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    Hi Carl Yep you're right about thefat fingers! Not so sure about master carpenter.....maybe a journey man? But thanks for the accolade! Plenty of time yet to drop a complete clanger! Cheers ....mick
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    WASHINGTON GALLEY PART 5 . MORE TRANSOMS STERN TIMBERS AND FUNNY BENDY THINGS. HI ALL BEEN BUSY BEAVERING AWAY MAKING LOTS OF SAWDUST. STARTED MAKING THE STERN FRAMING COMPONENTS AND THE REST OF THE TRANSOMS. ALSO DID A PRACTICE RUN WITH THE STERN COUNTER FASHION PIECES,THESE ITEMS ARE SOMEWHAT AWKWARD THINGS TO MAKE,I ENDED UP GLUING TWO PIECES OF 1/4" STOCK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO GET THE RIGHT THICKNESS. I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO CUT THESE FROM THE APPROPRIATE SINGLE THICKNESS......MAY BE ANOTHER ORDER TO TIMBERLINE! THE PRACTICE PIECES DONT LOOK TO BAD AND I MAY BE ABLE TO USE THEM......BUT THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE STERN FRAMING GOES TOGETHER AND I CAN PROPERLY TEST FIT THEM. ANYTHING NOT UP TO SPEC GETS REMADE!!!!! I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH SOME PHOTOS TOO SEE WHAT YOU THINK. CHEERS.....MICK P.S. ANY PHOTOS OF PLANS ARE OBVIOUSLY COPYRIGHT OF THE N.R.G. AND JEFF STAUDT.
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    EXPERIMENT WITH LIVER OF SULPHUR. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO CHUCK SEILERS QUESTION AND ALSO TO SATISFY MY OWN CURIOSITY. FIRSTLY I PURCHASED A 1 OUNCE JAR OF LIVER OF SULPHUR GEL (SEE PHOTO) APPARENTLY IT LASTS FOR QUITE A LONG TIME WITH NO DEGRADE BASED ON HOW MUCH YOU ACTUALY NEED THIS SHOULD LAST SEVERAL LIFETIMES!!!! FIRST PHOTO IS OF THE PRODUCT ITSELF THE NEXT SHOWS SOME 1MM COPPER IN A SCRAP OF BOXWOOD. I USED THE GEL NEAT FOR EXPERIMENTS SAKE ,LET IT DRY FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN WIPED IT OFF WITH A CLEAN TISSUE. COPPER WAS NICELY BLACKENED AND THE BOXWOOD WAS STAINED A GREENISH BROWN......NOT GOOD. SECOND LOT OF PHOTOS SHOW SOME 0,6MM COPPER INSERTED INTO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOXWOOD BLOCK. THIS TIME I USED A SMALL DROP ABOUT THE SIZE OF A MATCH HEAD AND DISSOLVED IT IN AN OLD MUG OF WARM WATER. THE RESULT WAS A PALE YELLOW LIQUID.A SMALL MICRO BRUSH (SAME THING WOMEN USE TO PUT THEIR MASCARER ON WITH) WAS DIPPED IN AND WIPED OVER THE COPPER . NICELY BLACKENED COPPER AND NO GREEN STAINS!!!! LESS IS MORE WITH THIS STUFF.......IT ALSO STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN....SULPHUR YOU KNOW!!! CHEERS....MICK
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    Hi crackers Probably right...but I'd give it a darn good go!!!!! Cheers....mick
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    Hi crackers Glen moray....distilled on the banks of the river lossie, Elgin,Speyside......Bonnie Scotland. Unfortunately the last bottle of JD single barrel Ibrought didn't arrive with such a lovely lassie!!!! Cheers.....mick
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    Hi Christian Nice to hear my heath Robinson contraption is of some help! The jig in the picture is mk3. Absolute accuracy is a must otherwise a tinyfraction of an inch or millimetre out leads to a cumulative error. The piece of brass I used as a key was 1/32 x 1\4 a stock price from k& s metals range. The milling cutter was an imperial size of 1\4 inch. All this was specific to this model.....so I would have to make another jig for a different model. The crucial thing was getting the distance from the brass key to the edge of the milling cutter at exactly 9/64 inch. Once this is done its a quick process to run of a length of moulding. I hope this makes sense. Obviously you would have to adapt your measurements to suit. Cheers....mick
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    Hi heinz Absolutely beautiful workmanship.......lovely and clean and crisp. Your elderberry wood certainly seems to hold small details very well. Cheers....mick
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    Hi Ken Thanks for stopping by. Driving me nuts trying to get things to conform to the plans! Nice learning curve tho! I have a feeling the cant frames will give me a headache as will those awkward fashion piece's at the stern. All part of the fun of model ship building! Cheers....,..mick
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    Hi David b Thanks for looking in. Steady as she goes! Progress will be slow but sure I hope......lots of newthings to learn.....especially with these can't frames and hawse prices........seems to be a lot of info crammed into the frame drawings, may take a while to work out which line to cut too! Cheers....mick
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    Hi Chuck I've never used liver of sulphur before but reading through various logs on MSW leads me to believe that it won't stain the wood. I will do a test piece first too see how I get on. Cheers....mick
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    Hi Nigel Thanks for dropping by. Lots of fun,sawdust and the occasional boo boo! Hope you're getting eqaulammounts of fun from your triton build......imknow I did! Cheers...mick
