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Keith Black

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  1. Keith Black
    I use the narrower chisel blades as well. They're great for making the cuts for window openings when a #17 or #18 is too long. I think once you start using the chisel blades you'll notice a significant decline in how much you use a #11. Don't get me wrong, #11's have their place and at times nothing else will work as well as they do.
  2. Keith Black
    John, of course I use the #11's for a myriad of uses but when it comes to cutting wood across the grain I use #!7 and #18 chisel blades. They work really slick. https://www.amazon.com/Blades-Precision-Chiseling-Shaving-Cutting/dp/B09PBMGGYZ/ref=sr_1_7?crid=28MGIDC0A8VDM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1kMe1HqZkT-XVnnLxCePGj0E8doe0YAaOTYhGGP06cLng1g94hGi6mSV5quvUYH-xoe1jQdkkrflNh4HI1wMijfFkkQuDc_f4NS5JmSts7tZDgcea6k-P9X1yJ__a46USwB6gnc5QRGznBBUAI2sejWhSAV5iL1pl0IyIiNxxbUJ7gG5N5ZFBhIkSG7_j1iryPoVcZEPGq8KpPEAH9jPMg2yzV48ebD4X3m_C3DjY-jViioEeoyx_9QYV6EUrO1eG2IrW7U2HoQ2Es8G5ZXzZT4Z2kaBVSFhJ9y4mtB2uaY.UzLAHpFmlBbVfmw1ZicO7eHEEbZkhq2ph5drM6KQboA&dib_tag=se&keywords=xacto+chisel+blades+%2318&qid=1756739594&sprefix=xacto+chisel+blade%2Caps%2C126&sr=8-7
  3. Keith Black
    Are you using a chisel blade?
  4. Keith Black
    If you can get the other four wheels to match the first wheel you've hit home run, John. The wheel looks great! 👍
  5. Keith Black
    Rich, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  6. Keith Black
    That's some super nice work, Paul. 👍
  7. Keith Black
    Thank you, Kurt! Thank you very much, Julie. And thank you for the entire post, very interesting.
  8. Keith Black
    As my ole carpenter foreman used to "file to fit, paint to match" Nice solution, Chris.
  9. Keith Black
    Thank you, Eric. Other than being a bit larger than 1:120, there are many more PE and 3D printed pieces parts available in HO scale but I'll need to buy a HO scale ruler first off.
  10. Keith Black
    Thank you very much, Kurt. At some point my fingertips aren't going to be able to continue working at this scale and I'll have to go to a larger scale. I'm seriously looking to move up to HO scale on my next build. Thank you very much, Bob. I'm a couple of months away from finishing this boat but I want to build an accompanying barge under the same build log which should take another couple of months, so we're looking at being done with this log about Christmas time. I then need to get back to the Tennessee and finish her while I'm still able.
  11. Keith Black
    Roel, I love the way you've kept everything to the same scale. It keeps everything realistic and believable. Always a pleasure seeing each new post.
  12. Keith Black
    James, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  13. Keith Black
    Thank you very much, Jacques and John. I hit the post button before adding my text (danged old people!) so you may want to go back and view again.
  14. Keith Black
    Thank you to each of you for the comments and the likes. I'm calling the steam engine is done. I could add the reversing leavers but they would be on the starboard side and wouldn't be visible with the engine room attached. The engine can only be really viewed from the port side and with the reversing levers on the starboard, it's work that to me is somewhat pointless. The crank is straight, there was no way I could make journals and get the nine eye pins (rods and bearings) to align. That task was tough enough with the crank being straight! I get a real kick taking my boxes of bits and making something mechanical. The engine's final dimensions are engine body, 0.90 L x 0.41 H X 0.31 W inches. Flywheel to tail shaft is 1.15 inches. It took 64 individual pieces to make the engine. There's no mistaking it's an engine even though little can be see when surrounded by the engine room. It seems it's like this is becoming my signature, build an engine and bury it. Thank you for your support and for being part of the journey. Keith
  15. Keith Black
    Russ, welcome to MSW. Good to see you becoming active in the hobby again. Glad to have you aboard.
  16. Keith Black
    SH, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  17. Keith Black
    I don't see any work surface mess, all I see is a gorgeous model.
  18. Keith Black
    Beautiful work, Jacques.
  19. Keith Black
    If so that's incredible, Keith. If I get more than two deep I pretty much come to full stop.
  20. Keith Black
    While I'm marking up photos...... The only view to the port side is through the engine room's bow window. The arrow points to what I thought was a jack pump but there's no line to what would be a unseen pump. I don't have a clue, anyone what to hazard a guess?
  21. Keith Black
    Thank you, Eberhard. I don't think so, Phil. If it the engine had been a condensing/compound engine there wouldn't have been the need for an exhaust stack at all, just a pipe over the side. Note the exhaust pipe coming off the engine as seen through the engine room bow window.
  22. Keith Black
    Beautiful micro work, Ilhan.
  23. Keith Black
    BB, welcome to MSW. Hoping your Bluenose goes well. Glad to have you aboard.
  24. Keith Black
    Thank you, Paul. Thank you, Steve. Those photos in my last post were bugging me so I took what look a little better. I had also wanted to include a top down photo of the three cylinder model. When the engine is completed I'm going to ploy coat it due to machinery paint gloss, oil, and moisture. I think it will look more natural with poly coat than flat black.
  25. Keith Black
    Thank you to everyone for the comments and likes. There should be a steam engine in there somewhere. In the heat of battle. All that mess working on a piece less that an inch long. Cylinder heads and steam chest glued to plywood backing. I have a large work surface but invariably I work at the bottom edge of the table, that's why I have so many escapees. The top end is done. Horrible photo, no more taking photos on a white background. I'm pleased with the top end, hopefully I can get the bottom end to match. It took 31 pieces to make the top end. I was trying to hold the top end length to 0.70 inches but it came out to be 0.90 inches. This means the completed engine will be about 1.1 inches, to scale that makes the engine 11 feet in length. What a monster! Thank you for your support and for following along. Keith

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