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Cutty Sark by NenadM
michael mott replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
You will prevail Nenad! And happy new year to you. Michael- 4,152 replies
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Paul we call them filing buttons, it is usually a piece of steel like a smooth bobbin that is hard and acts as a guide for filing once you get to the bobbin you cannot file any further. Michael
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Lovely work on the pawl Keith filling it with mahogany is a great Idea. I will save that one for later. Michael
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Congratulation Javier! seeing the pen next to the model, then with the hatches removed is a testament to your skill with these exquisite models, everything else speaks to that as well of course. Michael
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Doris, it is such a pleasure to see the wonderful sculptural elements that you make that adorn the ships that you build. Having watched your videos about how you work with the modeling clay, and realizing that your comment about easy to do with every day tools is a result of years of practice, a keen eye, and an artistic talent that is rare. Thank you for continually sharing your work with us. Michael
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Well now that we agree we all had hair we can move on. first for Pat the sequence for making the screw like pins then mounted in the pin vice to cut the slot. I spent the afternoon fitting the rails and stiles to the plan I used the shooting board a lot to trim pieces to length. Then prepared some more salted maple for the bulkhead panels, some trimming still need to be done to bring the panels to the correct widths. This is the material I picked up for the cushions. And this is the way they will look with the buttons , these are cotton seat cushions from one of the garden railway carriages. That's all for today. Michael
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Druxey thank you, yes I had hair in those days I was 19 years old. Bob thanks for the link. I shall sort something out. Michael
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Pat Thanks, I will draw up the sequence that I used, it might take a day or so. Steve funny you should mention that, The very first model that I made when I came to Canada was a silver plated model of a Sherman Tank that was used in the second world war that helped to liberate Holland I made it for the Sarcee Barack's Silver collection. it was a 1/72 scale model and the track actually worked there were 1571 parts that were made to complete this model. I folded a piece of paper with my name age address and that I made it, and placed it inside the model before it was delivered. I had forgotten about this until you mentioned the idea so yes I will do that perhaps in the charts locker. Michael
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Nice proportions Steve, I like the way the gaff lines up with the forestay, It really shows the benefit of the gaff rigs versatility. Michael
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Thank you All for your kind comments, and also to those who are following along quietly. I spent the morning sorting out the forward and aft bulkheads for the dining area had to scratch my head a few times. This afternoon was spent prepping the materials for them. I have decided that the forward bulkhead will be made to include the sides of the seating areas, and will have a location tab at the edges to locate the forward ends of the side panels, the aft bulk head will form as parts of the cooking area and as there is no door they are smaller and will also have a location tab for the aft end of the side panels. A couple of shot showing today's progress Michael
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Spent a few hours this morning mucking about with turning tool form, working at making minute screws from hard brass which turns better than the small brass plated pins that have heads that are forged and require some very careful cleaning up in order to create the fake screws. I eventually came up with the formula for the smallest screws they have a .5mm body with a 1mm head. This afternoon assembled the top half of the port side paneling after finishing the forward cabinet door hinges, I glued on the rear vertical supports and boxed out the interiors of the two cabinets. I am still deciding haw to deal with the middle panel. yesterday I picked up some very nice tan material for the cushions. The insides of the cabinets are recycled extremely fine grained old growth clear fir that came from the redwood garage door The frames around the redwood panes was old growth clear fir. I put a coat of Tung oil on the maple it has a nice glow. Michael
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Beautiful workmanship Javier. It is also great to catch a glimpse of the collection behind in their individual cases. Michael
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I picked up my new slotting saw and arbor yesterday I like the way it cuts. I also prefer using the lathe for making the slots rather than the mill The worm on the quill is a bit worn and the very fine depth adjustment is still able to be done but is much more fiddly that on the lathe when making multiple increments for slots on the lathe I just need to index the carriage along the bed. All the same issues really but easier to deal with on my lathe. Ah the joys of backlash on old machines (50 years) Nice clean cuts these are .057" which is the thickest width on the 2 inch diameter saw with 110 teeth Michael
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Well Gary not according to some learned members of this site. From a logical perspective though having the moisture, dust , able to fall out via gravity makes much sense to me. There are some "known knowns; there are things we know we know" about brass. "We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know" about brass. Sorry Carl I couldn't resist. Michael
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Nice clean work, the hull has very graceful lines especially the sheer. michael
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Hello Kris perhaps a library book on fretwork what type of scroll saw are you using? Pictures please. michael
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Hi Keith what sizes and what brand are you using, the ones I looked at on the net that are 1" or 1 1/2 inch diam were $100 -200 which is beyond my budget. Michael
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Thanks for the link Eberhard, I will likely make a holder similar to the one shown for some future works, there is some other very interesting parts to that link as well. I made a really quick crude fly cutter from a spare Allen key, ground the width to .064" and set the brass up in a toolholder with the Castelo backing 'all pretty jury rigged. The speed of the lathe is not quite as high as the mill and it being only a single cutter the slots are not quite as crisp as the slotting saws, I ordered one today will be here tomorrow. After a bit of fettling it actually cleaned up quite well and assembled OK. so proof of concept works. I do have a small boring bar that will take small 1/8 square HSS tool steel but it is set up with a BSW (55degree angle not 60) cutter for boring a new back-plate for my C5 collet chuck for my Myford the first back-plate was beautifully threaded 1.25 x 8TPI (even if I say so myself) however it should have been 1.25 x 12TPI...... don't ask! so that is why I used the Allen key fly-cutter.
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