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Thistle17 got a reaction from Saburo in HMS Winchelsea 1764 by Matt D 1:48
Matt we seem to cast the most critical eye on our works. In our minds eye we hold unforgiving perfection but the execution, to us anyway, never seems to measure up. This pursuit demands so much of us especially with the incredible peers that post here. I'd say you are closing that distance quite well.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from Vladimir_Wairoa in HMS Winchelsea 1764 by Matt D 1:48
Matt we seem to cast the most critical eye on our works. In our minds eye we hold unforgiving perfection but the execution, to us anyway, never seems to measure up. This pursuit demands so much of us especially with the incredible peers that post here. I'd say you are closing that distance quite well.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from FrankWouts in HMS Winchelsea - FINISHED - 1764 - by Chuck (1/4" scale)
A number of our group have seen Rusty's model of your first version. It was a delight to behold! So this version should be nothing short of spectacular and a joy to build with your continued refinement of technique. Now the big question is how long do I have to stand in line to buy one??????
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from Valeriy V in PBR Mark 1 River Patrol Boat by Thistle17 - FINISHED - Scale 1:6 - Model Shipwright Guild WNY
Conditions have not improved much in the Finger Lakes Region as far as the infection rate goes. People just let their guard down and we still have an infection rate of 9%. Vaccinations for our 1B population has started but the supply chain is faltering. i suspect even with increased supply there will be a bow wave as first time recipients compete with 2nd round recipients. All part of the Covid Crazies!
But I digress. I voluntered to turn the support system for the forward gun tub trays, as I have the lathe. I first tried making the system in one piece out of 1/2 delrin rod. It did not go well. In part because I am not a highly skilled turner and secondly when the turning got down to the 3/16 diameter the rod just did not have sufficient axial stiffness. So I turned to the old standby and made it out of brass. Actually the main body is 1/4" tubing with an ID that allowed yet another piece of tubing to slide neatly inside. That in turn very nicely accomadated a 3/16 inch rod which was end drilled to take the 1/16 rod. At present the 1/16 rod is quite long to aid in alignment of the whole assembly when it is installed on the gun tub support bracketry.
The assembly is not soldered as I have to experiment with brass blackening and its interaction with solder flux. I suspect the answer will be "not well", in which case the assembly will be glued.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
Now you have done it guys! You made me search further for the hobby bench I thought was a style that may work. It can be lowered and widened in the aperature and can be made wider in work surface area. The plan is simple and can be adapted for a wheel chair. I liked it as it was "handsome enough" to take residence in a living area as opposed to a shop environment.
Here is what I would do:
- The trestle framework can be redesigned to improve access in the knee hole area.
- Remove it all together and make the rear panel the strong back. And while your add it remove the middle shelf.
- Widen the top
- Widen the drawer storage either side
- Possibly add a bit of upper storage at the back of the top surface
It was in Woodsmith not Shop Notes.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from Michel L. in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
Now you have done it guys! You made me search further for the hobby bench I thought was a style that may work. It can be lowered and widened in the aperature and can be made wider in work surface area. The plan is simple and can be adapted for a wheel chair. I liked it as it was "handsome enough" to take residence in a living area as opposed to a shop environment.
Here is what I would do:
- The trestle framework can be redesigned to improve access in the knee hole area.
- Remove it all together and make the rear panel the strong back. And while your add it remove the middle shelf.
- Widen the top
- Widen the drawer storage either side
- Possibly add a bit of upper storage at the back of the top surface
It was in Woodsmith not Shop Notes.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from Canute in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
Now you have done it guys! You made me search further for the hobby bench I thought was a style that may work. It can be lowered and widened in the aperature and can be made wider in work surface area. The plan is simple and can be adapted for a wheel chair. I liked it as it was "handsome enough" to take residence in a living area as opposed to a shop environment.
Here is what I would do:
- The trestle framework can be redesigned to improve access in the knee hole area.
- Remove it all together and make the rear panel the strong back. And while your add it remove the middle shelf.
- Widen the top
- Widen the drawer storage either side
- Possibly add a bit of upper storage at the back of the top surface
It was in Woodsmith not Shop Notes.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from mtaylor in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
Now you have done it guys! You made me search further for the hobby bench I thought was a style that may work. It can be lowered and widened in the aperature and can be made wider in work surface area. The plan is simple and can be adapted for a wheel chair. I liked it as it was "handsome enough" to take residence in a living area as opposed to a shop environment.
Here is what I would do:
- The trestle framework can be redesigned to improve access in the knee hole area.
- Remove it all together and make the rear panel the strong back. And while your add it remove the middle shelf.
