, the contrast really pops.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from riverboat in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
My first posting of my Mayflower #2.... 1/60th scale.
Decking progress, as seen here, is moving along fairly well. Tree-nailing for two days now. The only thing more repetitive would be tying clove hitches....right?
The stern view....I wanted to get a little flavor of working at the larger scale.
As for my continued progress on the smaller scale Mayflower #1.... will take a shot at tying in some ratlines to the top shrouds tonight. Should be interesting since I haven't tied a clove-hitch in over two years. Looking at some of my old builds, I kinda like the white line on black shrouds. To me, the contrast really pops.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from augie in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
Thanks all. The two year layoff was good. Now it's good to be back in the shop. Cheers all.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from pete48 in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
My first posting of my Mayflower #2.... 1/60th scale.
Decking progress, as seen here, is moving along fairly well. Tree-nailing for two days now. The only thing more repetitive would be tying clove hitches....right?
The stern view....I wanted to get a little flavor of working at the larger scale.
As for my continued progress on the smaller scale Mayflower #1.... will take a shot at tying in some ratlines to the top shrouds tonight. Should be interesting since I haven't tied a clove-hitch in over two years. Looking at some of my old builds, I kinda like the white line on black shrouds. To me, the contrast really pops.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from yvesvidal in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
My first posting of my Mayflower #2.... 1/60th scale.
Decking progress, as seen here, is moving along fairly well. Tree-nailing for two days now. The only thing more repetitive would be tying clove hitches....right?
The stern view....I wanted to get a little flavor of working at the larger scale.
As for my continued progress on the smaller scale Mayflower #1.... will take a shot at tying in some ratlines to the top shrouds tonight. Should be interesting since I haven't tied a clove-hitch in over two years. Looking at some of my old builds, I kinda like the white line on black shrouds. To me, the contrast really pops.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from augie in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
My first posting of my Mayflower #2.... 1/60th scale.
Decking progress, as seen here, is moving along fairly well. Tree-nailing for two days now. The only thing more repetitive would be tying clove hitches....right?
The stern view....I wanted to get a little flavor of working at the larger scale.
As for my continued progress on the smaller scale Mayflower #1.... will take a shot at tying in some ratlines to the top shrouds tonight. Should be interesting since I haven't tied a clove-hitch in over two years. Looking at some of my old builds, I kinda like the white line on black shrouds. To me, the contrast really pops.
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SawdustDave got a reaction from dgbot in Mayflower by SawdustDave - Finished
By the way, Chuck....OUR Confederacy just ran away with BEST IN SHOW at this year's North Carolina Maritime Society's annual Boat Builders Show. Held this past weekend in Beaufort, NC.
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