Kevin Kenny
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I had a lot of trouble holding the piece and made up this one from a Jewlers hand clamp . It worked great and since I already had it, the price was right.
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Catheads installed. That was brutal. I will have a lot of repairs to do to the moulding and the paint job. Easy fix its just a pain in the ace.
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Haha Alan it a wonderful learning curve. The sad thing is that much of what we learn gets lost for those who will follow. I have a written log that records many of my challenges so that when i get asked why i did what i did i and can find the answer. It is also why i have no fear of showing my mistakes in my videos.
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The bowsprit angle on the plans is 23degrees and my model is 21. So it is closer to the top of the stem than it should be. I have tried to change it but its not possible now. This will give me some issues with the figure head if i ever figure out what mine should look like. Right now i do not plan to put one as i have no idea what a THORN figure should look like. I will still carve one when the time comes though.
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You are correct about the bitt but not sure how i would get that measurement. Its not stuck yet and i will see how i can figure that out. The slope on the main deck is very slight.
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Trolling YouTube I can across the workshop that went for auction last year. It’s just incredible.
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Installed the first complete gun port stop and painted the opening. Lots of patience needed.
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Nice I have just started back on the thorn after a long vacation
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Research in the HMS Ulysses 1797, a Roebuck class ship
Kevin Kenny replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Just thought i would complete the post by showing the technique of my made up push blocks and sticks. I have removed the fence to take the photographs. The only problem with this surface planer is that the plates are quite short both on the in and out feed. In a perfect world i would make a jig that fits the planer at the same height of both, an extension, which is only needed for very long pieces. The push blocks have sand paper under them to get a good grip on the wood being processed. There are lots of YouTube videos for those of you who have never used a surface planer or jointer.
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Research in the HMS Ulysses 1797, a Roebuck class ship
Kevin Kenny replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Nautical/Naval History
I had to develop some push blocks and a push stick to safely use the surface planer. They work great and may be of interest to some of you. I had both for my table saw but they were too big. I felt very uncomfortable using my hand to process this large amount of wood. I should have done this years ago.
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