- Widen the top
- Widen the drawer storage either side
- Possibly add a bit of upper storage at the back of the top surface
It was in Woodsmith not Shop Notes.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from mtaylor in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
Here is a style that intrigued me sometime back. For your needs a design such as this could be lowered and widened to accomadate your wheel chair. This particular one is quite pricey but my estimate for a DYI version is under $500. The DYI version of this was in Shop Notes or its companion sometime around 2010.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from grsjax in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
Now you have done it guys! You made me search further for the hobby bench I thought was a style that may work. It can be lowered and widened in the aperature and can be made wider in work surface area. The plan is simple and can be adapted for a wheel chair. I liked it as it was "handsome enough" to take residence in a living area as opposed to a shop environment.
Here is what I would do:
- The trestle framework can be redesigned to improve access in the knee hole area.
- Remove it all together and make the rear panel the strong back. And while your add it remove the middle shelf.
- Widen the top
- Widen the drawer storage either side
- Possibly add a bit of upper storage at the back of the top surface
It was in Woodsmith not Shop Notes.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from J11 in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
Now you have done it guys! You made me search further for the hobby bench I thought was a style that may work. It can be lowered and widened in the aperature and can be made wider in work surface area. The plan is simple and can be adapted for a wheel chair. I liked it as it was "handsome enough" to take residence in a living area as opposed to a shop environment.
Here is what I would do:
- The trestle framework can be redesigned to improve access in the knee hole area.
- Remove it all together and make the rear panel the strong back. And while your add it remove the middle shelf.
- Widen the top
- Widen the drawer storage either side
- Possibly add a bit of upper storage at the back of the top surface
It was in Woodsmith not Shop Notes.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from Keith Black in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
Now you have done it guys! You made me search further for the hobby bench I thought was a style that may work. It can be lowered and widened in the aperature and can be made wider in work surface area. The plan is simple and can be adapted for a wheel chair. I liked it as it was "handsome enough" to take residence in a living area as opposed to a shop environment.
Here is what I would do:
- The trestle framework can be redesigned to improve access in the knee hole area.
- Remove it all together and make the rear panel the strong back. And while your add it remove the middle shelf.
- Widen the top
- Widen the drawer storage either side
- Possibly add a bit of upper storage at the back of the top surface
It was in Woodsmith not Shop Notes.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from Canute in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
Here is a style that intrigued me sometime back. For your needs a design such as this could be lowered and widened to accomadate your wheel chair. This particular one is quite pricey but my estimate for a DYI version is under $500. The DYI version of this was in Shop Notes or its companion sometime around 2010.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
Here is a style that intrigued me sometime back. For your needs a design such as this could be lowered and widened to accomadate your wheel chair. This particular one is quite pricey but my estimate for a DYI version is under $500. The DYI version of this was in Shop Notes or its companion sometime around 2010.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from J11 in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
Here is a style that intrigued me sometime back. For your needs a design such as this could be lowered and widened to accomadate your wheel chair. This particular one is quite pricey but my estimate for a DYI version is under $500. The DYI version of this was in Shop Notes or its companion sometime around 2010.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from Keith Black in What would you recommend for a workbench for disabled person who can only sit??
Here is a style that intrigued me sometime back. For your needs a design such as this could be lowered and widened to accomadate your wheel chair. This particular one is quite pricey but my estimate for a DYI version is under $500. The DYI version of this was in Shop Notes or its companion sometime around 2010.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in PBR Mark 1 River Patrol Boat by Thistle17 - FINISHED - Scale 1:6 - Model Shipwright Guild WNY
Conditions have not improved much in the Finger Lakes Region as far as the infection rate goes. People just let their guard down and we still have an infection rate of 9%. Vaccinations for our 1B population has started but the supply chain is faltering. i suspect even with increased supply there will be a bow wave as first time recipients compete with 2nd round recipients. All part of the Covid Crazies!
But I digress. I voluntered to turn the support system for the forward gun tub trays, as I have the lathe. I first tried making the system in one piece out of 1/2 delrin rod. It did not go well. In part because I am not a highly skilled turner and secondly when the turning got down to the 3/16 diameter the rod just did not have sufficient axial stiffness. So I turned to the old standby and made it out of brass. Actually the main body is 1/4" tubing with an ID that allowed yet another piece of tubing to slide neatly inside. That in turn very nicely accomadated a 3/16 inch rod which was end drilled to take the 1/16 rod. At present the 1/16 rod is quite long to aid in alignment of the whole assembly when it is installed on the gun tub support bracketry.
