mischief

For an interesting shape/finish try using a Beer bottle cap.

Greetings

Will open a bottle of Wine and enjoy your build.

Ed

Sparked my interest until I saw the word programmable.

Just a off topic related remark.

Remember when a lot of us drank water from a old rubber garden hose....Now it would be a tragedy and might enlist a visit from the green police.

I still use all of the old  model paints  when I can find them and I am 77 1/2.

Ed K

Vigorously shaken and inverted "weekly" will help enormously.

You will always be ahead with fly tying stuff,and yes I also fly tie and fish.

On ‎10‎/‎21‎/‎2017 at 9:45 AM, clifforddward said:

I don't have room for either a full size table saw or large bandsaw, so I took advantage of a program at our local university where alumni can pay a reasonable annual fee to gain access to the woodshop at the craft center on campus.  This is a boon for my woodworking efforts as it is only a 20 minute drive from my home and while the equipment is not perfect it is fully workable for my needs.

 

Last night I took a stab at first resawing efforts with some Castello, Holly, and Pear I had obtained to make lumber for my Echo Cross Section fitting out kit.  

 

All in all I was pretty pleased with the effort...the magnetic fence I picked up worked fine for resawing.  I do think I'll add a couple more magnets to the fence...they are available separately from the manufacturer.

 

In the photo grouping of resawn wood you'll notice a stack of basswood at the very back...I had picked up a piece of cheaper basswood for testing...this proved to be a wise move as I was able to develop my technique before cutting into the more expensive wood.  I saved the holly to last as I wanted to make a number of thin strips for planking...this proved easy once the fence was properly set and technique was mastered.

 

In the final photo I've taped bundles of the cut wood so it can acclimate to my home workshop before further processing....I'll be taking delivery of a thickness sander from Jim Byrnes during next week's NRG convention in Florida...I'll post further photos once I start thickness sanding of these pieces.

 

 

 

With all the small saw mills in N C it is a gold mine for wood, I had great luck asking for cast off's struck a huge load of HOLLY when I lived in Maggie Valley

On ‎12‎/‎19‎/‎2017 at 1:33 PM, bobcat said:

Hi, I encourage everyone to write to Grant Walker asking him to finish volume II of the Rogers Collection. The manuscript has been edited,and pictures selected and sized. There is just a bit of work that needs to be done and some bureaucratic hurdles to be cleared so give Grant all the encouragement you can muster.

 

Regarding Vasa, most of the planned contributors are gone and I cannot see any light at the end of this tunnel. It just is not going to happen.

 

Thanks,

 

Bob Friedman

SeaWatchBooks

Grant is a very, very, busy man and enjoys a normal life

Potassium Permanganate in the crystal form is  a strong oxidizer that the movie industry uses on props to age the look of wood and rope. Use roughly a teaspoon full in about a cup of water and mix WELL. It will be purple but when applied will turn brown. Wear rubber gloves as the stain is very hard to remove from your hands. DO NOT overlap and allow 24 hrs. to dry.

It can be ordered from your pharmacy. If used on wood buff with 0000 steel wool.

Will be watching, take it like eating a GATOR one bite at a time. Sculpy will be your friend for more then just cushions bowls , plates and more Be creative.

Best of all for your project.

On ‎5‎/‎19‎/‎2017 at 3:21 PM, maturin said:

What are top 3 modeling tools?  Past or present...

 

 

Knife, Gin, Tonic 

On ‎2‎/‎14‎/‎2017 at 6:14 PM, druxey said:

Just catching up with this thread. There is no substitute for a quality tool. I smiled at Michael's reference to James Krenov. A wonderful designer/craftsman. For gnarly woods, a cabinet scraper is a useful alternative to shards of glass, and perhaps a little safer as well!

I was introduced to the use of glass as a wood scraper by a master craftsman at Wurlitzer's music instrument repair shop in Buffalo New York over 50 years ago and still have all my fingers.

You can distress planking with a brass brush, go light with the pressure

I soak thin doweling in Minwax Wood Hardener.

While I have not used any I was told that wood seasoned at the bottom of fresh water for many years is the way to go. By the way, the bottom of the Great Lakes is a gold mine with such wood.

The individual who informed me of such season wood was a craftsman for a high end bamboo fly mfg. that used such wood for their high end fly rod handles from their own creek.

Chuck some where I saw a mini plane that has the cutting knife on the side rather then on the bottom, so far I can't find one, maybe one of the tool guru members will help out.

Depending on the look I want, traditional rough or modern display.  If for display, I use several very thin coats of water based white paint as a primer and sand paper with elbow grease.

Weather you are new or a old salt to model ship construction every kit is a learning experience.

Another Steamboat book.

" STEAMBOATS out of Baltimore"

By Robert H. Burgess and Graham Wood

".... 282 graphic illustrations of the Steamboats, their crews and landings..."

Greetings Master Alex

I love the way you conduct your tools to produce such GREAT work. It is what my Grandfather called "dancing with the wood"

I  use Sail needles, larger selection,  for making  micro wood cutting tools, however, I do not have the same final results that you do.

Thank you for all the EYE CANDY

Ed

The book Chesapeake Sailing Craft has some actual photos of the reconstruction, framing and others, pgs.  238 - 242 Also a great picture of the round chine.

For a nice patina on metal coat evenly it with mustard let set for a few hours then rinse well. For small parts I let the part soak in a small container that you get in some fast food establishments.

Way to clean and surgical :piratebo5:Nice now do it to it

WOOD

Find a upscale custom furniture/cabinet shop and ask for the cast off pieces of veneer.

Silver solder is still holding up for my stuff