mobbsie

Just catching up Dave.
 
She looking lovely mate.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie

Hi Grant,
 
At first I thought to myself Chinese Snow Shoes but now a little more progress has been made I've changed my mind, I'm now thinking along the lines of a means of assisting with Child Birth, I think it's the Leather Straps and the Stirrups that's doing it.
 
Your storage cabinet's look great mate, really nicely done. All you need to do now is to build somewhere to store the storage units, and don't forget the bike needs dusting.
 
Bet your glad I'm back aint ya.
 
Be Good my Friend
 
mobbsie 

Hi Grant,
 
At first I thought to myself Chinese Snow Shoes but now a little more progress has been made I've changed my mind, I'm now thinking along the lines of a means of assisting with Child Birth, I think it's the Leather Straps and the Stirrups that's doing it.
 
Your storage cabinet's look great mate, really nicely done. All you need to do now is to build somewhere to store the storage units, and don't forget the bike needs dusting.
 
Bet your glad I'm back aint ya.
 
Be Good my Friend
 
mobbsie 

Hi Grant,
 
At first I thought to myself Chinese Snow Shoes but now a little more progress has been made I've changed my mind, I'm now thinking along the lines of a means of assisting with Child Birth, I think it's the Leather Straps and the Stirrups that's doing it.
 
Your storage cabinet's look great mate, really nicely done. All you need to do now is to build somewhere to store the storage units, and don't forget the bike needs dusting.
 
Bet your glad I'm back aint ya.
 
Be Good my Friend
 
mobbsie 

Hi Grant,
 
At first I thought to myself Chinese Snow Shoes but now a little more progress has been made I've changed my mind, I'm now thinking along the lines of a means of assisting with Child Birth, I think it's the Leather Straps and the Stirrups that's doing it.
 
Your storage cabinet's look great mate, really nicely done. All you need to do now is to build somewhere to store the storage units, and don't forget the bike needs dusting.
 
Bet your glad I'm back aint ya.
 
Be Good my Friend
 
mobbsie 

Hi Grant,
 
At first I thought to myself Chinese Snow Shoes but now a little more progress has been made I've changed my mind, I'm now thinking along the lines of a means of assisting with Child Birth, I think it's the Leather Straps and the Stirrups that's doing it.
 
Your storage cabinet's look great mate, really nicely done. All you need to do now is to build somewhere to store the storage units, and don't forget the bike needs dusting.
 
Bet your glad I'm back aint ya.
 
Be Good my Friend
 
mobbsie 

Hi Grant,
 
At first I thought to myself Chinese Snow Shoes but now a little more progress has been made I've changed my mind, I'm now thinking along the lines of a means of assisting with Child Birth, I think it's the Leather Straps and the Stirrups that's doing it.
 
Your storage cabinet's look great mate, really nicely done. All you need to do now is to build somewhere to store the storage units, and don't forget the bike needs dusting.
 
Bet your glad I'm back aint ya.
 
Be Good my Friend
 
mobbsie 

Hi Grant,
 
At first I thought to myself Chinese Snow Shoes but now a little more progress has been made I've changed my mind, I'm now thinking along the lines of a means of assisting with Child Birth, I think it's the Leather Straps and the Stirrups that's doing it.
 
Your storage cabinet's look great mate, really nicely done. All you need to do now is to build somewhere to store the storage units, and don't forget the bike needs dusting.
 
Bet your glad I'm back aint ya.
 
Be Good my Friend
 
mobbsie 

Nice planning and execution on the workshop storage units!

Hi Grant,
 
At first I thought to myself Chinese Snow Shoes but now a little more progress has been made I've changed my mind, I'm now thinking along the lines of a means of assisting with Child Birth, I think it's the Leather Straps and the Stirrups that's doing it.
 
Your storage cabinet's look great mate, really nicely done. All you need to do now is to build somewhere to store the storage units, and don't forget the bike needs dusting.
 
Bet your glad I'm back aint ya.
 
Be Good my Friend
 
mobbsie 

Hi Grant,
 
At first I thought to myself Chinese Snow Shoes but now a little more progress has been made I've changed my mind, I'm now thinking along the lines of a means of assisting with Child Birth, I think it's the Leather Straps and the Stirrups that's doing it.
 
Your storage cabinet's look great mate, really nicely done. All you need to do now is to build somewhere to store the storage units, and don't forget the bike needs dusting.
 
Bet your glad I'm back aint ya.
 
Be Good my Friend
 
mobbsie 

Thanks Mark and Piet, and also to all of the likes.
 