The assembly is not soldered as I have to experiment with brass blackening and its interaction with solder flux. I suspect the answer will be "not well", in which case the assembly will be glued.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from Canute in PBR Mark 1 River Patrol Boat by Thistle17 - FINISHED - Scale 1:6 - Model Shipwright Guild WNY
Conditions have not improved much in the Finger Lakes Region as far as the infection rate goes. People just let their guard down and we still have an infection rate of 9%. Vaccinations for our 1B population has started but the supply chain is faltering. i suspect even with increased supply there will be a bow wave as first time recipients compete with 2nd round recipients. All part of the Covid Crazies!
But I digress. I voluntered to turn the support system for the forward gun tub trays, as I have the lathe. I first tried making the system in one piece out of 1/2 delrin rod. It did not go well. In part because I am not a highly skilled turner and secondly when the turning got down to the 3/16 diameter the rod just did not have sufficient axial stiffness. So I turned to the old standby and made it out of brass. Actually the main body is 1/4" tubing with an ID that allowed yet another piece of tubing to slide neatly inside. That in turn very nicely accomadated a 3/16 inch rod which was end drilled to take the 1/16 rod. At present the 1/16 rod is quite long to aid in alignment of the whole assembly when it is installed on the gun tub support bracketry.
The assembly is not soldered as I have to experiment with brass blackening and its interaction with solder flux. I suspect the answer will be "not well", in which case the assembly will be glued.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from mtaylor in PBR Mark 1 River Patrol Boat by Thistle17 - FINISHED - Scale 1:6 - Model Shipwright Guild WNY
Conditions have not improved much in the Finger Lakes Region as far as the infection rate goes. People just let their guard down and we still have an infection rate of 9%. Vaccinations for our 1B population has started but the supply chain is faltering. i suspect even with increased supply there will be a bow wave as first time recipients compete with 2nd round recipients. All part of the Covid Crazies!
But I digress. I voluntered to turn the support system for the forward gun tub trays, as I have the lathe. I first tried making the system in one piece out of 1/2 delrin rod. It did not go well. In part because I am not a highly skilled turner and secondly when the turning got down to the 3/16 diameter the rod just did not have sufficient axial stiffness. So I turned to the old standby and made it out of brass. Actually the main body is 1/4" tubing with an ID that allowed yet another piece of tubing to slide neatly inside. That in turn very nicely accomadated a 3/16 inch rod which was end drilled to take the 1/16 rod. At present the 1/16 rod is quite long to aid in alignment of the whole assembly when it is installed on the gun tub support bracketry.
The assembly is not soldered as I have to experiment with brass blackening and its interaction with solder flux. I suspect the answer will be "not well", in which case the assembly will be glued.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from FrankWouts in HMS Winchelsea 1764 by Stuntflyer (Mike) - FINISHED - 1/4" scale
Thank you for sharing this latest tip Mike. You make the road ahead less difficult!
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from FrankWouts in HMS Winchelsea 1764 by Stuntflyer (Mike) - FINISHED - 1/4" scale
Superb execution Mike. You are another hard act to follow. And thanks for the tip on the sanding forms and paper. I am always fashioning up homemade ones that are barely adequate.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from FrankWouts in HMS Winchelsea 1764 by Stuntflyer (Mike) - FINISHED - 1/4" scale
Thank you Mike I am going to give Cheerful (and Winchelsea when the time comes) another try using your approach.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from FrankWouts in HMS Winchelsea 1764 by Stuntflyer (Mike) - FINISHED - 1/4" scale
Mike your work is inspirational and I have to say you set a high bar.
When you get to form the moldings can you give some "how to information" to those of us who could use some coaching. I tried it for my Cheerful by filing some 1/16 brass sheet with a bevel on one side so as to form a knife edge. I wasn't too happy about the result: (1) the boxwood profile shape was not crisp no matter at what angle I held the scrapper at at and (2) when applied to the 1/16 wide stock it had a tendency to wander off the center line. As a result the hull has yet to be dressed out. I anticipate the same result on the Winne without some guidance.
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from FrankWouts in HMS Winchelsea 1764 by Stuntflyer (Mike) - FINISHED - 1/4" scale
Mike you set a high water mark in terms of execution! Always a treat to witness your progress. Above you reference a dowel use in the counter. Are you using it to contour the plank along its length in this are? Can you explain it a bit more please?
Joe
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Thistle17 got a reaction from FrankWouts in HMS Winchelsea 1764 by Stuntflyer (Mike) - FINISHED - 1/4" scale
I seemed to have lost the Winne project baseline build definition. I had assumed you were doing a beta build to prove out the design for Chuck/Syren. Is this not the case? The question arises (over the laser work) as I had assumed I was witnessing a true beta build. I hope this is clear.
Joe
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