michael101

i have a few and im used them at the moment but like you know you can easily scratch the edge then you loosing the calibration..

Thank you ! i need it to be a perfect straight without any bend and also to be a perfect 90 degrees for caliber my proxxon machines like a table saw scroll saw disc sand act.. so your beautiful tool cant help with that because it not has a sharp corner but thank you anyway !

Hello friends im looking for an accurate drafting triangle square in size of 12’’ [30cm] 90 degrees made of metal but in each one when I’m looking at the reviews over the internet the said it’s not accurate … can someone recommend about a very accurate one? best regards, Michael.

Thank you ! its very interesting !!

Thank you Gary I have think about that but I wasn’t sure if the cannons can be moved to the sides because the Wheels are directed forward so how did they change the degrees ?

-Hello there , I am bout to drill the gun ports holes on my HMS Victory but I’m not sure about the position of the cannons in the bow the gun ports getting the same curve of the ship so the big question is if to drill the hole for the dummy barrel parallel to the cannons of the middle or maybe I need to drill it 90 degrees from the gun port it means that the cannon in the bow will not be parallel to the same line of the cannons in the middle in the sheets of the caldercraft the cannons looks all parallel the cannon in the bow and the cannon in the middle they are the same also you can see here a picture from the book anatomy of the ship that all the cannons they are in the same angle but in the real ship it looks like the angle is changing in the bow and the cannon gettin 90 degrees from the curve gun port ! So about the bow I think we have the answer but I have the same question about the stern there is also a curve in the ship and I’m not sure about the cannons , in the sheets of caldercraft and also in the book of anatomy of the ship ,they looks parallel to the cannons in the middle but I can’t take reference from the real ship because they removed the cannons from the gun ports in this section of the ship so I’m not sure what to do, if you have any proof about the position of this cannon in the stern I will be more than happy to hear that Best regards Michael.

Its always a pleasure to watch your work ! Just beautiful !!!!

Wow that is a beautiful work !!!!! nice and clean ! best regards , Michael.

Thank you Very much !! Im glad you like my work , to be honest it took me long time to do it i took each plank as a project i think the secret for getting proud of your work its to do part by part plank by plank as a project by itself without to think when im going to move to the next plank ... just to do your work without rushing at all , its an hobby not a business , just relax and put all your mind on the little thing that you doing and think about that as a project by itself BTW i saw your Vasa and it looks amazing ! So im sure your second plank on your current model will be perfect ! Best regards , Michael.

Thank you for your kind words about the copper , I do not going to use copper plates at all , BTW on top of this planks going to be second plank (walnut) Michael.

Thank you dear friend ! thank you and welcome to my build log also thanks friends for all the likes 🙏

Thank you Robert 🙏 its always Pleasure to talk with you ! What a clever person ! Glad to have you as my best friend ! Michael.

Thank you David 🙏 totally agree with you ! Not going to do anything with the decoration right now i just had to make the base for the decoration on this stage for not getting problems in the future

