Kevin Kenny
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Hi John you need to find someone with a large table saw or a large band saw. Either will do. You need to prepare two flat sides on the saw and then it is easy to cut into planks. You can also use a large hand plane to flatten one side and then if you need make a jig to flatten the vertical side of the log. Any good carpenter shop would be only to happy to cut this for you. My experience is that when they find out what you re using it for that they may even cut it for free. Woodworkers and shop owners or operators are a wonderful fraternity . I usually cut them to 1/2” -3/4” thickness so i can cut them thinner on my Proxxon table saw. The Proxxon work bench tools are too small to do this work. -
Hi John you need to find someone with a large table saw or a large band saw. Either will do. You need to prepare two flat sides on the saw and then it is easy to cut into planks. You can also use a large hand plane to flatten one side and then if you need make a jig to flatten the vertical side of the log. Any good carpenter shop would be only to happy to cut this for you. My experience is that when they find out what you re using it for that they may even cut it for free. Woodworkers and shop owners or operators are a wonderful fraternity . I usually cut them to 1/2” -3/4” thickness so i can cut them thinner on my Proxxon table saw. The Proxxon work bench tools are too small to do this work. Ill post some pictures
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Just watch the preparation of the standing rigging for the Tally Ho which some of you may find very instructive.
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I got mine from a friend. I am not sure that anyone sells this wood. But any dense hardwood will work.
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The passing of Jim Byrnes
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My homework for the Christmas season. Then I stop and it’s back to modeling in the new year
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The journey continues as my first time to start carving a figure head. Don’t get excited , the odds are that this will not end well, but as with everything this is the journey that I stated in Annapolis in October
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You are going along at a rate . Well done
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Hi Mark I have been using the Foredom and the turbo carver to clean up the carved pieces and to make them look more acceptable. However the advice i am getting is to try to do the carvings with the gouges only. Once i have mastered carving using the gouges then i have permission to use anything i want. Artistic license.
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Hi Greg i am using coffee wood, Juniper and Mahogany experimenting to see how they react to the gouges. And you are right the mahogany which is quite soft is not a good carving wood. I have not tried the coffee wood, it is next on the agenda. The first fully carved piece was using Juniper. Photo below. The real challenge remains keeping the gouges sharp. I am also having great difficulty thinking in three dimensions. I feel that the more i carve the better i will get at understanding the different layers. In any case i am seeing an improvement already in how to approach certain shapes and which gouges are best suited to get the desired results. The good news is that i have been in touch with a friend who carves the most incredible birds and he has agreed to let me visit his shop next week. Finally i have someone here in Trinidad that i can discus my challenges. Its going to be a long learning curve but i am optimistic that i will eventually arrive at the summit.
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My ship modeling is taking some time off as i start learning how to carve following the course in Annapolis put on by Greg Herbert and David Antscherl.
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You have produced a master class for the Swan practium that will long become a key reference to those who will build a model of this wonderful class of ship.
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I just love this hobby. Keep at it Henry
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Hi Alan I put it the coffee pot and boiled it. It still broke, so i put the heat gun one it after the coffee pot and got it to bend with out it breaking. hopefully ill get the starboard side to do the same as its a very sharp bend.
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