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  1. druxey
    Usually finger pressure is sufficient to hold the joint until the glue sets. White glue will do this in a minute or so. No need for clamps really.
  2. druxey
    Whew! An exhaustive if not exhausting tutorial on compositing multiple images and trying to eliminate distortion. Thanks for taking the time to show us how you deal with this issue.
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    You have drawn some good conclusions about false stem/breast hook/standard construction.
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    Superb craftsmanship indeed.
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    Certainly scuppers are a vexing problem. I figured that they had to go between the ports and between the frame timbers, also avoiding any plank butts.
  6. druxey
    Congratulations on what appears to be a fine publication, beautifully illustrated.
  7. druxey
    What specie of wood and what bending method are you using, Mark?
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    Pretty impressive, Toni! Well done.
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    Welcome and bienvenue! Yes, Herreshoff did some amazing designs. If you ever get the chance, you should try to visit the museum where there are many of his boats, either restored or in process.
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    A few more random thoughts: When I went to purchase my first drafting board (wasit really nearly 50 years ago?) I looked at a 4' 0" one and was advised that 5' 0" would be better in the long run. Didn't that turn out to be too small! I 'upgraded' to a 6' 0" board a few years later. A big, solid vintage board it is - I still use it today, My school (British, public) did not offer any technical courses whatsoever. So I taught myself the fundamentals and then more advanced work such as producing two and three point perspectives from floor plans and elevations. I became proficient enough to be engaged by architectural companies to produce renderings for them. Later, as a theatrical designer, I channelled these skills into both working drawings for set construction as well as accurately render sets from an audience POV. It was gratifying to get feedback from construction and painting crews that my work was the easiest that they ever received to work from. Season's greetings to all readers!
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    Most folk think wood is uniform in consistency, but it is not. While a plank may stay fairly stable in length, its width can change quite a bit, as Bob has pointed out. Try to keep models at a consistent humidity level if you can. Temperature change has a less, but still appreciable, effect.
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    Small scans are done at home, but large 24" x 36" sheets are taken to a local architectural reproduction/sign company office where I have the sheet(s) scanned at 300 dpi. The resulting scan is imported into any vector program such as Illustrator or whatever.
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    Tim wrote: I'm just curious, does anyone still sit at a drafting board and design and draw anymore? Actually, yes. I do preliminary drafting that way, scan and then transfer to computer. After years at a conventional drawing board equipped with a rail machine, I find it a rapid process to start with. Jaager: I feel for your frustration with Deane. I think that there are errors either in his instructions or in the transcription. There is a small international group researching how hulls were drafted back in the 1680 time period. Slowly the 'shipwrights' secrets are being unravelled! All the evidence points to various ingenious mathematical and geometrical constructions by different designers such as Pett and Deane.
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    Just catching up, Tom. Congratulations on a fine result. Just make sure that the model is not in direct sunlight on the sill there. Heat and light - particularly if uneven on both sides - do horrible things to models.
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    I notice quite a jump in date stamps. Is this project still under way?
  16. druxey
    Yes, it's best to get back in the saddle, Mark. As others have said, we've all made silly mistakes at one time or another. Onward and upward!
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    Nice to see you back on this project, Allan! It has been a while, hasn't it?
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    Rasps are good for rough-shaping solid wood hulls. However, if you try to shape a framed hull that way, you will get chip-out of the frames on the 'far' side of the cut. A great way to destroy hours of careful framing! I use my beautifully made Auriou rasps only on furniture related activities.
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    Remarkable!
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    Best wishes for the holiday season, Siggi
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    And a happy if modified Christmas to you, Keith.
  22. druxey
    Terrific detail: I love the fact you included the drainage/handhold gaps on the entry steps. So seldom seen on models.
  23. druxey
    Love the details of the locks! Terrific work.
  24. druxey
    While the above information and personal experience is interesting as well as eliciting my sympathy, we seem to have wandered a long way from chisels and edge tools in general, which is what the original enquiry was all about!
  25. druxey
    I absolutely agree with Jim! Buy cheap and repent at leisure. If you can't afford a full set of quality chisels, just buy two different sizes and add to as needed and budget affords. You won't regret it. As for internal frame fairing, I simply use a shallow Pfeil palm gouge, then shaped sanding blocks. Not chisels.

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