Kevin Kenny
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Does anyone know when sheaves were changed from Lignum vitae to brass?
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sorry but I had to remove the first time I uploaded this as I had a music copywriter problem. Now resolved. Video 94 -
Hi Henry now the link is complete. kevin
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Lighting upgrade to Proxxon band saw
Kevin Kenny replied to Kevin Kenny's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
This cost me $15 and I was able to hook it up to the saw switch so it comes on when the saw is turned on. -
As we get older “like me” light becomes an essential part of my modeling productivity. I added this LED spotlight to the saw. It’s an Easy upgrade.
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My iPad is giving trouble this morning. The answer is yes. The only thing is the time it takes the PVA to dry. I thought of using CA with the PVA to speed things up but so far have resisted. .
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Looks great. I took two attempts to get it right. Made everything out of wood except the flute
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Makes me so envious looking at your fine work.
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The plank layout is not written in stone, it is simply a suggestion as to how it was probably laid out. It looks great so i would not take it out. kevin
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Just completed mounting my Proxxon shaper and band saw on Apple mac pro base. Jsut waiting on two more to complete my collection.
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Hi Yves No it has no smell. Coffee is grown on a tree and very old plantations produce a trunk that can be 6” wide. when the trees become old and tall they are usually felled and the coffee grove replanted. The wood was i]usually discarded. One of the biggest challenges in building scale wooden models is seeing grain in the wood used to make the models. Coffee woods grain is almost invisible and the colour is as white as you are going to get. It has turned out to be a fantastic deck board or strake which gives great contrast to other woods used on the model . The deck of the Thorn is coffee wood.
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Just finished converting all the coffeewood trees to planking material. I noticed some termite droppings so decided to get on the saws and cut everything up. It was a messy job but glad it is over. Only one piece of stock was infected. Ill spray all the balance. I now have enough for several models.
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Harry If you want to discus this issue or any other and you have WhatsApp on your phone you ccall me 1 8686803122. Ill be happy to discus it with you. kevin
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Henry 50 inches will give you a reading on the caliper of 1.04” at 1/4” scale. As Greg says above, you need to establish the upper deck beams in place to accurately calculate the height. . If you are going to measure the height just above the upper deck beam ( as i did) you will have to add 3” which is the thickness of the deck planking. So the measurement from the top of the upper deck beam to the top of the pin is 3+50 =53” or 1.102” on the caliper.
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