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So very busy life has me out of the workshop at the moment, but I did receive the figurehead carving I commisioned from David Antscherl yesterday - As with any of his work it is simply outstanding to say the least. Thank you David for accepting the commision. ben
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Just catching up on your Confed Vic, I'm still around but working on a full scratch built POF at the moment so my Confed is on the blocks for a while. Ben
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Always good to have a plan before you start throwing wood at her and hoping for the best, I have learned this Very much on my own Pegasus build. Good luck and I look forward to seeing your progress. Ben
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Gaetan So you had issues with the dye bleeding into other areas, I was thinking of using fiebigs dye when the time comes, but you have made me think now. Ben
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Sweet Chris, post some more pics when you get that workshop setup. Ben
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Thanks Rusty, Mark and Grant for looking in. Ben
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Here is a shot from above for Druxey showing better the run of the floor fillers. Ben
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Here are all 5 pieces of the keelson scarphed together and installed. They were also bolted down through every floor timber with 1 1/4" "bamboo" bolts. Now the Stemson needs to be made. Ben
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Thanks Druxey, I have also started making up the keelson parts, lots of scarph joints! Ben
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Could you elaborate a little please Druxey. Ben
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Thanks for all the likes. Patterns for the remaining framing have been made to help with this area, they had to be juxtaposed in ACAD as the DOF plan is from Cygnet and doesn't exactly match the Pegasus plan or the TFFM Mylar.
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Agree with the above, boxwood - well the castello version is more dense than Swiss pear, so pear should bend a little easier but is a little more prone to damage, but not by much.
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And here are both counter timbers installed and reinforced with a cross spall. I will now start building the framing from the DOF plan to fill in the sides. Ben
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Thanks Greg, I'm thinking of glueing in a couple of temporary spalls across them for a little bit of security. Ben
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Thanks Druxey, I haven't sanded the bevel into the aft outside of the timbers, I thought I'd wait until all of the counter timbers were installed before I do that to make sure they all fair together. Ben
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The side counter timbers are being installed in the next picture, the wooden square you see was made to be exactly 12"3' wide and the same height as the toptimber height from the plan, this was then taped down to the build board exactly 5"3' back from the aft perpendicular as per TFFM. I am hoping that doing it this way will ensure the these counter timbers are in the exact right place. Ben
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I used an extremely sharp v gouge on my Pegasus, I practiced first on some scrap taking very small amounts of cuts over multiple passes, slowly but surely I got a really good result. Practice and a very sharp tool! Ben
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Good Grief, even using 80 grit paper and course blocks this really is taking some time. I'm am going to go to a final grit of 220 below the Wales which won't be planked but I'm thinking of leaving the framing at the Wales and above at 150 grit so the glue to hold the planking on will have a bit of a tooth to grip to - anybody else do this?? Ben
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I'm sure your stove will turn out superb. Ben
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Simply gorgeous. Ben
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That's a beautiful figurehead Danny, Janos did you proud. I think I will be getting a commission done for my Pegasus figurehead as I'm not a carver either. Ben
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