stuglo Posted December 25, 2023 Share #961 Posted December 25, 2023 Fantastic! billocrates 1 Quote current build- Swan ,scratch on shelf,Rattlesnake, Alert semi scratch,Le Coureur,, Fubbs scratch completed: nostrum mare,victory(Corel), san felipe, sovereign of the seas, sicilian cargo boat ,royal yacht caroline, armed pinnace, charles morgan whaler, galilee boat, wappen von hamburg, la reale (Dusek), amerigo vespucci, oneida (semi scratch) diane, great harry-elizabethan galleon (semi scratch), agammemnon, hanna (scratch).19th cent. shipyard diorama (Constructo), picket boat, victory bow section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted December 25, 2023 Share #962 Posted December 25, 2023 And to you from warm and sunny Southern Ontario! mtaylor 1 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdrinker Posted December 26, 2023 Share #963 Posted December 26, 2023 Where does one order coffee wood in sufficient bulk to accommodate a figurehead carving? Qq mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kenny Posted December 26, 2023 Author Share #964 Posted December 26, 2023 I got mine from a friend. I am not sure that anyone sells this wood. But any dense hardwood will work. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kenny Posted January 6 Author Share #965 Posted January 6 Just watch the preparation of the standing rigging for the Tally Ho which some of you may find very instructive. dvm27, mtaylor, Ryland Craze and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AON Posted January 6 Share #966 Posted January 6 I've never seen seizing in action or wire rope being splice. What a treat! In the end the spliced steel wire grips the tail or core like a Chinese finger trap. What a talented bunch of people mtaylor 1 Quote Alan O'Neill "only dead fish go with the flow" Ongoing Build (31 Dec 2013) - HMS BELLEROPHON (1786), POF scratch build, scale 1:64, 74 gun 3rd rate Man of War, Arrogant Class Member of the Model Shipwrights of Niagara, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada (2016), and the Nautical Research Guild (since 2014) Associate member of the Nautical Research and Model Ship Society (2021) Offshore member of The Society of Model Shipwrights (2021) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Murray Posted January 8 Share #967 Posted January 8 On 12/27/2023 at 5:35 AM, Kevin Kenny said: I got mine from a friend. I am not sure that anyone sells this wood. But any dense hardwood will work. Kevin, I am interested in how you process your coffeewood. I have you you have branches perhaps 6 to 12 inch diameter by a few feet long. I have similar except they are pear. I only have proxxon gear, how do you rip them for processing by your proxxon tools? Regards John mtaylor 1 Quote Regards John Current builds: Model Shipways 3 Kit Combo for Beginners. 1/48th HMS Echo Cross Section by Admiralty models. Pending Builds: Victory Models HMS Pegasus and HMS Vanguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kenny Posted January 9 Author Share #968 Posted January 9 Hi John you need to find someone with a large table saw or a large band saw. Either will do. You need to prepare two flat sides on the saw and then it is easy to cut into planks. You can also use a large hand plane to flatten one side and then if you need make a jig to flatten the vertical side of the log. Any good carpenter shop would be only to happy to cut this for you. My experience is that when they find out what you re using it for that they may even cut it for free. Woodworkers and shop owners or operators are a wonderful fraternity . I usually cut them to 1/2” -3/4” thickness so i can cut them thinner on my Proxxon table saw. The Proxxon work bench tools are too small to do this work. Ill post some pictures Ryland Craze, mtaylor and John Murray 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kenny Posted January 9 Author Share #969 Posted January 9 Hi John you need to find someone with a large table saw or a large band saw. Either will do. You need to prepare two flat sides on the saw and then it is easy to cut into planks. You can also use a large hand plane to flatten one side and then if you need make a jig to flatten the vertical side of the log. Any good carpenter shop would be only to happy to cut this for you. My experience is that when they find out what you re using it for that they may even cut it for free. Woodworkers and shop owners or operators are a wonderful fraternity . I usually cut them to 1/2” -3/4” thickness so i can cut them thinner on my Proxxon table saw. The Proxxon work bench tools are too small to do this work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kenny Posted January 9 Author Share #970 Posted January 9 Hi John you need to find someone with a large table saw or a large band saw. Either will do. You need to prepare two flat sides on the saw and then it is easy to cut into planks. You can also use a large hand plane to flatten one side and then if you need make a jig to flatten the vertical side of the log. Any good carpenter