Well, I finally got to spend some time in the model workshop today, after eight months of 1:1 scale work. In the end, it took me only a couple of hours each day over the weekend to complete the fuselage. Two side-bars were cut to size and fitted with various pulleys and cable guides before fitting. The only tricky part here was finding a way to clamp them while the glue set. Then a couple of split pins were shaped into a horseshoe shape with a piece of bamboo across the open ends to form handles. A piece of cordage was then connected from these to the crankshaft. 
 
Here are a couple of pictures of progress to date.
 

 

 
After taking the pictures, I realised that the cordage had come away from the pulleys on the neck ring – it should pass around these as well as going through the cable guides.  And that completes the construction of the fuselage. Wings are up next.

Next up was a storage and charging station for some of my cordless tools. Another Brad Rodriguez design.
 

 
Then it was back to the workbench. I decided I really needed some built-in storage under my main workbench. So I made an “original” design to fit four drawers and a cupboard. It was really hard to get in place to take a photo, but you’ll get the idea….
 

 
The drawer/cupboard unit has a space above it for storing my sharpening stones, shooting board, and bench hook.
 
The drawers house some of my hand tools: chisels, gouges, auger bits, and planes.
 

 
A recent addition to the workshop has been a small thickness planer, so of course it needed its own cabinet, so I made a repeat of the Drill Press cabinet for it:
 

 
I needed somewhere to store an amazingly large collection of screws and other fasteners. I found some neat storage trays in the hardware store and made up some plywood housing for them, mounted again on the French Cleat system. And I needed somewhere for a growing collection of smaller clamps as well. 
 

 
 
 
Back in February, I attended a three-day workshop learning how to make Bandsaw Boxes.
 
Here is a couple of photos of my first two boxes, made from Australian Red Cedar and completed during those three days:
 

 

 
And here is my third, unfinished box, made from Huon Pine:
 

 
It is ready for the drawer faces to be carved with finger-pulls.
 
And finally, completed today, was this 3-d design end-grain cutting board for the kitchen. Design is by a Russian woodworker, whose website is MTMWood.com He does some amazing work and I purchased a copy of his plans/instructions for this. The finished board is about 530mm x 330mm x 50mm thick. Timbers used were Jarrah, Walnut and Rock Maple.  The “client” is happy with the result…
 

 
So, as you can see, while I may not have been building models, I have not been idle over the last eight months or so....
 
Now, back to modelling.........I hope..........
 

It’s been quite a while since I updated this log, so I thought I’d show you what has kept me out of the model shipyard for all of this time…
 
It all started with a desire to sort out the storage arrangements in the “dirty” workshop – ie the garage, which has to do double duty as both workshop and home for two cars. Then a visit to the Timber and Working with Wood Show resulted in funding approval for a new table saw to assist with the modifications while retaining all 10 digits.  Because of the need to retain the primary function of the garage (ie housing for cars), all cabinetry was made mobile so that the workshop could be configured “as required” for whatever the task at hand demanded.
 
The first cab off the rank was storage for my ever-growing collection of “hobby” machinery. For this I made a 1.5m long cabinet that would house the Sherline Mill and Lathe on top. The design was from Brad Rodriguez at Fix-This-Build-That. Taking pictures now is a little awkward, but here is the overall cabinet with the Sherline Machines under their dust covers on top.
 

 
 
In use, they can be either kept in place, or moved to another work surface:
 

 
Inside the cabinet are two doors concealing two full-extension pull-out trays that house yet more machinery, and four drawers for all of the lathe and mill accessories, air-brush equipment, etc.
 

 
 
The next thing I decided to make was an assembly table that would double as an outfeed table for the table saw. For this, I combined the plans/ideas from three different woodworkers. The top is a torsion box design by Ron Paulk in the USA. The frame is a design by Paul Sellers (UK), which is knock down design, and I added to that by putting 3” castors on the legs. Then I used an idea from Dave Stanton (Australia) to make the top similar to the Festool MFT table (only larger).
 

 
The top is made from ¾” plywood. It’s about 1.5m long by about 900m wide. The cut-outs around the side panels serve to both reduce weight and provide handy temporary storage for tools as you go. The dog holes are laid out using the UJK Parf Guide system, which guarantees alignment and spacing. I also added T-Track around 3 edges. The top is sturdy, and although it is fairly heavy, I can lift it on and off the frame by myself with relative ease.
 
Here is a view of the table top removed for storage. You can see the basic construction of the frame, and the locating slots for seating the table top securely. The aprons of the table are held together by half-lap joints and held securely by crucifix joints in the tops of the legs. Two stretcher/bearers are housed in dovetail joints to complete the frame.
 

 
Here is a close-up of the crucifix joint on one leg during disassembly.
 

