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Made some very small hinges using .5mm O.D x .3mm I.D brass tube then soldering a strip of .003" thk brass to it, then cut off excess tube and filed off excess solder then did the same as the hinges I made for bands. Came out not the best but these where very fiddly, marked where they were going on the companionway and CA glued, at this time did make the doors out of Boxwood then machined a rectangle grove in each one. Laid out and mounted the other part of hinge to doors, CA glued them and then cut four pieces off .010" brass wire (have to try and find some .013" wire) and mounted doors to the companionway using the .010" wire Next was to make the compass housing, again used Boxwood using dimension on drawing made the front and back then top cut some strips and glued all around, made a bottom glued this to the cabin top and top fit nice and snug so when I get around to making compass I can put it in. Still got to make latch for doors Thanks to everyone for likes and comments Regards Richard -
Yes using Boxwood and cherry I have not used the supplied wood it is to soft but I do say so in each post 👍 I will be seeing how boxwood will go when I add some stain Regards Richard
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Coming along nicely Dave thanks for the heads up on the files will need to buy some new ones soon. Regards Richard
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Hi LS thanks again for your post do appreciate it and thanks to all who have added likes, you ask how I get my edges and corners crisp and sharp, I use Jim Byrnes disc sander a lot find it a fantastic machine and for corners use a files all different types and sandpaper on a block with 320 grit, what are you using to have it chewed like an angry beaver 🤔 Hope this helps Regards Richard
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Wow really beautiful model you are building 👍 Regards Richard
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Started by making the cabin companionway out of Boxwood using the drawings cannot find a picture of this area on the web ( if someone has one from 1920 I would love to see it ) started by making the step covering the coaming. Then made the sides used a couple of spacers to hold in place. Then made the hatch So at this stage I decided to make the hatch slide open but if this was going to happen I should make the stairs going down into cabin, so removed more of the bulkheads and installed floor and sides then made the stairs. Now made the sides of compaionway to match the stairs Adding the grove to allow for the sliding hatch I machined a .020" x .020" deep slot in each side and then made a .020" piece of boxwood same length as bottom of hatch one way and adding .040" wider the other, this is so I can glue to the bottom of hatch. And it worked how I envisioned. Not sure if this is the correct way to have the hatch slide, and I don't have any drawings or pictures, so I have used artistic license Regards Richard
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Great start on the rigging LS looks brilliant 👍 Regards Richard
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Thanks Michael Will watch out for your build Jeff Thanks Dave for the info they look a nice set of Swiss files Regards Richard
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A mighty fine attention to detail to you as well Keith, it looks like you love the art of figuring out and fabricating/machining small items Regards Richard
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Thanks Michael wow looks like they work really good do they go by a scale I see 2 x 5 and 1 x 4 or is it what size of wood to go through Thanks Dave will look them up That a shame just wondering if you looked on a German site because they have made in Germany on them 🤔 Regards Richard
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No not very cheap but as one says cheap = break 😁 since I bought them I have used them a lot Dave where did you buy your Swiss files Regards Richard
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Hi Mike what an achievement she is looking brilliant you should take some pics outside as you did with the conni 😁👍 Regards Richard
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That is going to be one heck of a diorama Jon I like the way you are leaving the paint as you have it 👍 Regards Richard
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Very nice Jeff 👍 Regards Richard
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Steve you need to buy some #000 Centering Combined drill and countersink bit, the drill bit is .020" body is 1/8" dia and they are used before you use the drill bits you bought once you use these you will not have any more drills slip off and break. Regards Richard
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Keith they are very nice, got them from Gesswein Canada but they are an American company This is how big they are Bought quite a few tools from this place. Regards Richard
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Hi Jeff thanks for looking in and commenting on my build, what fishing schooner are you building it would be nice to see your progress Thanks very much Dave trying to capture her in all the nice detail, and yes did grind the moulding shape by eye, used my Turbo carver with a diamond bit then finished it off with a very small diamond file They look nice can you tried one and shows us what comes out, what is the thickness of them? Regards Richard
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Thanks Keith, have done a lot of scratch work using brass, plastic but would like to build a boat from scratch. Do like this Model shipway model Joe she is beautiful and find I am having a lot of fun building her Regards Richard
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Does look good Mark 👍 Regards Richard
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Just gone through you blog Michael wow what a fantastic build lots of likes 👍 Regards Richard
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Yup you have deserved an extra glass of rum Gun ports look great 👍 Regards Richard
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