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    WASHINGTON GALLEY....PART 4.....TRANSOMS TWO UPDATES IN AS MANY DAYS.......BUSY,BUSY.....CANT YOU TELL IM ON PAROLE FROM WORK!!! PATTERNS HAVE BEEN PASTED TO SOME APPROPRIATE STOCK IN THIS CASE 1/4 " THICK,JUST TO ALLOW PLENTY OF ROOM FOR MANOUVER. THE TAFFRAIL HAS BEEN PASTED TO 1/8" INCH STOCK. THE WING TRANSOM HAS BEEN CUT AND SHAPED BUT IVE LEFT THE ENDS UNFINISHED AS YET AS I NEED TO MAKE THE AFT CANT FRAME AND ITS ASSOCIATED HALF FRAME IN ORDER TO SEE HOW EVERYTHING FITS.........OR DOSNT AS THE CASE MAYBE! APART FRON A WEE BIT OF FETTLING IM HAPPY WITH THE FIT OF THE WING TRANSOM TO THE INNER STERN POST. PHOTOS INCLUDED. CHEERS.....MICK
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    hi carl moon face? mmmm been called worse! best not upload a proper photo that would jus scare everyone! lol......mick
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    Hi Patrick I echo that sentiment!!!!!far more aesthetically pleasing sights!!! Looking at the photos you can see a "score " line where the rabbet is....over exuberant use of a cutting gauge!!! This will be hidden I hope when I fit the garboard strake. Other than the garboard and one plank forward and aft I shall stick to the practicum pretty much. Thanks for the appreciation Patrick....as ever I'm still in awe of your miniature marvels. Cheers....mick
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    Hi Carl Transmission should read the transoms.... Blasted tablet is also going to be cosigned to Davy Jones locker as well!! Cheers...mick
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    Hi Carl Transmission are awkward little blighters.....maybe more than one remake! I did try and find the lower part of the stem that I'd previously rejected due too poor fit....but its been confined to the scrapbox in fact Jones locker in a fit of angst! Thinking of changing my moniker to Mick " lovely bum" yamsterman........not so sure the thumbnail would be appropriate for this site !!!! Cheers....mick
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    Hi Chuck Yes that is copper you see! 0.6mm copper wire to represent the bolt heads.......I've got some liver of sulpur ready to blacken the heads once the final sanding been done. Cheers....mick
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    hi all the "back bone" is now complete and mounted on the building board. time to make some ribs! first off i will have a go at making the transoms for the stern post......funky little beasts......should prove quite a challenge to get right........plenty off isopropanol in reserve!! photos off current progress enclosed. cheers....mick
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    Hi Carl Confession time!!!!! I wasn't happy with the fit of the lower part of the stem too the keel......so out came the isopropanol!!!!! New part made and fitted....now it fits properly to the keel! First redo and probably not the last! Cheers....mick
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    Hi Chuck Rebates on the fore and aft deadwood were cut with the Byrne's saw set to1/32 nd inch.once the two outside edges were established the waste was carefully "nibbled" away with successive saw cuts......it leaves a nice flat bottomed rebate of consistent depth any saw marks were removedwith a small fine file. The rebates for the keel were covered in part one...I decided to make the rebates component(hog,rising wood?) As a seperate piece with the aid of a small jig for my mini milling machine. Cheers.....mick
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    Hi all Thanks for stopping by mark and Ken. I'm not sure about learning anything from me!.......I may well be plundering your collective knowledge at some point especially when we get to the fiddly stuff! Cheers.....mick
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    Hi Dave Thanks for looking in.might be a sort of self help clinic.....I make enough boo boos during the course of a build! May well be asking for everybody else's help! Cheers....mick
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    Hi Patrick Plenty of seats left....I think there a front row seat with your name on if you like! Cheers.....mick
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    Hi Carl The jig thingy is called a sled or sledge. It runs on the two parallel mitre slots and is made to be square to the saw cut. Just a piece of mdf and some beech hardwood. You can attach stops to the uprights to enable multiple same length cutoffs,I used the edge of the slot for the saw blade to line up the previously marked patterns on the aft deadwood to cut the rebates....all nice and sqaure and to a consistent depth. Similar sleds are used on full sized table saws in carpentry and furniture making. There's one or two nice examples floating about on MSW. Also keeps those digits away from the blade!!!! Cheers ....mick
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    WASHINGTON GALLEY PART 2 HI ALL WORK HAS CONTINUED ON THE KEEL.SCARF JOINTS HAVE BEEN CUT AND TARRED AND FALSE KEEL ADDED. KEEL IS SLIGHTLY OVERLENGTH AT THE MOMENT TO ALLOW FOR FINAL ADJUSTMENT. STERNPOST CUT AND TAPERED ,INNER STERNPOST SIZED AND READY FOR JOINT FOR TRANSOM TO BE CUT. AFT DEADWOOD ASSEMBLED AND REBATES CUT FOR FRAMES. STEMPOST CUT AND INNER SURFACE FINISHED, OUTER SURFACE AND GRIPE YET TO BE FULLY FETTLED. THE SAME APPLIES TO THE FORE DEADWOOD. THE AFT DEADWOOD REBATES WERE CUT ON THE BYRNES SAW AS PER GREGS METHOD. THATS THE STATE OF PLAY AT THE MOMENT.....GETTING READY TO CUT THE RABBETS!!!! CHEERS.....MICK

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