Cabbie

It looks like an enjoyable build. Every now and then I think of wandering off the reservation
and doing something different. I've had my eye on an old fashioned tram car for a long time.
Hmmmmm.
 

Howdy Hof, That is a kick in the guts, yes keep thinking and trying.
The plane might well be a pleasant change, something different to help
get you up and going. With a bit of luck something else will come up for you.
Hooroo Chris

It looks like an enjoyable build. Every now and then I think of wandering off the reservation
and doing something different. I've had my eye on an old fashioned tram car for a long time.
Hmmmmm.
 

Well waiting! But we all have a finite time on earth here! lol
 
Cheers
 
Chris
 

Looks really awesome!  A 63" finished kit would have my wife making me live in the garage though.

Erik, Jarrah has the reputation of being a good cabinet timber but, being a Eucalypt, it may well have the interlocking grain of many Eucalypts - but I would think well worth a try.
 
John

It looks like an enjoyable build. Every now and then I think of wandering off the reservation
and doing something different. I've had my eye on an old fashioned tram car for a long time.
Hmmmmm.
 

Howdy Hof, That is a kick in the guts, yes keep thinking and trying.
The plane might well be a pleasant change, something different to help
get you up and going. With a bit of luck something else will come up for you.
Hooroo Chris

G'Day Chris,
 
You've inspired me!
 
As I don't have a lathe (yet) the power plant comes first (Aldi special today):
 

It's supposedly 150 watt but stalled when shaping the pulleys, so I will gear it to about 2:1 and see what happens. Drive belt/s will be sewing machine. One either end will give me about a 150mm sander but I'd like 200mm so maybe two belts at one end.
 
It will also hopefully power my yet to come DIY lathe/disk sander.
 

Another good looking one too Bruce.
But I don't think any of the ones above can be held both ends.
Thanks Chris

It looks like an enjoyable build. Every now and then I think of wandering off the reservation
and doing something different. I've had my eye on an old fashioned tram car for a long time.
Hmmmmm.
 

A few photos....
3 Wings and the Landing Gear "Winglet."
And, one of my three Abyssinian cats, (Or, Stomachs on legs, Anubis), trying to be helpful.
 
The Upper Wing Aileron Tips created from Brass Wire as the Muntz Metal broke, never mind....
 
I'll re-attach some of the Engine components tomorrow with Epoxy, CA proves a little fragile....
 
Cheers....HOF.
 
 

Howdy Hof, That is a kick in the guts, yes keep thinking and trying.
The plane might well be a pleasant change, something different to help
get you up and going. With a bit of luck something else will come up for you.
Hooroo Chris

Howdy Hof, That is a kick in the guts, yes keep thinking and trying.
The plane might well be a pleasant change, something different to help
get you up and going. With a bit of luck something else will come up for you.
Hooroo Chris

don't feel bad HOF.....I've got a Guillow's Fokker in the closet,  and a list of projects I really should be getting back to.  I need to invest in a good pair of blinders  ........     look ahead,  my friend      is that a site you created?

Another good looking one too Bruce.
But I don't think any of the ones above can be held both ends.
Thanks Chris

Thanks Bruce they look like a a top quality drum. I am a bit restricted by diameter
up to about 35mm. And i like it also being held by the tail stock.
But you prompted me to go looking again and come up with the links below.
The first one is I thought might be able to be adapted, it has a blow up drum.
The second one and bottom link is supposed to be made for a lathe using
the attachment. A bit pricey but would last a long time, not sure if it
can be held both ends though.
 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017ZE6DM2/?tag=ezvid02-20
 
https://hopewoodturning.co.uk/sanding-items/sanding-tools/69/hope-drum-sander

https://hopewoodturning.co.uk/jig-s/threading-jig/49/2mt-cutter-holder-draw-bar

 

Howdy Hof, That is a kick in the guts, yes keep thinking and trying.
The plane might well be a pleasant change, something different to help
get you up and going. With a bit of luck something else will come up for you.
Hooroo Chris

