NMBROOK
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Mike Y in Small Lathe
Hi Tony,I totally agree with Paul,You need RPM to get a good finish on wood especially running small cutters.There is good reason why woodworking routers run up to 30,000 RPM and this is using cutters up to 25mm in diameter.
Incidentally fitting the high speed kit to the Sherline mill will void the warranty as I understand it.
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Canute in Small Lathe
This may be a different kit Tony,it was Mark Taylor that told me the kit he was using voided the warranty.He may be able to shed a little light on this
My personal opinion is that there isn't a one size fits all mill.For really small detail work with small cutters the MF70 is ideal.For larger work and metals,I would go for the Sherline or a larger Proxxon.I have seen the small yellow mill available from machine mart in the flesh and it looks like a decent bit of kit for the money if you want something.larger and slower Might be worth investigating.
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Canute in Small Lathe
Hi Tony,I totally agree with Paul,You need RPM to get a good finish on wood especially running small cutters.There is good reason why woodworking routers run up to 30,000 RPM and this is using cutters up to 25mm in diameter.
Incidentally fitting the high speed kit to the Sherline mill will void the warranty as I understand it.
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Bismarck by Kevin - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Very impressive Kevin,she is looking great Count your blessings,it's been raining most of the time for the last two weeks up ere Extensive flooding but we have been fortunate to escape that,just.
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Dimitris71 in Bismarck by Kevin - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Very impressive Kevin,she is looking great Count your blessings,it's been raining most of the time for the last two weeks up ere Extensive flooding but we have been fortunate to escape that,just.
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK reacted to tkay11 in Small Lathe
That's interesting, Nigel. I was looking at the Sieg mills in Arc Eurotrade on line, but I now see that Machine Mart is in Edmonton, which is quite close to me. So I may well go and have a look.
I don't really intend to work with metal, but I've learnt from many other comments that once you enter this dark world of grown up toys you are easily sucked in deeper.
Tony
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NMBROOK got a reaction from mtaylor in Small Lathe
This may be a different kit Tony,it was Mark Taylor that told me the kit he was using voided the warranty.He may be able to shed a little light on this
My personal opinion is that there isn't a one size fits all mill.For really small detail work with small cutters the MF70 is ideal.For larger work and metals,I would go for the Sherline or a larger Proxxon.I have seen the small yellow mill available from machine mart in the flesh and it looks like a decent bit of kit for the money if you want something.larger and slower Might be worth investigating.
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from mtaylor in Small Lathe
Hi Tony,I totally agree with Paul,You need RPM to get a good finish on wood especially running small cutters.There is good reason why woodworking routers run up to 30,000 RPM and this is using cutters up to 25mm in diameter.
Incidentally fitting the high speed kit to the Sherline mill will void the warranty as I understand it.
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from PAnderson in Small Lathe
This may be a different kit Tony,it was Mark Taylor that told me the kit he was using voided the warranty.He may be able to shed a little light on this
My personal opinion is that there isn't a one size fits all mill.For really small detail work with small cutters the MF70 is ideal.For larger work and metals,I would go for the Sherline or a larger Proxxon.I have seen the small yellow mill available from machine mart in the flesh and it looks like a decent bit of kit for the money if you want something.larger and slower Might be worth investigating.
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from tkay11 in Small Lathe
This may be a different kit Tony,it was Mark Taylor that told me the kit he was using voided the warranty.He may be able to shed a little light on this
My personal opinion is that there isn't a one size fits all mill.For really small detail work with small cutters the MF70 is ideal.For larger work and metals,I would go for the Sherline or a larger Proxxon.I have seen the small yellow mill available from machine mart in the flesh and it looks like a decent bit of kit for the money if you want something.larger and slower Might be worth investigating.
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from tkay11 in Small Lathe
Hi Tony,I totally agree with Paul,You need RPM to get a good finish on wood especially running small cutters.There is good reason why woodworking routers run up to 30,000 RPM and this is using cutters up to 25mm in diameter.
Incidentally fitting the high speed kit to the Sherline mill will void the warranty as I understand it.
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK reacted to Ed Saur in Dusek Ship Kits-news+info
Hmmm... I guess any Stuart 6th Rate done large would be super.
Over the years, Model Shipwright has been flogging us mercilessly with many terrific,
but difficult to build, gilded beauties -- produced by master model makers.
And I imagine, but do not know, that they had good plans from English sources.
