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High Dave, you are so right about the forty year thing  . They are fun to make but I am not sure I would take on a job like that

Hey E.J., it is a little bit of a shame but it was so much fun. Now I want to make more, the cargo hold maybe full by the time I'm done  

Thanks so much Lawrence, good of you to stop in

Thanks Robin

Looks like a nice kit, I'll be watching for more

Thanks for that update Dave............It is -26 C. here with the wind chill today...........and you send pictures of a beach    

Hey Dave, for cutting your veneer I have done this before: Set fence to desired width, rip a piece of thin stock( all I had was 1/4" plywood), lower blade(do not move fence) double sided tape the piece you just cut onto the table saw surface tight against fence, raise blade and start your ripping. This blocks that tiny little gap at the bottom of the fence. Another method is to just clamp something to the face of the fence, but I'm not so sure if that can be done with the Byrnes saw.
 You could also use a full size piece of plywood on top of your table, set fence, lower blade attach plywood to table top with double sided tape then with saw on raise blade cutting through plywood.
 Hope this helps

Thanks for that Dave. I was just wondering as I have always used full length planks, so far, and was just thinking ahead a little( not really much of a point as I won't remember anyway ).

The Holly looks real good Dave. Just out of curiosity, do you edge bend your planks before or after cutting to length? 

Looks real good Dave, I really like the rosewood and surprised it worked out so good given the larger grain it sometimes has. You keep giving me all these good ideas, I think it's about time you gave me some memory so that I can put these to use someday  

Have you tried any edge bending? Looks like a good investment.

Thanks Ian, I just thought it was about time I started using these tools that I "had" to have. Now if I keep building ships wheels for ships that don't have wheels I'll have put these tools to real good use!!!!!!

That's alright E.J. being crazy has some good benefits too no one will drink your drink, eat off your plate..........and speaking of drink I don't see that beautiful cabinet in this shipyard yet  

That's alright E.J. being crazy has some good benefits too no one will drink your drink, eat off your plate..........and speaking of drink I don't see that beautiful cabinet in this shipyard yet  

Thanks so much Bob

Hello Mike, how is the shop coming. The pins are in the mail and the wheels will follow soon  

Thanks Ian, I just thought it was about time I started using these tools that I "had" to have. Now if I keep building ships wheels for ships that don't have wheels I'll have put these tools to real good use!!!!!!

Thanks for stopping Mike, I will let you know when I am about to start taking orders    

High Dave, you are so right about the forty year thing  . They are fun to make but I am not sure I would take on a job like that

Hey E.J., it is a little bit of a shame but it was so much fun. Now I want to make more, the cargo hold maybe full by the time I'm done  

Thanks so much Lawrence, good of you to stop in

Thanks Robin

Hey Chris, Thanks. This was fun, something a little different.

Hello all, Thanks for stopping in for a look, for all the likes and the awesome comments. Today(yesterday now) I took a day off building the Trabaccolo(sort of) and took some time to use a few of the tools I had to have but some have never used. So I built a ships wheel, yes I know the Trabaccolo has a tiller but she was a ship of trade and on one of her journeys she picked this one up, hope you enjoy:\
 
First up is the handles, actually this wasn't the first up but at the time when I started I did not think I would be showing any of this. So this is 3 mm walnut dowel, from MarisStella, the knob part is 6mm long for a total length from end to end of 12 mm and just turned on my rotary tool. I used some rifler files to do the shaping.
 

 
 These next couple of pictures are showing the handles in place,this is where I missed taking pictures. I started with a dowel, trued it up on the lathe then mounted the chuck on the rotary table(also mounted to a tilting table) that is attached to the mill. I drilled the 8 edge holes at 1.5 mm using a end mill bit, then laid the table assembly to the horizontal position.  I made the centre hole using a 3 mm end mill bit then moved it over to within 2mm of the outside edge and cut a 3 mm wide groove(rabbit).
 


 
 As you can see the wood was really breaking apart, this was just a piece of an old broom handle, so everything got a coat of thin ca. After glue was dry it was put back on lathe and separated(again no pictures) using the parting tool. Doing it this way solves the problem of getting the hub centred as it is still one piece
 

 
These next two pictures are just turning down some brass for the centre hub (not rocket science but first time for me  ) the piece is about .5 mm thick and 8mm in diameter, I think it could have been  a little smaller but I was trying to cover up the wooden hub.
 

 
And here is the result of my "fun day", it measures 31.5 mm from knob end to knob end. Still needs a light sanding and some wipe on poly, it should look real good in the cargo hold as it only has eight handles instead of the proper ten   .
 

 
 The next "fun day" may see a stand and drum for it

Thanks so much Bob