 
Once completely disassembled, all of the frame components sit neatly on the extension wing of the table saw. The whole thing goes together in about one minute flat. Same for disassembly.
 

 
 
Next up were a mobile timber storage cart and some mobile bases for both Drill Press and Spindle Sander. While I was at it, I made a table for the Drill Press. It’s a bit hard to tell in this photo, but yes, that is a timber storage cart full of, well, timber…..
 

 
The Drill Press cabinet and the Spindle Sander cabinet are essentially identical, except that one has four drawers ,while the other has one drawer and a cupboard. The designs were based on more from Brad Rodriguez at Fix-This-Build-That.
 

 
Next up, I really wanted some storage for finishes and other “stuff”. I based this on a design from Jay Bates. After I made it, I realised I needed a second one…..
 

 
Also in the above photo you can see my large clamp rack (another Brad Rodriguez design) and a small storage rack for my Random Orbital Sander and various sand papers to go with it (also designed by Brad Rodriguez). All of the wall-mounted cabinets are mounted using a French Cleat system. This makes it really easy to move things around if you change your mind about placement of items as the cabinets are not fixed to the wall.
 
More in the next post…..
 
 

Hi Guys,
 
Thanks for the good words and the likes gents, most appreciated. 
 
It's about time I gave an update and that will be happening very soon, I must admit to have taken a short break but I am back in the game now.
 
Gary, I will PM you and let you know my thoughts.
 
rony,  When doing the planking I use "Push Pins", these have a shoulder on them which leans onto the plank and keeps them in place, to cement them, I first soak the planks for 10 - 15 minutes, wipe off any surplus water and then use a thick super glue gel, you have to be quick and accurate as the glue will set in seconds, it can also be a bit messy if you get it wrong. Hope that answers your question mate.
 
Denis, I promised you some better pictures of the deck with the lighter coloured treenails, hope these do the job mate.
                                 
OK, now for a quick update, second planking is now complete and as you will see it does look a little different, because below the waterline will be coppered I didn't want to use all my Swiss Pear and so used the kit Walnut to finish off. 
        
As you can see I haven't put the stem or keel in yet, they were the next job to be done, unfortunately no pictures.
 
Coppering has started, and finished, I used the individual plates as supplied by Caldercraft, I like these plates and they are easy to work with, my one problem was that I didn't have a plan to work to and so it was a case of trial and error, believe me when I say there were a lot errors.
                                                                                    
 
 
                                     
My next move was to lace a 2mm x 2mm strip along the top of the waterline, this was painted black prior to gluing on but that will be for the post.
 
That's it for now gents.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie

Hi Guys,
 
Thanks for the good words and the likes gents, most appreciated. 
 
It's about time I gave an update and that will be happening very soon, I must admit to have taken a short break but I am back in the game now.
 
Gary, I will PM you and let you know my thoughts.
 
rony,  When doing the planking I use "Push Pins", these have a shoulder on them which leans onto the plank and keeps them in place, to cement them, I first soak the planks for 10 - 15 minutes, wipe off any surplus water and then use a thick super glue gel, you have to be quick and accurate as the glue will set in seconds, it can also be a bit messy if you get it wrong. Hope that answers your question mate.
 
Denis, I promised you some better pictures of the deck with the lighter coloured treenails, hope these do the job mate.
                                 
OK, now for a quick update, second planking is now complete and as you will see it does look a little different, because below the waterline will be coppered I didn't want to use all my Swiss Pear and so used the kit Walnut to finish off. 
        
As you can see I haven't put the stem or keel in yet, they were the next job to be done, unfortunately no pictures.
 
Coppering has started, and finished, I used the individual plates as supplied by Caldercraft, I like these plates and they are easy to work with, my one problem was that I didn't have a plan to work to and so it was a case of trial and error, believe me when I say there were a lot errors.
                                                                                    
 
 
                                     
My next move was to lace a 2mm x 2mm strip along the top of the waterline, this was painted black prior to gluing on but that will be for the post.
 
That's it for now gents.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie

Looking real good so far Jason, not far to go now.  
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie

Hi Guys,
 
Thanks gents for your kind comments and the likes.
 
I have been consumed and totally blinkered with my central heating and getting it fixed, it's been out for the last 3 weeks but it's sorted out now and were back on track, it's surprising how many ways there is in trying to keep warm and I'm keeping a lot to myself.
 
Grant, that my friend is exactly what I going to do, I found that after a short time the patina was flaking off leaving a dirty brown metal base, not a pretty sight.
 