HMY Fubbs is also in the back of my mind now, but I have seen so many versions of it modeled,
that I wonder if it isn't the perfect example of the problem you have with plans.
In any event, I am looking forward to the Staten Yacht and the flogging to end --
my chance to build a really great 17th century model!
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Canute in Dusek Ship Kits-news+info
Excellent Daniel I assume you plan on including the copper tiles.The more and more I see of your design,the more excited I become.A bit like a kid in a sweet shop,but I am 43 years of age .
This is going to be an awesome kit!!
Kind Regard
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Canute in Dusek Ship Kits-news+info
Dunno how I missed this Daniel The 3d render of the model looks superb Top marks for going with Pear for the planking I do hear where Boyd is coming from though.Whilst your bulkhead system guarantees an accurate framework,there are the variables of fairing and sanding of the first ply layer.Don't get me wrong,I REALLY like the idea of the prespilled Pear planks,I hope it works out.
One thing,if I may suggest.What I found when skinning the upper half of Nuestra Senora is that some marks on the bulkheads for where the joins of the ply patterns fall would make things more foolproof.If possible,could these be laser etched on the bulkheads during the cutting process?
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK reacted to marktiedens in Royal William by marktiedens - FINISHED - Euromodel - scale 1:72
A little progress - I figured it was time to cut out the lower 2 rows of gunports. I have some wood squares on sticks made up of various sizes to mark out the ports.
After marking out the ports I drilled a number of holes around inside the lines,cut out the center with a small keyhole saw,& filed them out to size. The lower row are 14mm & the middle row are 13mm.
After that I thought it would be a good time also to cut the openings for the side entries. I ran into one small problem - apparently the gunports are a couple of mm too far forward. The side entries should be almost directly above the gunport at bulkhead 1 amidships,so what I did was after marking the bottom of the entry to be level with the second gun deck I simply cut part of the bulkhead out where it interfered. So not really a problem - just a little more work. I don`t know where I was off when marking the gunports because I triple checked the positions before cutting them out .Maybe the positions on the plans were slightly off.
Mark
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NMBROOK reacted to Daniel Dusek in Dusek Ship Kits-news+info
Thanks Guys,
Nigel-Yes, I plan to make also copper tiles.
Ed Saur, Ulises Victoria-At this moment it is hard to write what models will be next, it also depend on quality of sources (mainly quality of plans), but I would like to do De Zeven provinzien after the Santisima as I wrote earlier. But parallel to this big kits I everytime work also on some smaller projects (as Dutch statenyacht for example).
Daniel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Daniel Dusek in Dusek Ship Kits-news+info
Excellent Daniel I assume you plan on including the copper tiles.The more and more I see of your design,the more excited I become.A bit like a kid in a sweet shop,but I am 43 years of age .
This is going to be an awesome kit!!
Kind Regard
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Piet in Bismarck by Kevin - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Very impressive Kevin,she is looking great Count your blessings,it's been raining most of the time for the last two weeks up ere Extensive flooding but we have been fortunate to escape that,just.
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Omega1234 in Bismarck by Kevin - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Very impressive Kevin,she is looking great Count your blessings,it's been raining most of the time for the last two weeks up ere Extensive flooding but we have been fortunate to escape that,just.
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Piet in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Congrats Mark on a job well done It will not be overly long before you can release her from the building jig
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from WackoWolf in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Congrats Mark on a job well done It will not be overly long before you can release her from the building jig
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Old Collingwood in Bismarck by Kevin - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Very impressive Kevin,she is looking great Count your blessings,it's been raining most of the time for the last two weeks up ere Extensive flooding but we have been fortunate to escape that,just.
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from Ulises Victoria in Dusek Ship Kits-news+info
Excellent Daniel I assume you plan on including the copper tiles.The more and more I see of your design,the more excited I become.A bit like a kid in a sweet shop,but I am 43 years of age .
This is going to be an awesome kit!!
Kind Regard
Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from mtaylor in Bismarck by Kevin - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/200 - PLASTIC
Very impressive Kevin,she is looking great Count your blessings,it's been raining most of the time for the last two weeks up ere Extensive flooding but we have been fortunate to escape that,just.
Kind Regards
Nigel
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NMBROOK reacted to Kevin in Bismarck by Kevin - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/200 - PLASTIC
good morning everyone,
eventually got a few outside shots,
things are settling down having a new pup in the house, and a change of man cave, done lots on this build recently, and learning lots towards the next big ship build, around Easter time, Possibly the Trumpeter 1/200 HMS Nelson
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