ca.shipwright

Fantastic clove hitches on the rat lines. I have never seen them so neatly and evenly done.

Here is my dust collection system for my shop tools. It consists of 1" PVC schedule 40 pipe, ball valves at each machine that can be opened or closed. and a 8 gallon Shop Vac. All the joints are press fitted, not glued which allows for rearrangement when needed.
 
The ball valves on all the machines except for the one I am operating are closed. This keeps the suction in the line strong. It is no bother since  I only use one machine at a time. The Shop Vac resides outside the door of the shop to keep the noise down.
 
This is an efficient flexible inexpensive system.
 
Hope you find this useful
 
Regards

Chris,
You can build that 36x96 table with a 4x8 sheet of birch plywood and six 96" 2x4s. Put a coat of Minwax Polyurethane on it and your ready to go. Cost about $75 total.
Lowes or the Depot will rip the ply to 36". The extra 12 " becomes the shelf underneath. Put the savings into more Jim Byrnes tools.
If you're interested  I can give you a detailed how to do this.
 
Regards

Chris,
You can build that 36x96 table with a 4x8 sheet of birch plywood and six 96" 2x4s. Put a coat of Minwax Polyurethane on it and your ready to go. Cost about $75 total.
Lowes or the Depot will rip the ply to 36". The extra 12 " becomes the shelf underneath. Put the savings into more Jim Byrnes tools.
If you're interested  I can give you a detailed how to do this.
 
Regards

Bob,
I'm sorry. I was referring to my scroll saw. The shop vac is a Lowes 8 gallon, I use the bag as it keeps the blowback down compared to the filter sleeve that you also use.

Here is my dust collection system for my shop tools. It consists of 1" PVC schedule 40 pipe, ball valves at each machine that can be opened or closed. and a 8 gallon Shop Vac. All the joints are press fitted, not glued which allows for rearrangement when needed.
 
The ball valves on all the machines except for the one I am operating are closed. This keeps the suction in the line strong. It is no bother since  I only use one machine at a time. The Shop Vac resides outside the door of the shop to keep the noise down.
 
This is an efficient flexible inexpensive system.
 
Hope you find this useful
 
Regards

Chris,
You can build that 36x96 table with a 4x8 sheet of birch plywood and six 96" 2x4s. Put a coat of Minwax Polyurethane on it and your ready to go. Cost about $75 total.
Lowes or the Depot will rip the ply to 36". The extra 12 " becomes the shelf underneath. Put the savings into more Jim Byrnes tools.
If you're interested  I can give you a detailed how to do this.
 
Regards

Bob,
I'm sorry. I was referring to my scroll saw. The shop vac is a Lowes 8 gallon, I use the bag as it keeps the blowback down compared to the filter sleeve that you also use.

Chris,
You can build that 36x96 table with a 4x8 sheet of birch plywood and six 96" 2x4s. Put a coat of Minwax Polyurethane on it and your ready to go. Cost about $75 total.
Lowes or the Depot will rip the ply to 36". The extra 12 " becomes the shelf underneath. Put the savings into more Jim Byrnes tools.
If you're interested  I can give you a detailed how to do this.
 
Regards

Chris,
You can build that 36x96 table with a 4x8 sheet of birch plywood and six 96" 2x4s. Put a coat of Minwax Polyurethane on it and your ready to go. Cost about $75 total.
Lowes or the Depot will rip the ply to 36". The extra 12 " becomes the shelf underneath. Put the savings into more Jim Byrnes tools.
If you're interested  I can give you a detailed how to do this.
 
Regards

Bob,
I'm sorry. I was referring to my scroll saw. The shop vac is a Lowes 8 gallon, I use the bag as it keeps the blowback down compared to the filter sleeve that you also use.

Here is my dust collection system for my shop tools. It consists of 1" PVC schedule 40 pipe, ball valves at each machine that can be opened or closed. and a 8 gallon Shop Vac. All the joints are press fitted, not glued which allows for rearrangement when needed.
 
The ball valves on all the machines except for the one I am operating are closed. This keeps the suction in the line strong. It is no bother since  I only use one machine at a time. The Shop Vac resides outside the door of the shop to keep the noise down.
 
This is an efficient flexible inexpensive system.
 
Hope you find this useful
 
Regards

It has been said that "a clean desk is a sign of a sick mind."

You have my sympathies. Before my next move there will be an estate sale weather or not it is an estate. Last move was 2865 miles and weighed 16,000 pounds. That was after going to Good Will every day for a month.
 
Good luck.

Good luck with the move. A word of advice - don't try to unpack it all in one day.
 
Regards

Looking good EJ

Just tried the link in the post- came up instantly.

E J
I don't know if you have seen this but check it out:
 
http://www.themodelshipwright.com/high-resolution-ship-plans/sailing-vessels/french-17th-century-warship-la-couronne/
 
Regards

Darrell
Very nice work.

It's an old Delta that I bought about 15 years ago.

Greetings,
 
Finally something to write about. Completed all the mast components, installed the deadeyes on the tops and rigged the blocks on the top bottoms.
 
I made the deadeyes using Dave Rowe's method. It never ceases to amaze me how the first one of anything always takes forever and last one takes no time at all. It shows what repetition can do.  Now for some final clean up, finish painting the black on the masts and start the rope work.
 
I will install all rigging I can on each component before assembling the masts and yards.
 
I made the rigging stations that someone was kind enough to post. Works very well. I never realized how much better the helping hand work when they are screwed down. Also, covering the alligator clip ends with some tacky tubing really helps. The blocks no longer jump out of the clips nor does any work piece get marred.
 
I have a big decision to make- to serve or not to serve that is the question. Since this is not going to be a historically correct model as I have made to many mistakes/changes running back and forth between the Corel plans and the AOS and back again this is a huge lesson learned. I wonder if the effort will be worth it.
 
If I do decide to serve, I will try to make an add-on to the rigging station. This should not require too much engineering. And I am a jig lover.
 
Any way, here are some photos.
 
To those in the US, Happy Thanksgiving. To those Down Under and the Kiwis, hoist a pint and celebrate something.
 
Regards

Greetings Again.
 
I can't believe that it's been 54 weeks since I started Endeavour and first posted in this log. Time really flies when you are having fun.
 
I reached what I consider to be a milestone on the build. All of the masts, spars and tops, mast caps and bow spirt have been fabricated.
I dry fitted all of the components and they seem to fit fairly well. Some, well maybe more than some, touch up will be required. Then its on to mounting the eye bolts and all the rest of the goodies that should be done before stepping the masts. Finally the painting will be completed. I won't admit to how many dowels it took to get this far.
 
I tried to do the hexagonal center for the main yards on a piece of scrap. This did not go well and I have decided to omit this. I can see where starting with square stock for the spars is definately the way to go. Next time.
 
We'll take a break. Clean up the shop. And, maybe work on my solid hull Sultana for a bit.
 
Regards
 
 
Photos to follow

Here is my dust collection system for my shop tools. It consists of 1" PVC schedule 40 pipe, ball valves at each machine that can be opened or closed. and a 8 gallon Shop Vac. All the joints are press fitted, not glued which allows for rearrangement when needed.
 
The ball valves on all the machines except for the one I am operating are closed. This keeps the suction in the line strong. It is no bother since  I only use one machine at a time. The Shop Vac resides outside the door of the shop to keep the noise down.
 
This is an efficient flexible inexpensive system.
 
Hope you find this useful
 
Regards

Just tried the link in the post- came up instantly.

It's an old Delta that I bought about 15 years ago.