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KeithAug
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"God bless you merry gentlemen" and ladies. I am sorry I haven't been around for a few weeks. Dolls house building and Christmas shopping have decimated my time in the shipyard. The good news is that the dolls house (and shop) is finished sufficient to be delivered to Bean (Eve) by Santa. Bean and Ben are being entertained by their alternate grandparents this year but Santa is delivering the dolls house to her home address in time for our New Year visit. I hope Bean won't be too worried about Santa's delivery mistake. My son has been at pains to remind me the dolls house is to be "played with". His way of telling me that finesse isn't required. I hope that I have met his criteria. I leave you all to judge. Thank you all for following along with my build over the last twelve months, as I look back I see that progress has been somewhat slow. Fortunately I have made a bit of progress since my last post so I will post an update later this week. With a bit more time on my hands I hope to catch up with all your build logs before the turn of the year. In the mean time I wish you all a Merry Christmas.
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Great work around the rudder post - very nice detail. Ditto the bow strengthening plates.
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It is impressively regular, I marvel that you managed to do it with a knife. The finished awning is wonderful.
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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.
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Excellent machine work Valeriy. Also impressive progress.
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Beautiful work Gary. I particularly like the detail of the paint damage around the latch. Wonderful.
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The most difficult workshop skill and one I have not mastered. Good luck. I look forward to the progress report.
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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.
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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.
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Zero Clearance for Table Saws
KeithAug replied to DelF's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Derek. Sorry I wasn't clear. I meant the fence on the right hand side - the one with the Allen key on it.- 12 replies
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Probably correct Keith🙂
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Eberhard - that sounds like a good fall back position.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Cap San Diego by mikegr - 1/160
KeithAug replied to mikegr's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1901 - Present Day
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. -
Harbor Freight 16" variable speed scroll saw
KeithAug replied to Dr PR's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Try typing the following into your web search:- "Pegas - Scroll saw blade selection chart". When I am cutting very thin plywood (0.62" or less) I find jewellers saw blades are far less likely to catch. They are however much more fragile than standard scroll saw blades and need to be treated gently. -
Your visitor sessions must be personally very rewarding. Excellent work.
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Phil Thanks for the detail on your planking trials, tribulations and successes. I'm sure that a lot of us are greatful of the learning points. I was interested in the photos of the present day vessel. The picture of the planks at the bow shows rather short lengths running at a different angle to the main hull planks. What is the reason for this odd arrangement. is this something that was done to effect a repair later in life?
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Very realistic looking deck and fittings Gary. I always shy away from lighting as I find that after showing it off a few times it never gets switched on again. Presumably you light up your models on a regular basis?
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An interesting subject. I think someone else on the forum has (or is) modelling her. I once had a guided tour - I seem to remember she was full of asbestos at the time so I didn't linger long - although it didn't seem to worry the guys preparing her as a visitor attraction.
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Yes but you are very good at imitation.
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Nicely done.
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Andy - good catch - I have seen many less successful correction attempts. I do think that it is good of the shipwrights to build a full scale boat for you to copy. Oh there's sober men & plenty And drunkards barely twenty There are men of over ninety That have never yet kissed a girl But give me a rambling rover Fae Orkney down to Dover We will roam the country over And together we'll face the world
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