shop would be only to happy to cut this for you. My experience is that when they find out what you re using it for that they may even cut it for free. Woodworkers and shop owners or operators are a wonderful fraternity . I usually cut them to 1/2” -3/4” thickness so i can cut them thinner on my Proxxon table saw. The Proxxon work bench tools are too small to do this work. GrandpaPhil, John Murray, Ryland Craze and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Murray Posted January 9 Share #971 Posted January 9 5 minutes ago, Kevin Kenny said: Hi John you need to find someone with a large table saw or a large band saw. Either will do. You need to prepare two flat sides on the saw and then it is easy to cut into planks. You can also use a large hand plane to flatten one side and then if you need make a jig to flatten the vertical side of the log. Any good carpenter shop would be only to happy to cut this for you. My experience is that when they find out what you re using it for that they may even cut it for free. Woodworkers and shop owners or operators are a wonderful fraternity . I usually cut them to 1/2” -3/4” thickness so i can cut them thinner on my Proxxon table saw. The Proxxon work bench tools are too small to do this work. Ill post some pictures G'day Kevin, Thank you for that. I need to try and sus some places out for this. I know it is asking a bit much but have you considered a video on this process? I am sure I am not the only one thinking the same. Else, are you aware of any videos showing this process. I know of normal woodmills that I follow doing this for large slabs, but small logs such as we use seem to be thrown away. Ah well. mtaylor 1 Quote Regards John Current builds: Model Shipways 3 Kit Combo for Beginners. 1/48th HMS Echo Cross Section by Admiralty models. Pending Builds: Victory Models HMS Pegasus and HMS Vanguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kenny Posted January 9 Author Share #972 Posted January 9 There are lots of the, on YouTube. that why i never did one. Here is one that explains an easy aapproach AON, billocrates, mtaylor and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kenny Posted January 10 Author Share #973 Posted January 10 John here is an interesting video on getting 1/4 sawn cuts on a band saw. It is a very interesting jig. Ryland Craze, usedtosail, AON and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kenny Posted January 12 Author Share #974 Posted January 12 Bob Emser has a wonderful video on making Blocks Ryland Craze, mtaylor and AON 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kenny Posted January 23 Author Share #975 Posted January 23 Ok enough carving its back to the model of the Thorn. My last piece was my attempt at carving a rose which came out ok. I had to use the Turbo Carver to get the deep thin slots between the petals and between the leaves. Not sure how this could be done with a gouge as the odds are the leaf would break. It was easy to do with the Turbo Carver. I also used a much thicker blank to be able to get the depth in the piece. The main challenge was deciding on the layering of the carving. I had to cut the leaves first and take those to the finial depth, then the next level and so on. When the basic shape was decided on i used the same techniques we learned in Annapolis to carve the finishes using the gouges. Clean up was done with sandpaper and the Foredom using some round diamond bitts. You will have noticed that i have been carving large pieces much bigger that will be needed to put on a 1/4” scale model but i felt that this was what i needed to do to understand how to develop the carving techniques. Also i used a number of different woods of which Mahogany was the easiest to carve. The Coffee wood, Juniper and Acoma with its tighter grain gave a much superior finish and allowed greater detail but was harder to work and required sharpening the gouges on a more regular basis. In total i have carved 37 pieces and can see how my basic skill level has improved. But its time to move on and get back to building my model. I will continue to carve from time to time but found that the workbench was incompatible with model making and carving at the same time. I was constantly having to sharpen the gouges. On a finial note i think i have burned out the bearing in the Turbo Carver for the second time, so that been sent off to service. Thank goodness for the use of my power tools. It makes me appreciate the work of the old masters even more when one realizes that they did not have access to modern tools. billocrates, Speedy, GrandpaPhil and 17 others 17 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kenny Posted February 20 Author Share #976 Posted February 20 John Murray, AON, Speedy and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kenny Posted February 23 Author Share #977 Posted February 23 Completing the molding on the starboards side druxey, mtaylor, prutser and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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