NAIAD 1797 by Bitao - 1:60

[Bitao]

On 12/5/2021 at 6:01 AM, dvm27 said:

Where you been Alex? The rest of us have been mesmerized by this log for months!

All the time, can attract your attention is also my honor!

[Bitao]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[albert]

Great beautiful work very masterpiece.

[allanyed]

Your work should be an inspiration to all members.  Looking forward to the next progress report.

Allan

[Bitao]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[popash42]

so accurate and Beautiful work. well done 😀

[Bitao]

Thank you for your attention and support over the past year! And a merry Christmas to you all in advance!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Keith Black]

 And a Merry Christmas to you, Bitao. Gorgeous work as always, it looks close to being done. 

[No Idea]

Once again just beautiful work by you that is so crisp and clean - Happy Xmas bitao 🎄

[bruce d]

Great model and a great build log.

Seasons best wishes, bitao.

[BANYAN]

A very Merry Christmas, and best wishes for a safe and happy festive season to you and your family also Bitao.  Love watching your work.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[dvm27]

Best Holiday Wishes for you as well, Bitao, and thank you for sharing your exceptional work with us.!

 

Greg

[Bitao]

Thank you, friends up there. The ship is expected to be finished within a year (by July 2022) , and although the start-up was delayed by nearly a month due to rework, it should be ready within a year. I hope we can make progress together in the New Year! Merry Christmas to all once again!

[Bitao]

Hello, everyone. This is the 2021’s last update. I’ll see you in 2022. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Keith Black]

Bitao, a beautiful end to 2021. I look forward to seeing the results of 2022. 

[Jeronimo]

Hi Bitao,

beautiful work. Gratulation.

Karl

[giampieroricci]

wonderful!

[albert]

Fantastic work very very nice

[BANYAN]

Wow, wow and more wow!

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Jim Lad]

Just found your thread - beautiful work!

 

John

[Jeronimo]

Hi Bitao.

I have seldom seen such a clean and perfectly built model.

Very good and wonderful work.

regards

Karl

 

 

 

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[Trussben]

Superb!

[Bitao]

Happy New Year, everyone. Thank you for your attention and your compliments. I was going to take a few days off to continue, but I’m used to being in the studio every day, and I’m not comfortable not doing anything. Think of this ship needs to process a lot of columns, slender workpiece on the lathe clamping not only trouble, and the processing of the Camber Chamfer seems to be incorrect, manual file repair efficiency is too low to achieve uniform specifications. So I spent two days to design and make a fixture that can be easily repaired by hand with a file or used as a clamping tool on a milling machine. The upper and lower two sides of the clamp seat are respectively provided with V slots of different sizes to fit the square wooden strips with 1.5-14mm side length. The chucks can be used up and down interchangeably, and the other two chucks are designed with a limit to prevent uneven force from crushing the corners. This allows for Chamfering, octahedral and taper machining of slender strips. If you have a better suggestion, please give it to me, I can improve it. It also provides better reference for other players.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[druxey]

Interesting variation on a 45 degree holder or jig. The hold-downs on  this are something new to me.

[Moonbug]

1 hour ago, druxey said:

Interesting variation on a 45 degree holder or jig

 

 

   Dude definitely has some envious equipment and tools.  

[Thistle17]

An imaginative variation of the machinist 'V" block where the hold down always seems to be in the way. Great design of the clamps. It seems easily transferable to a wooden version for those not into machining non ferrous material.

Joe

[michael mott]

Bitao, I have just been catching up with your new build! The work that you do leaves me basically speechless, your ability to solve complex constructions using non traditional methods with creative ways is a great contribution that adds to our collective knowledge.

Your strive for continually improving your skills is inspiring. I admire your willingness to start over with work that you are not happy with, in order to reach the desired result that seek.

All the best in the new year and thank you so much for sharing a greater level of detail in your methods and tooling, How we work is often as valuable for learning as seeing the end results.

Humbly Michael 

[Bitao]

Dear Michael, I haven’t seen you for a long time. How are you? In the New Year I would like to express my most sincere greetings to you! I have to say, you are one of the most impressive people I have joined this forum. Your metalworking ability and professionalism also let me learn more things. In particular, as the elderly, you are still tenacious to do their own things and excellence, let me be very impressed! As a former gymnast (now a teacher) , no one helped me get more professional knowledge in this area, but I have been trying and working for more than 20 years as an amateur, some basic machining skills. Come here for more than 3 years, appreciate the process of each strong person including you, no doubt also bring me a lot of inspiration and motivation! That’s why I love it here so much and consider it my only home for personal display. Hope that the follow-up still see your wonderful production, also can let me get greater improvement. I also wish you good health and all the best!

[michael mott]

On 1/1/2022 at 9:42 PM, bitao said:

Dear Michael, I haven’t seen you for a long time. How are you? In the New Year I would like to express my most sincere greetings to you!

Dear Bitao for you kindness, and inquiry.

I am well and staying safe with my wife Judy, here in a rather cold chilly winter season. My hand has recovered from the  surgery, and I am close to finishing an old project that I have been fiddling with since 2004, I am looking forward to getting back to work on my Skipjack Launch within the coming month[s]. There is a lot of interesting detail to sort out on the launch. One of the things that I am contemplating is to complete the launch in a similar way to the way that some of the classic ship models are presented. One side showing the construction of the internal elements and the other showing the external finishes.

Michael