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That is one fantastic build you have there  :)

Just wondering, when did you start to build this ship and do you think it will be finished?

-Hans Christian

 

 

Current build

      -La Belle 1684 (Scracth build)

      -Oseberg (Billing Boats) (On hold)

      -Falmouth (Euromodel) (On hold)

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Thats a big project Gaetan. You need a construction crew. At the rate you are going it will be an antique before you are finished  :)  Its beautiful work BTW. Bill in Idaho

Bill, in Idaho

Completed Mamoli Halifax and Billings Viking ship in 2015

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That ball vise is the ticket for handling small parts and carving badges and scroll work. Are you buying or making your blocks etc. when you get to the rigging part. Will it have sails? Do you have a good plan for where all the running rigging lines belay to on deck? Bill

Bill, in Idaho

Completed Mamoli Halifax and Billings Viking ship in 2015

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Bill, this model is 100% scratchbuilt. I will not install sails. The model would not pass through the doors. The model is made like admiralty style, planked on one side only and no masts. The only blocks I will do are for the cannons. I did not study plans for the running rigging.

David, I bought this vise from a jewelry tool store in Montreal, but it is coming from:

http://www.grstools.com/workholding/vises-and-blocks/standard-block.html

If you want to buy only one, buy this one, because it is not 1, 2, or 3 axis but this is a multi-axis adjustment. Also when I push a mini carving knife, the vise is adjusted so that the motion is from down to top which makes the movement more controllable. This vise was created for engraving, it does allows the knife to be pushed also in a circle motion with an adjustable tension mechanism.

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first picture is a needle head.

 

 

Different lenses, different tasks;  question which come back regularly

 

1-2- precision small work, longer focal length allows to work with a straight back. Very useful for splinter

3-6- closer focal length than 1-2, the work must be closer than 1 foot. To have a comfortable working position, the table must be higher like jewelry table

4-5 lightweight version

7-8- the use of magnifier automatically means that you will need more light to see clearly. By example,7 is use when I take picture to the microscope. Also the weight of the light is held by the head strap.  A good LED headlight can also be an interesting avenue to see

 

1-2-  6X+ 3,5X   focal lenght > 18’’

3-6-  focal lenght < 10’’

4-5- installs on eye wear

7- 8- frontal light

9- magnifying glass

 

 

 

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I am jealous.  Do you use a halogen or xenon light source for your headlight?  When I was making balusters on Victory I used to bring wood in to the office and carve them under the operating microscope.   Drove my nurse nuts.

Toni


Chairman Nautical Research Guild

Member Nautical Research and Model Society

Member Midwest Model Shipwrights

 

Current Builds:     Utrecht-1742

Completed Builds: Longboat - 1:48 scale       HMS Atalanta-1775 - 1:48 scale       Half Hull Planking Project      Capstan Project     Swallow 1779 - 1:48 scale      Echo Cross Section   NRG Rigging Project 

                           Utrecht-1742

Gallery:  Hannah - 1:36 scale.

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