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  • Birthday 05/27/1953

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    Sussex, England.
  • Interests
    Sailing, Naval History, Model Ship Building, Model Steam Engine Building. Maisie walking - she is top left.

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  8. KeithAug
    Great work around the rudder post - very nice detail. Ditto the bow strengthening plates.
  9.    KeithAug reacted to a post in a topic: St Roch by Lecrenb - 1:48 scale - RCMP Schooner rigged as schooner c. 1930/35
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  16. KeithAug
    It is impressively regular, I marvel that you managed to do it with a knife. The finished awning is wonderful.
  17. KeithAug
    That's good. In the past I have tried very hard to find something suitable. It would be good to know where he gets it. The yacht is looking very smart Steve.
  18. KeithAug
    Excellent machine work Valeriy. Also impressive progress.
  19. KeithAug
    Beautiful work Gary. I particularly like the detail of the paint damage around the latch. Wonderful.
  20. KeithAug
    The most difficult workshop skill and one I have not mastered. Good luck. I look forward to the progress report.
  21. KeithAug
    Keith / Andy - you both offer such good advice - even when your advice is diametrically opposed🙁 Andy - I was planning to use a manual jewellers saw. I don't trust myself to be as accurate as I need to be with a scroll saw. Thank you John - is that my Whitby or is it your Whitby (Perth). If it's mine I can't remember seeing it when I was last in the museum (One wet day around about 1964 😬). Thank you Gary.
  22. KeithAug
    Yes Pat - Me too - alternating with Moana. I am reliably informed that Moana 2 is out this month. Thank you Rick - it seems that others use this technique as well. Interesting - I have never tried that. Good to see you back Dan. Others have also comment to this effect. I am reconsidering my plan.
  23. KeithAug
    Derek. Sorry I wasn't clear. I meant the fence on the right hand side - the one with the Allen key on it.
  24. KeithAug
    Probably correct Keith🙂
  25. KeithAug
    Eberhard - that sounds like a good fall back position.
  26. KeithAug
    I am continuing to make a bit of progress as a side line to the dolls house. After another coat of varnish I had a bit of a diversion on to the port holes. The frames were turned on the lathe. 28 in total. They are quite simple with a constant outside diameter of 9mm and a step on the internal diameter of 0.5mm (7mm diameter hole). The bore takes a window of 8mm diameter. I manufactured a punch to form the 8mm windows. The windows were punched out of acetate sheet. In the photo the widows still have their protective films on both faces. Then a couple of more coats of varnish, finished with quite coarse wire wool between each application to remove any fibres. The varnish is polyurethane thinned 1 to 1 with white spirits and wiped on with a lint free rag. I decided I had been avoiding the gingerbread toooooo long so I fasted 2 pieces of 1/64" brass strip together with double sided tape and glued the cutting template in place. I have ordered a packet of 6/0 saw blades (76 tpi). These should arrive tomorrow. These blades should just about work when cutting double thickness 1/64" sheets. I suppose I should have gone for 8/0 blades (89 tip) but I think the sawing would have taken forever. I am going to have to cut the gingerbread in several pieces as it is circa 7 inches long and the throat of my jewellers saw is only 3 inches.
  27. KeithAug
    Yes - that s when you re not having to play the make believe Frozen game and you are awarded the role of Anna. John, Glen, Druxey and Pat, thank you for appreciating my hull efforts.
  28. KeithAug
    I just have a relatively low cost Chinese mill and lathe. Perfectly adequate for most boat building jobs while being big enough to take on some moderately larger products. They are usually sold badged under a local distributors name. My mill and lathe are sold in the USA under the "Grizzly" banner.
  29. KeithAug started following The Khufu solar barge c. 2,566 BCE - a cross-section model, scale 1:10 by Dan Pariser
  30. KeithAug
    I can't imagine that the crane hook was left to dangle when underway. Another option would be to secure the hook to the deck and then tension the cables. Everything looks very good.

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