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JesseLee replied to mikiek's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
I use mini clothes pins, pins, tape rolled up so it's sticky on both sides & self locking tweezers. Metal parts can sometimes be stuck or pinned into soft wood. Jesse -
I did experiment with that George, with mixed results. There can be staining issues with CA- it doesn't take stain well. It didn't always absorb deep enough in the wood. Sometimes the raised edge of the scrolling splintered off anyway. I did find out that these newer stainable wood glues do take stain well. There were spots where I scooped a ridge of glue to fill a flaked off ridge. When it dried it blended in ok but everything was looking too rough & patched up & I couldn't live with it.
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Made the upper head rails attached them, began work on the middle head rail. Got them all cut out, fit a9this is a difficult angle) & grooved when the same problem keeps coming up. Basswood sucks for trying to scroll at such a small width! I have been trying to live with it because I don't want to have to mill & cut out all this with nothing but scraps of wood that are way too thick when all I have is a dremel & a few small hand tools. Like Dirk I just cant accept this. The rails split & some of the photos show how bad the scrolling looks on this wood. I made the decision to tear it all off & fabricate the pieces myself out of different wood. That has been another time consuming situation to deal with. Soon I will post what I have been doing with that process. Jesse
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The next pics are making the catheads. No problem with these. Made false sheaves by drilling holes & grooving out the wood between the holes. Made cleat by stepping the wood & a wood pin for the false cleat. Pegged them for extra strength. Cut a piece of cardboard to keep the same angle for the catheads shown on the plans. Theses had to be done first so I could get the right fit for the head rails. Again, sorry for the lighting quality in some of these photos.
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Haven't posted in a while. There hasn't been a lot to picture & post but I've been working on it. I'm on the scrolled cheeks & head rails. I studied upon others build logs on these steps. I figured out a way to guide my scroll lines. I used a paper clip with the end filed to a point. Sorry for the bad lighting in some of these pictures. I hold it next to the wood & it slides along the edge marking as it goes. Then I cut it out with blades & mini files. The problem is the wood the kit provides for these pieces. They provide basswood which is horrible for trying to scroll like this. I read up on Dirks build & he had the same problem. I agree with him this requires much better wood for theses steps. I don't have anything like swiss pear which everyone seems to say works well for this. I did have some flexible beech gifted to me by someone but I didn't have enough different with sizes to make all the parts & I wanted to keep all these parts made out of the same wood so they would all match. I went on & made them with what was provided but the wood slinters, fuzzes, splits, etc. I don't like it at all. I tried to live with it & make it work at first but... well you'll see. I'll show what developed over several different postings. This first set of photos are making the scrolled cheeks.
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I'll be watching too! Jesse
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I wish I had your carving skills Dave! Jesse
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I love little details like these
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I just discovered this thread. Cant stop looking it over! There's nothing like seeing the real thing. Thanks for all these pictures & information. Jesse
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Your rigging looks really good Robb. Jesse
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Great video of some incredible work! Jesse
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Have a great Christmas Piet !
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David, that's actually the bottom side of a piece of marble counter top. Got scrap pieces for free from a company who stacks them outside the plant & lets people get what they want. I think it is fiber glassed on the bottom. I had the piece upside down because my small pieces were rolling off the workbench & netting part was keeping my small parts from rolling off.
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Shaped the Boarding ladder steps. Added brass pins so they would hold better. Used thread to line them up straight. Glued the Quarter badges on. Added the Fenders, Chesstrees and Channels.
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I am always so amazed at your craftsmanship!
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Very delicate work Dave. Thanks for sharing how you do it. Jesse
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Thanks Mark. I tried to look it up but couldn't find anything
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I had actually been working on them on the side so when I got to them about half of them were already started
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