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    Good morning to you all. I have just ordered the DVD. I have been building model boats for over 50 years, kit and scratch, and I still have a lot to learn. Many Thanks for the link. mij
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    Hi John How is your model of your Xebec coming along. mij
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    Hi Mike That is a very good price. I`ll look them up. THANKS. mij
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    Hi Antony The top timbers are cut into the tulip bulkheads and glued, and yes, still in the conservatory. I`ve been a good boy and not made any dust, Yet. mij
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    Hi Nigel This should be a nice model to build. I`ll be following you with great interest. mij
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    Fitting some toptimbers made from pear. mij
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    Wackowalf Here are some photos of the Flexcut chisels. mij
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    WackoWolf You can buy them from Amazon, £62.95 mij
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    Her in doors bought me a set of Flexcut FR 604 miniture palm carving set of 4, ranging from 1/8" down to 1/16" for Christmas. They are a nice set of chisels mij
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    Hi Richard The footswitch is a Proxxon FS 476112, cost £17.04, $28.12. You press the footswitch down and then turn on the power to your machine. To stop your machine, release the pressure from the footswitch. I stand all the time with no problem. mij
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    This is my foot pedal off switch I always use for my bench saw and lathe.
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    Hi Antony Thanks for your kind comments, I`m doing all the main cutting of the timber in my workshop (garage) and all the fine cutting with a razor-saw and all the gluing in the conservatoy, Her in doors said NO DUST? MIJ
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    Making the garboards out of 1mm cherry.
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    I was going to use sycamore for the deck planking, but decided to use maple instead. The size of the deck planking is 4x1mm and I used my plank bender to curve the planks. Deck planking fitted Smoothing the deck The deck after smoothing mij
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    Fitting jelutung between the bulkheads. Bending 4x1mm cherry over a home made plank bender. The planks are placed in cold water for about 10 minutes, then taken out of the water and then placed over the hot plank bender and worked to the shape you require. Use the water as frequently as required. mij
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    This is what you get in the plan set. mij
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    I`ll look forward to seeing that. mij
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    Cherry is a nice wood to work with, along with pear. mij
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    I allways use Proxxon up in Dunstable, and the price includes delivery. On Monday I ordered a Proxxon DS460 scroll saw £350.40 and it should arrive today or tomorrow. And yes, It`s a great company. mij
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    I got Volume 1 in London about 12 years ago and Volumes 2,3 and 4 from Amazon some years later. all in English. These are very informative books. mij
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    All my builds are from scratch, a bandsaw is a must. mij
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    Yes, there are a lot of gratings, but with the grating jig I made, they don`t take that long to make. mij
  23. mij
    The Amati plans consist of, a very nice instruction booklet in Italian, an eight page building instructions in English, 1 to 1 sheet of all bulkheads and every thing else that needs to cut to a shape. 1 to 1 sheet of the yards, and a 1 to 1 sheet of the finish model, plan and profile. These are a wonderful set of plans. They came from Coenwall Models £12.96 ($17.28). mij
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    This is the foot pedal I always use on my bench saw. mij
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    I shall be using cherry for the hull planking (single plank), sycamore for the decks and pear for the gratings. Cutting the 6x1.5mm cherry hull planking. Cutting the pear for the gratings Grating complete

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