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Kevin Kenny

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  1. Its an interesting response as in the Swan practium a number of the sheaves a number of the blocks contain Bronze sheaves.
  2. I have been using a slight bevel to get a nice tight fit in some cases. In one case it resulted in my having to remake the piece 4 times. I do try to get the fit correct before using the bevel.
  3. Does anyone know when sheaves were changed from Lignum vitae to brass?
  4. sorry but I had to remove the first time I uploaded this as I had a music copywriter problem. Now resolved. Video 94
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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. .
  8. The answer is yes. It just takes 30 minutes far have resisted.
  9. Looks great. I took two attempts to get it right. Made everything out of wood except the flute
  10. 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
  11. Just completed mounting my Proxxon shaper and band saw on Apple mac pro base. Jsut waiting on two more to complete my collection.
  12. 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.
  13. 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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