NAIAD 1797 by Bitao - 1:60

[French Mr Bean]

It's a Naiad Stradivarius ! 🤣

[marsalv]

Fantastic work!

[Bitao]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 26, 2022 by Bitao

[Bitao]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Keith Black]

 Bitao, each new post is more impressive than the last. Your model is a testament to your skills as both craftsperson and artist. 

Edited August 30, 2022 by Keith Black

[BANYAN]

She is really looking great Bitao; very nice work.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[javajohn]

Bitao,

I've been lurking, watching the progress of this beautiful model. All I can say is it belongs in a museum.

[Bitao]

Looks like success is just around the corner...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bitao]

On 8/31/2022 at 9:32 PM, javajohn said:

Bitao,

I've been lurking, watching the progress of this beautiful model. All I can say is it belongs in a museum.

Thank you for your high praise. It's my pleasure to have your attention.

[Bitao]

On 8/29/2022 at 12:40 PM, Keith Black said:

 Bitao, each new post is more impressive than the last. Your model is a testament to your skills as both craftsperson and artist. 

Thank you for your affirmation. I will continue to work hard.

[French Mr Bean]

As usual, no words.... 🤣

[No Idea]

On 8/31/2022 at 2:32 PM, javajohn said:

Bitao,

I've been lurking, watching the progress of this beautiful model. All I can say is it belongs in a museum.

Beautiful work mate and I have to agree - this ship deserves to be displayed in a museum!

[Bitao]

In order to look beautiful, no welding or adhesive method, spend more time on accurate processing, slightly larger than the aperture 0.03 mm extrusion connection molding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bitao]

One step closer to success. All the hard work is worth it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[French Mr Bean]

Bravo, why is there an opening on a stay?

[albert]

Fantastic work Bitao.

[Bitao]

On 9/6/2022 at 9:05 PM, French Mr Bean said:

Bravo, why is there an opening on a stay?

Incomplete will give people the space to imagine and question. Otherwise, you should be speechless is not it. .

[French Mr Bean]

????

[Bitao]

Three-eye pulleys are made of ebony. The diameter is 6mm, the thickness is 3mm, the aperture is 0.85 mm. This is the maximum diameter of the slip rope pulley specification.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bruce d]

Nice work, Bitao, and thanks for showing the secret tool that makes the magic.

[French Mr Bean]

For me, a forum is a place of exchange between members sharing the same passion.

Also, I don't understand why my question in post 345 has not received a concrete answer from you. (Your answer given in post 347 doesn't add anything.)

[Bitao]

10 hours ago, bruce d said:

Nice work, Bitao, and thanks for showing the secret tool that makes the magic.

Thank you for your attention and praise. In the past 20 years, I not only like to make a variety of models, but also the use of their own limited processing conditions keen on a variety of tools and development, especially the professional model-making tools. After all, this hobby circle is too small, there are very few things to buy on the market, many of them are not applicable or have some defects. To develop a good tool, you must have enough experience to know what you need most. But some of the tools on display in China a few years ago were used and commercialized by some people, especially unethical companies, and it hit me so hard that I had to keep them and cancel important shows. I respect the work of every creator and producer, but I will not tolerate unauthorized theft for personal gain.

[Bitao]

37 minutes ago, French Mr Bean said:

For me, a forum is a place of exchange between members sharing the same passion.

Also, I don't understand why my question in post 345 has not received a concrete answer from you. (Your answer given in post 347 doesn't add anything.)

First of all, I would like to thank you for always coming to my post with great attention and enthusiasm. I'm sorry to have caused you so much trouble and uneasiness. I like every serious and friendly person here, regardless of nationality and gender. But My English level is very limited, with the help of the Internet translation, sometimes some of the vocabulary and sentence understanding is wrong. It may have something to do with the language habits and understanding of different countries. I hope I didn't offend you. The problem you have just mentioned may not be what we understand. Really embarrassed me. I don't know what to say... It would be better if the questions below were accompanied by screenshots so that I could understand them better.😅

Edited September 9, 2022 by Bitao

[French Mr Bean]

Thank you for the answer. My question concerns the part circled in blue:

 

[Bitao]

1 hour ago, French Mr Bean said:

Thank you for the answer. My question concerns the part circled in blue:

 

Sure enough, your question gave me the wrong answer. I got it from your screenshot, but honestly, I couldn't get the right answer, the only thing I could do was follow the drawings and the author's basic steps. In my opinion, any drawings and designs will have inaccuracies or unclear; but for me, it is my fault that I can not produce the drawings properly, and I can not tolerate myself making such mistakes.

 

 

 

[Bitao]

This is the third full-structure sailing work I have done in more than four years since I came to this forum. Two of them used EDT drawings, and I admit I really liked his design and the wonderful production process. Unfortunately, so far, the work is almost complete and Mr EDT offers no guidance or expression. For some questions I can only rely on their own understanding and guess. Work is not necessarily perfect but certainly not the last, I think this is also a learning process to improve, for the next work to do more perfect preparation. Thank you for your support.

[French Mr Bean]

J'ai fait la demande à Ed. Attendons. 😉

[dvm27]

I have never seen deadeyes made in the way you have Bitao. Drilling the holes in the square stock before turning the deadeyes to their final diameter solves several problems inherent in making them. Not only does it remove the need to make a special jig to drill the holes after turning the stock on the lathe but it also insures that the holes are correctly positioned along the equator of the deadeye. As I note Ed made them in the traditional way in his books I assume you have reinvented the wheel, applying the logic you display elsewhere in your construction. Brilliant!

[Bitao]

2 hours ago, dvm27 said:

I have never seen deadeyes made in the way you have Bitao. Drilling the holes in the square stock before turning the deadeyes to their final diameter solves several problems inherent in making them. Not only does it remove the need to make a special jig to drill the holes after turning the stock on the lathe but it also insures that the holes are correctly positioned along the equator of the deadeye. As I note Ed made them in the traditional way in his books I assume you have reinvented the wheel, applying the logic you display elsewhere in your construction. Brilliant!

Thank you, Greg, for your very professional analysis and comments. I did spend some time looking for ways to make it more accurate. As you said, there are some problems with using a special jig to drill through the naked eye before steering. I think it is more suitable for low precision. I first use the milling machine raster ruler in any slightly larger size, pre-cut into the square of the wood, accurate completion of the three positioning holes, and then insert the copper rod positioning pin, and then the outer ring turning, rope groove, curved surface operation. Although the middle needs to change the pulley processing surface a little trouble, but the copper rod pin after precision processing and positioning, no matter how the conversion, the pulley center point is basically unchanged, it can ensure that all pulleys after processing are almost the same.

 

[BANYAN]

Love those deadeyes and offer congratulations on your resolving a better way of making them.  I think Greg (dvm) says it all in his post.

 

cheers

 

Pat