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Keith I turned 5 mast and was satisfied with the last 2 which I used the chuck at the dead end. Of the 3 that were rejects one was ok but not great and the other 2 were bad. The mast core is 1/4" square, I used diagonal lines to find the center, then center punched it and fit the to the live center. after they were turned I noticed the center mark was enlarged and moved slightly off center. I do not have any problems like this when I turn larger stock. Keith I am following your Schooner Germania build and wish I had some of your talent in wood and metal work. Mike
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DN Iceboat by MikeR - FINISHED
MikeR replied to MikeR's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1901 - Present Day
Greg Thank you for the offer Greg, but I am not ready to sale any of my models just yet. Mike -
I started to work on the skylights for the aft cabin. I was thinking how am I going to drill the 10 boards that hold the bars so that the holes all line up. So this is what I came up with. I glued 6 boards together and after they were dry, I used an indexing table to drill even spaced holes. I made a few extra in case of mistakes. They were then cut apart, sanded, and wire passed through the holes while the boards were still glued together. Then I soaked them in alcohol for 10 to 15 minutes. They came apart without much trouble. I inspected the boards and removed one since I only needed 5 boards per side for the skylight.
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I am still working on the aft cabin and I finished planking the hull. I added a few rows of copper plates well copper tape really, until I ran out. I tried to find brass tape and the suppliers that handled it were out of stock, so I ordered copper. The Flying Fish had yellow metal plated instead of copper.
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The planks I am using for the upper hull are dogwood. They started out as a 6" X 24" log cut many years ago. I cut the logs into 1" boards with a band saw, then ran them through a planer. Using a Byrnes table saw I cut the boards into slightly over sized planks and then ran them through a drum sander.
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