Kevin Kenny

Preparing for the painting of the scrolls on the starboard side. Laying a good foundation.

Yves i used Prussian blue which was recommended in the book.

The journey

https://youtube.com/watch?v=I6Z8lJQRcOM&feature=shareb

Just got a notice from Lee Valley . I paid $36 for these a few months ago from Zak Jewlers. 

Sorry for the miss spelling Zak  Jewelry tools zakjewelerytools.com

The reason i get so many nice tools from new york is that one of my daughter lives there and i send all my on line purchase tools to her apartment. Tools for woodworking. I’ve actually only found two great physical stores to visit. The first is  “tools for woodworking “ . Its located in a bit of a grubby area so don't take your wife as i did. 112 26th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232. They also have a web site toolsforwoodworking.com so you can see what they have. The other is. jak Jewelry tools 37 west 46th street in Manhattan. You have to walk up a number of stairs and there is lots of security all around the place . I guess they must make jewelry around the area. Again they have a web site jakjewelrytools.com. My usual on line store is Lee Valley which has some wonderful miniature tools that i have shipped to her home. 

Oh dear, indoor swimming pool. Last night we had a electrical surge that resulted in fire in 4 homes in my neighborhood including mine when one of the multi plug strips burst into fire. We were luck that we were home that night. 

This would be my first choice.

Starting to figure put how to paint the scrolls. Using acrylic paint. 000 paint brush. Pencil in the scrolls on the blue acrylic and painting over the pencil lines.  . Any suggestions

Also found a good tube of Prussian blue and some new paint brushes that turned out to be useless.

Just arrived .009 thick 

The Foredom is a totally different tool. It runs at around 20,000 rpm and is full of power. The Turbo carves runs at 400,000 rpm and has no power what so ever. You paint with the turbo while you cut with the Foredom. You will have to use one to understand what i mean. I have long had a compressor so that cost is not of concern for me. The hand piece is around $200. 

Just saw this post. Sorry Bruce. No there is no record of her playing a role of any kind during the war.

The magic of the iPad and a monitor 

I have included some of these changes in the video and replaced it with a new version. 

Thank you Alan. Ill have to read it about 5 times to understand in layman's terms. What was interesting in the videos on YouTube is that the test to achieve the correct heat was  arrived at by testing the magnetic properties of the red hot steel. They claim its only when the steel has lost its magnetic properties that it has achieved the correct temperature to be made soft, and they just let the piece cool at normal room temperature on the work table.  Going back to my colour chart above thats between 1300-1400 degrees F. 

I guess based on this it was around 700-800 degrees F

Good to know, but in any case thats why the fire extinguisher is always close at hand. In case. 

Just looked TTT up and this is getting far to technical for a simple mind like mine. Having read it i have no way of knowing what type of steel  the hacksaw blade is made up of  so no way of knowing how long it should be heated to and the exact temperature. But i am always will to learn. Thats the purpose of my videos. 

Degree F not sure what TTT diagram is.