Popeye, I haven't tried spraying lacquer on but I'm thinking that it may stabilise the surface and stop further reaction but I'm not sure if it would stop the flaking, I'm               putting this test / experiment to bed now but that's not to say it will stay there, never say never.
 
Kier,  the answer to your question mate is that I'm retired, I retired in 2011. I have a wonderful wife who is quite happy for me to spend as much time as I like in my         boatyard, thinking about it does seem strange because she positively encourages it. She takes on all the garden chores and some house DIY. I don't think she           likes me very much ha ha.
 
OK time for an update.
 
I have completed the Gundeck planking, although I'm not completely happy with it mainly due to the boxiness of the joggleing, I'm hoping that the deck furniture will detract from this. For the Treenails I used some Lime sawdust, I drilled 0.6mm holes and mixed up a paste of sawdust and diluted white glue.
 
      
I then tackled the Stern Counter, this is made from 0.8mm ply and from the start fitted nicely, this was glued, sanded down and planked using 4 x 1mm Swiss Pear.  
 
  
Next up was fitting the Wale and Black Strake, the kits 4mm Walnut was substituted for Swiss Pear, the positioning of the first plank is critical in that the measurement to the gun ports varies along the length of the gun port pattern. Once this first plank is laid the second buts up tight beneath it, these form the Wale, for the Black Strake a piece of 0.5 x 4mm Walnut is fitted to the top plank of the Wale.
 
   
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I then painted the Wale and Black Strake dull black using Admiralty Paints, I also marked the waterline although this will be planked over.
 
I will be posting another photo of the Gundeck as there is far too much shine and also the Treenails cant be seen.
 
That's it for now guys, see you soon.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie
 

Thanks Gents,
 
Apologies for the ropey start guys, just a bit out of practice in both setting up the log and downloading into it, in my defence it's been a pig of a day with Plumbers and Electricians trying to fix my Central Heating System, I'm sure most of us have experienced that type of thing before.
 
I have also been following a discussion in Landlubber Mike's log about copper plate patination, I tried out a few tests and I will post the findings in my next update.
 
It's lovely to have you along guys and I hope I don't disappoint you, if I do please say so.
 
That's it
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie

HM Schooner Pickle was entrusted to carry the dispatches from Admiral Cunningham to the Admiralty in London informing them of the victory at Trafalgar and of the sad loss of the Admiral Lord Nelson.
 
Pickle was finally lost in 1808 whilst again carrying dispatches, she ran aground off Cape Santa Maria on the Chipiona Shoal, there was no loss of life.
 
First up we have the obligatory box shots. Nothing too complicated here and I do have a few ideas for some changes, we'll see how things develop.
 
 



I have made a start on her, the Main Keel and Bulkheads have been glued up and faired to take the first planking. As you can see there is a slight warp in the Keel, this will be removed.
 

 
It was at this stage I decided to plank the False Deck, it has made it so much easier so far. By fixing the False Deck in place the warp has all but gone, just a slight bow left.

Using the Gunport Pattern Former the bulkheads have been faired.
 


 
So that's it for now, I have made further progress but they can wait until my next post.
 
Its all pretty straight forward so far but I hope you enjoy the pics. As always guys comments and suggestions are always welcome, both good or bad.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie
 
 
 
 

Hi Denis,
She's looking really good mate.
With regard to your slack rigging, have you tried soaking the thread in diluted PVA and hanging it up to dry with a weight attached to the bottom, run a finger down its length when wet to stop any blobs of glue. When it's dry it will be quite rigid.  It worked for me in the past mate.
 
Keep up the excellent work
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie

So far so good mate, I'm liking what I see.
 
Are you sure it's a flying machine ? could be a mouse trap but I think it might be an Oriental snow shoe.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie

She looks to be an intriguing build Grant, gonna follow along for sure.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         You've made a good start mate and I like the look the Shellac gives the wood.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie

Great work Christian, she looks wonderful.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie

Hi Mike,
 
I made a few tests all with varying degrees of success and failure, the upshot is that I will not be using artificial aids to bring about patination.
 
I used Caldercraft's individual plates on my last test, I painted them with a Red Wine Vinegar and Miracle Grow, I got a good colour on them but after about a week it started to chip off leaving a dirty brown base metal beneath, not a good look.
 
It could I suppose be argued that when a colour your happy with has been reached it could be sprayed with a lacquer to stop further reaction (not tried), but I have decided to put this one on the shelf until it raises it's head again.
 
I'm going to plate Pickle, rub the plates with wire wool and leave the atmosphere to do the rest.
 
I will with your permission post a picture to show my best result, but even this has started to peel since the picture was taken.
 
Be Good
 
mobbsie