Kevin Kenny
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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 -
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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I cant remember as that was so long ago. I still say the key is the location of the beams. The photos i shared give you a good idea of the correlation. Looking back at the notes that i sent you it is clear that i was estimating the measurements above the main deck. They should have given us the measurements. I have it as 27” above the main deck. This is why today i have a written log so i can tell you why and what i did.
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On my model the Top of the pin is .101 the top of the cross piece is .42 one of the best investment i made was to buy the 3D images frim Admarility models. It allow you to visualize everything in much more detail.
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Video 64 again discusses issues with the bitts and their location to the beam. I have a feeling I remade it at this point in time.
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just went back in the build to page 8 of the build log Video 50, time 7.33 discusses the same issue you are having. it seems what I did was make up the bottom slots for the beam and as I added the beams made the adjustments in the pins. ill look again and see if there is any other reference
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Harry this was quite a while ago and the pieces are now stuck in the model. I made a number of mistakes until I got the beams installed.once the beams are installed you can make the measurements off your model. If you look in my draw you’ll see the results my many mistakes. I think because everyone’s model is slightly different they did not give detail dimensions. I remember having lots of discussions with Greg on this . It was after this I started keeping a written log.
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Unfortunately i was not keeping a written journal at the time, but here are my notes.
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Henry the key was to install the deck beams and then follow the plan.ill check the videos as i know its covered
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Every time i tried to do something like you have done i find the only way i can make them is to simulate them. Mine are not functional like yours . You are a master sir. I have long thought of going to work in a jewelry shop. I did have a friend build a spot soldering machine for me but it did not work that well. I should have forked out the $600 and purchased it directly. Keep up your fantastic internal work. kevin
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