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    Hi Tom David does not like power tools while Greg is like me and loves them. You will see this demonstrated in book 3 of the Swan Practium . Having said that David’s approach is to learn carving skills using gouges . I found that to work at this scale and the size of the cathead it was easier to use my Turbo carver to carve the diamond shapes. David would definitely disagree and use a v shape gouge to achieve the same result. I will continue to practice using the gouges but have no issue using power tools to achieve the end result. Sorry will not see you this year, my next visit is in December as we are planning white Christmas in upstate NY.
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    Welcome to my world
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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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    I could only do 4 stars instead of eight. Just cant see the lines to do better.
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    Practice , practice, practice.
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    Remember the course??? I will be working my way down over the next few weekd
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    Sheaves installed
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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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    Here we go again.
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    Hahaha
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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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    Manger
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    Starting on the internals.
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    Starting the foredeck framing
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    Nice
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    Update installing the quickwork.
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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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    We are moving along again.
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    One side of the ports done
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    Installed the first complete gun port stop and painted the opening. Lots of patience needed.

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