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Gaetan Bordeleau

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  1. Actually there is a major restoration program going on and they will be display again. Photos up there came from a series of video about the restoration actually happening. This type of rope making machine is used to make ropes for models varying from 1/12 to 1/192 scale.
  2. After I built the last cabinet, all the small tools fitted 1 cabinet, so I gave all the other wood cabinets. Storage for these is incredible for metal tools. You can customize each drawer and each drawer they can support 300 pounds. I have another series of chest. they were used by a lens fabricator. They had cardoard little boxes that I also used int he small wood chest.The global idea is I guess when you have few tools, you need drawers.
  3. Antique wood dental chest are very nice. We could say it is like a Gerstner chest with more drawers. With the years, I did some tool chest in this style. The last one I did include over 1000 tool and accessories. The main difference and also the main reason it can have so many tools is because of the height and the depth of the drawers.
  4. This rope machine can be use for all size of models. There is not only the size of the ropes but also the number of ropes. By example, the biggest anchor rope I turned was made with 3 (64 X 3): 576 threads.
  5. Or by changing the weight. It is easier not use the pulley but to reduce the weight instead. Simple machine and as much effective as it can be: gear system to tun ropes, cone not to mix the ropes, swivel and weight to get the perfect rope in number of turns and tension.
  6. I have seen a lot of rope making machine over the years from the most simple to the most exotics. There are a lot of ways to turn ropes and the quality of the turned ropes can cover a wide area of quality. Here are 2 example of rope machine, similar in their principle: The rope machine from the Musée de la Marine The rope machine I use One of the greatest advantage of this type of rope machine is that it can control the rigidity or the flexibility of the rope. The more weight, the more rigid will be the rope and also the swivel is a regulator for the tension and the number of turns. There are a lot of tools on the market and some do the job the best way possible...
  7. Jewelry is a good source of inspiration for tools, Here is an example of the classical workbench 100 years apart. Electric height adjustable desk is probably the best tool we can use for many reasons. I have seen many declinations of armrest, the first one I remember was a felt donut recovered with leather for the elbow. In a way, all these resting tools offers the same thing: allowing to rest a part of the arm to have a better control of the hand.
  8. I would say that the main difference working small vs larger is the concentration level is very much more demanding, especially in carving to control your hands moves which are much more smaller. The magnifier style you use is a personal choice. I like to work with Optivisor and for smaller scale I like to use a surgical loupe and occasionally for quality control a microscope.
  9. Why nobody in the books talk about this subject? I think, we highly underestimate the enemy: the aggressiveness of the salt. Why would a line be tarred and the next one untarred? Inevitably, by cross contamination, both lines would finish tarred. Jean Boudriot wrote a letter about which lines are tarred. One sentence is interesting: The rope for the ship rudder wheel is not expose to the salt, so tarring this line is unjustified. Does that mean that the idea is very simple: If a line is expose to the salt, tar the line.
  10. Every tool yo will choose will always be a personal choice. Here is what I would use especially to be comfortable while working: height adjustable table, omnidirectional vise, micro motor, magnifying lens and at least 2 LED light adjustable in intensity and position.
  11. I did a figurehead at 1/192 and used the microscope just for finishing touch of the head and the hands. I do not like to carve with chisels because you have to control the strength you are using. It is much easier to control with dentist burs, no strength required, you just let the tool work. Also for the vision it is easier to work with chirurgical magnifying glass or dental loupes with a working distance between 10 and 20 inches.
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