Justin P.
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Can anyone recommend a miniature hand plane?
Justin P. replied to Bettina's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Those Ibex are great. Nice shape too.... heres a source. For anyone reading this since Bettina has already made a choice, the Veritas line of planes offered at Lee Valley are very good, heirloom quality tools as well. They have a very nice mini-plane and spoke shave set that is a little less expensive than the Lie-Nielsen. -
I have the Dremel 4000 now with the drill press, shaft drive, and an assortment of odds and ends. I love the dremel BUT I have burnt through three in my life having used them since 11 or 12, Im 32 now. I view it as a necessary but not a particularly long-lived tool. I ALSO have a Foredom that belonged to a friends grandfather (circa 1980's). Works great, and I have a couple accessory handles. I LOVE the variable speed pedal, and its solid dependable build. I will second what has been said about the tendency for a Dremel to devour anything it can given the chance... the variable speed pedal makes a world of difference it negotiating this risk. I dont know anyone that has a Dremel previously belonging to someones grandad. They just dont last as long...not an heirloom tool. One last comment... I have always felt that a dremel is like duct tape. Every house should have it.
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Hi Ed, Thanks so much for the that. I had gone back through and read over your posts from the past but was still unsure of what was going on. The amount of detail here is amazing. Drilling all those holes for one, then filling them... amazing. I look forward to see how this project develops, though well beyond my pay-grade Im sure Ill pick up a few things here or there that can be applied to my own endeavors. Thanks for sharing.
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I know this will be a bit of a rookie question but I wonder if you wouldn't mind explaining what I'm looking at. In your pictures there among the great woodwork are what appear to be nail or bolt heads. Is that a strictly aesthetic thing, or is there really some hardware holding this together? It almost looks like it might be just pencil dots.... Again thanks...
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Obviously those are the nail along the gunwales, but what about those tiny black dots inside the canoe in a repeating pattern of three? Looks like maybe just pencil marks.. Ive also seen someone use wax for this, but thats a lot of holes to fill. Thats a great idea! Im sure my wife has some of that laying around somewhere. Perhaps a little tea to die the color a bit more vintage.
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Wow thats great, though a little blurry. Wonder how the builder got those nail-heads along the ribbing to come through, possible wax? Looks like the kind of detail Im going to be going for. Maintowoc a builder?
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1/12, I was thinking the very same thing. Possibly just weave it myself, but have not quite worked out how I would do that. Setting one direction with CA at the ends, then weaving the other direction just the same? Sounds good enough to give it a shot.
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Not sure if this the right place for this question, but seemed the closest. Im planning a bashed canoe project and wondering if anyone has scratch built the below pictured woven seats or anything like it. Looking for material inspiration and/or experience building such things. Thanks in advance.
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Calling all Seattle and/or PNW Shipwrights! Where are your favorite tool stores, suppliers, shops in the area? Other regional things/places of interest? Thanks ahead of time...
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Gorgeous work... really no experience prior? Gives me hope, ha.
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