Thanks Bruce they look like a a top quality drum. I am a bit restricted by diameter
up to about 35mm. And i like it also being held by the tail stock.
But you prompted me to go looking again and come up with the links below.
The first one is I thought might be able to be adapted, it has a blow up drum.
The second one and bottom link is supposed to be made for a lathe using
the attachment. A bit pricey but would last a long time, not sure if it
can be held both ends though.
 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017ZE6DM2/?tag=ezvid02-20
 
https://hopewoodturning.co.uk/sanding-items/sanding-tools/69/hope-drum-sander

https://hopewoodturning.co.uk/jig-s/threading-jig/49/2mt-cutter-holder-draw-bar

 

Another good looking one too Bruce.
But I don't think any of the ones above can be held both ends.
Thanks Chris

Thanks Bruce they look like a a top quality drum. I am a bit restricted by diameter
up to about 35mm. And i like it also being held by the tail stock.
But you prompted me to go looking again and come up with the links below.
The first one is I thought might be able to be adapted, it has a blow up drum.
The second one and bottom link is supposed to be made for a lathe using
the attachment. A bit pricey but would last a long time, not sure if it
can be held both ends though.
 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017ZE6DM2/?tag=ezvid02-20
 
https://hopewoodturning.co.uk/sanding-items/sanding-tools/69/hope-drum-sander

https://hopewoodturning.co.uk/jig-s/threading-jig/49/2mt-cutter-holder-draw-bar

 

No worries Tom, but don't hold your breath on the pear. I don't have any and not likely to.
I did see somewhere else a suggestion for using double sided carpet tape to hold the sandpaper.
Maybe other tapes would work, but I didn't want to make it hard to change the paper.
Which could be ok it would still have a little bit of the squish that Bruce likes.
Probably got too much squish at the moment.
I have been thinking of putting some springs each side of the adjusting screw to help
keep the table even, where to find them around here is another story.
 

Have you seen this one?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Axminster-Sleeveless-Sanding-Drum-25mm-x-75mm/351794312321?epid=1279424135&hash=item51e8933481:g:9PcAAOSwfKRc0svT
 
HTH
Bruce

I have two of these sleeveless drums from Lee Valley Sleeveless sanding drums.  The picture on the web page doesn't show the method for holding the sheet of sandpaper, but it works very well.  There is a slot in the drum to insert the two ends of the sheet and a simple, but effective locking method.  No problem getting the sheet tight around the drum. 
 
I see that they are also sold at https://woodworker.com/1x3-w-14-shaft-sander-sleeveless-drum-mssu-815-895.asp.  The picture there gives some idea of the slot and design.

As you know, I just completed the Royal William. The Prince was a ship that was remodeled into the Royal William in the very early 1700's. Amati had a nice kit about 40 years ago of the Prince, but discontinued it long ago. I searched for a source for many years and finally found a fellow through this forum, who had the kit but never started it. I bought it from him a few years ago. Since the Royal William was a remodel of the Prince, to do a "Before and After Display" will be cool. The kit cost $600 back almost 40 years ago, so it is definitely a high end kit. As with the Royal William, I intend to greatly enhance the detail and rig her with full sails. There are a few modern kits available of the Prince, but none of them compare to this old kit, and the scale is big enough to go along side the Euromodel Royal William.
The kit came in a nice wood case instead of a cardboard box. Back then there was no such thing a laser cut parts, so looking at the kit, everything must be hand cut by saw and file. There are 34 bulkheads which is about double of modern kits and each and every one will have to be hand cut. I will definitely get my money's worth out of the my band and scroll saws. 😛 Virtually nothing is pre-cut. The amount of decorations appears to be quite extensive as well.
 
I am really going to enjoy this project. 
 
The first photo is from a 1980 catalog showing this kit listed.
 
Vince P.