Gaetan Bordeleau
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from Steef66 in Does cherry carve well?
Cherry carves well. But it depends of the level of details. Cherry will not be able to take extra fine details.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from Canute in Does cherry carve well?
Cherry carves well. But it depends of the level of details. Cherry will not be able to take extra fine details.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from allanyed in Does cherry carve well?
Cherry carves well. But it depends of the level of details. Cherry will not be able to take extra fine details.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from CiscoH in Does cherry carve well?
Cherry carves well. But it depends of the level of details. Cherry will not be able to take extra fine details.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from Mike Y in HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed
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.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from mtaylor in Does cherry carve well?
Cherry carves well. But it depends of the level of details. Cherry will not be able to take extra fine details.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Does cherry carve well?
Cherry carves well. But it depends of the level of details. Cherry will not be able to take extra fine details.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from IWHARPER in 74-gun ship by Gaetan Bordeleau - 1:24
Hi Pat,
often when a large number of items are required, if by example 10 item requires 5 operations
you can proceed 2 ways:
you make 1 item at the time with the 5 different operations
you make 1 operation 10 times
in both situation, you will do 50 operations
Ii this case, because more than 1 type of sander is needed (oscillating and belt sander)
time is saved in concentrating operations on 1 machine instead of changing constantly of machine
1 part of the efficiency comes from saving of walking steps from 1 machine to the other
also concentrating on 1 operation at the time, it is easier to succeed and master 1 operation at the time instead of constantly changing
better results can be achieved in trying to master 1 operation at the time rather than to trying to master all the operations at the same time
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from Obormotov in Harold Hahn method
Roebuck from the plans of H. Hahn
With the help of his book Ships of American revolution, I jumped in the scratch built models.
I remember when I did it more than 30 years ago, It was very scary for me to enter in this category, there are so much details in the construction of a ship.
Harold Hahn even if he did simplified the details was a very good builder and carver too.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from Mike Y in 74-gun ship by Gaetan Bordeleau - 1:24
I was looking at the alignment of 3 ships... is that enough to call it: Ships of the line?
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from Mike Y in 74-gun ship by Gaetan Bordeleau - 1:24
next step will be some carving
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from phebe in Tung oil and the choice for a finished ship
This subject comes back again and again. You can search.
In 1 line:
I apply 1 coat of tung oil and the wipe the surplus. I tried many other but the best results are with tung oil.
Example on the photo, the right part has not yet oil.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from KARAVOKIRIS in 74-gun ship by Gaetan Bordeleau - 1:24
I was looking at the alignment of 3 ships... is that enough to call it: Ships of the line?
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from KARAVOKIRIS in 74-gun ship by Gaetan Bordeleau - 1:24
I tried a new way to take photos inside a ship with an endoscope from Amazon for $55 cdn. Wifi HD 5MP 3-8 cm. It is good for focal distance very close 3 to 8 cm only. There will be no good results for a complete deck. for this you will need a camera with auto focus capability like the Go Pro.
The camera can take photos and videos.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from thibaultron in Chisel hone guide question
This tool was done for this many years ago.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from Archi in The rope making machine from the Musée de la Marine de Paris
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.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from Archi in The rope making machine from the Musée de la Marine de Paris
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.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from Archi in The rope making machine from the Musée de la Marine de Paris
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...
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from mtaylor in The rope making machine from the Musée de la Marine de Paris
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.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from mtaylor in The rope making machine from the Musée de la Marine de Paris
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.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from Bob Cleek in The rope making machine from the Musée de la Marine de Paris
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.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from Bob Cleek in The rope making machine from the Musée de la Marine de Paris
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.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from druxey in The rope making machine from the Musée de la Marine de Paris
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.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from Ryland Craze in The rope making machine from the Musée de la Marine de Paris
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.
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Gaetan Bordeleau got a reaction from Ryland Craze in The rope making machine from the Musée de la Marine de Paris
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...
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