Hello friends on the last few months I was working on the gallery so here is an update maybe it will look a small thing but it took me a lot (more than a lot 😀) to finish this aria I will show step by step to help other builders who going to reach this step.... but first of all I have to say a big thanks to Robert (has the nickname Berto in this forum) Who helped me understand all the future issues that could be with the gallery if I followed the instructions I will talk about them later ... but after understand the problems I had to think a lot to solve problem by problem... So lets get started first of all I had to make the deck before putting the windows and painting black the background (in the instructions it not tell you nothing about to install any deck behind the windows and bento told me that must make this deck and do it before installing the windows ...) About the glazing There is a real problem to glue the plastic film on the wood for a several reasons Any kind of glue in the future will get off because of the nature of the wood due to the temperature of the season... The only good glue for this method will be epoxy but its not ideal .. you can dirt the film easily... So after a lot of thinking i decide to use this method : First i made the templet of the film with a slots up and down between the windows And then i have used a timber of 1.5 mm by making a slot in the middle that will fit the exact thickens of the film Then i glue it in place in the back of the windows templet here is the steps and the result : I have to say that the skins (patterns ) are not matching each other at all !!!! you have to be careful to make the exact shape for making smooth match !!!! here is a picture of the process (don't worry about the hols I will cover them at the end ) now the big or maybe the huge problem!!! that I had to - and have to say again thanks to Robert for warned me about this issue ! there is a 2 patterns of the back gallery the one that already installed no. 374 and the back pattern (no. 375 )who will install on the pattern no.374 so the problem is that the second pattern not seat exact on the first one. you can see it clearly in this picture: (I merged both patterns in photoshop , the hard lines are the first pattern no.374 and the light lines are the second pattern no.375) The big problem is that in the low line of the second pattern you will have to install a profile for all over the line and at the sides you have to install a profile how need to mach the corners of the back profile ! so if you will leave the last skin as is it will mach the corners of the first pattern and they are over (above) the corners of the second pattern!!!! then the side profiles will never get mach with the back profile because they are above the back ! here is a picture of the profile (look at the blue arrow ) so After a long time of thoughts I got a solution ... by the way I saw that problem in the others build logs but the builders came to the problem after they try to install the second pattern ... my solution was to add a wood to the last skin to get the exact cornet of the second back pattern no. 375 so I have install the second pattern temporary for taking the Lins of the corners .. then I made the extension of the last side windows pattern BTH the space in one side of the skin its bigger than the other side so I had to cut the wood in angel .. here is a picture in the middle of the process: for the builders who going to work on this stage it recommended to make a block filler under the last skin because after you making the extension for the last side windows pattern you will lose the "bulkhead " the one before the last one !! also I had to make one side of the last bulked thick than the other side in 1.5 mm for giving more Uniform space along the last skin so I made this wood extension: and here is the pictures of the final galley project (still need to term a bit the rest of wood of the last skin who going a bit down the line of the last bulkhead but I will do it when I will put the ship upside down on the stand ...) and in the back : hop this post will help other builders who came across this stage Best regards Michael.

You must make a clamps up and down for all over the keel , glue the bulkheads then put the clamps on make it straight .. then use the method of mtaylor ! dont push any bulkhead just make the supports to be exact size between the bulkheads then glue the supports from out side ... make sure not to press the bulkheads with the supports !

Hi where exactly you have the warped ? there is a solution for everything ! but need to know before is it in the middle ? bow ? stern? take a picture ..

I will check it , Thank you

The second plank its dark walnut do you think the pencil can do the job ?

I think you not need any bulkheads or fillers ... if the ship its a big scale just add supports from one bulkhead to the next , you can see what i have done in my Hms Victory but when you putting the wood supports you must be sure that the keel its straight and the supports are exact without pressing the bulkheads ... Best regards Michael.

Hello there , im almost there.... almost going to work on the second planks of the Hms Victory.. i saw a lot of beautiful and symmetrical caulking for the hull planks in google for model ships .. but i didnt found the methods for them .. i will be more than happy if you will share with me your experience about how to caulk the planks (without The paper methods ..) Best regards , Michael.

Thank you all !!!!

Hello there, A few yers ago i bought some blades of 0.5 mm to my Proxxon table saw for germany they are the best blades i ever see ... the point is, the hole of this blades its 10mm and i cant use them for my byrnes tables saw... but i saw that this site selling also blades of 13mm Hole my question is if i can buy them for my byrnes t.s, the byrnes t.s use blades with 1/2 in (12.7mm) so the big question is if 0.3mm will make a problem..: Best regards, Michael. btw here is the link for the german site: https://knupfer.info/shop/index.php/deutsch/catalogsearch/result/?q=Sägen

Thank you all ! i have change the blade and everything working amazing !!!!!!!!! now i can say its the best tool i have in my workshop !!!

I didnt understand can you explane more about that ?

Hello Thisthe I dine talk about the blade slot , I took a reference from the channels of the sides I mean there is a channel on the aluminum board and I put the fence exactly flush with the slot of this channel I locked down the front lock then the back but still you can see in the back that the fence is not a straight line withe the back channel … And about the miter of the 90 degrees I’m talking about the slots of the 90 it’s not exact 90 degrees you must do it by the manual screw and can’t trust the pin … i have check the piece that with angle miter it says 91 degrees … ————- Thank you Y.T I saw this video fue days ago