Cangarda 1901 by KeithAug - Scale 1:24 - Steam Yacht

[KeithAug]

 

16 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

Very mean of family to disrupt the model making,

Yes John - they are a millstone around my neck and I suspect that if they buy me stuff it will only be because they want to borrow it.😐

 

Thank you Pat.

[FlyingFish]

On that basis Mr S, do hope your wife enjoys the CNC laser cutter and the Lie Neilson palm plane.

[KeithAug]

3 hours ago, FlyingFish said:

On that basis Mr S, do hope your wife enjoys the CNC laser cutter and the Lie Neilson palm plane.

Unlikely Andy. More likely to be a new dress and jewellery. I'll look very fetching on boxing day. 

Edited December 14, 2023 by KeithAug

[KeithAug]

I continued my push to make progress and spent a chilly day in the workshop. Having cut the frames I set up the mill to accurately drill the 6mm alignment holes. 

 

I started by mounting a cutting board in the mill and milling the datum edge of the board to give a true "X" axis datum.

 

The first set of holes were then drilled from this datum with the "Y" axis locked.

I progressed like this until the first set of  alignment holes were drilled.

I then assembled them on a 6mm silver steel rod to check the correct hole positioning.

 

[Dr PR]

Now that is one short, stubby vessel! Are you sure you aren't building a model of Bushnell's Turtle?

 

Seriously, you may have passed the doctor's two week "dust free" mark, but don't press your luck. I would still try to avoid as much dust as possible. You really need to take care of your vision!

[Bob Cleek]

Great progress, Keith! Congratulations on the great outcome on your surgery.

 

Just a thought in passing: These days (in the US, at least) many of the surgical instruments used are "disposable." It's not worth the cost in time and labor to autoclave and sterile package them after each use as was done in the good old days. Regrettably, I expect some of these discards are piled up for sale in large lots to resellers on eBay or to be resold in Third World countries and a lot of it is now sent to the landfill as "bio-hazard waste." You might mention to your surgeon that you'd appreciate it if s/he would save the disposable instruments for you. There's probably a nice Castroviejo iris scissors in your surgical tray, along with maybe some nice tweezers. The eye and micro-surgeons have the best medical instruments to repurpose for modeling use. Unfortunately, I lost my "connection" for "dull," (a relative term) dental burrs some time ago when my friend, and institutional dentist working for the state, told me they were now under an order to "bio-hazard bag" all their discards without exception.  I suppose that's a prudent protocol, but I hate to think that for every kid that makes a trip to the emergency room, there's a nice needle holder that goes into the trash bin.  

[TBlack]

Keith,

If you had a 1/16" end mill, would that be more accurate in cutting the slots than doing it on the saw?

Tom

[Mirabell61]

very neat frame sawing work Keith,

it looks very promissing for the further progress

 

Nils

[KeithAug]

On 12/14/2023 at 6:51 PM, Dr PR said:

Seriously, you may have passed the doctor's two week "dust free" mark, but don't press your luck.

Hmmm! you are probably right Phil - the admiral agrees with you!😬

On 12/14/2023 at 8:14 PM, Bob Cleek said:

The eye and micro-surgeons have the best medical instruments to repurpose for modeling use.

Unfortunately Bob I wasn't in a position to be able to study the surgical instruments. I'll ask what they use on my next visit.

 

1 hour ago, TBlack said:

If you had a 1/16" end mill, would that be more accurate in cutting the slots than doing it on the saw?

Possibly Tom but the set up time would probably be longer. My plan is to cut the slots using a home made table saw

sled thus avoiding all the clamping that would be involved in using the mill.

4 minutes ago, Mirabell61 said:

very neat frame sawing work Keith,

Thank you Nils.

Edited December 16, 2023 by KeithAug

[TBlack]

8 hours ago, KeithAug said:

 

Possibly Tom but the set up time would probably be longer. My plan is to cut the slots using a home made table saw

sled thus avoiding all the clamping that would be involved in using the mill.

 

Keith, I learned a lot from your approach to Altair. Can't wait to see the slotting sled!

Tom

[wefalck]

Castrovejo would the keyword to watch out for re. eye surgery instruments. I think he was a Californian surgeon. I have various scissors, needle-holders and such.

[KeithAug]

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. I particularly took to heart Phil's advice. Now that my quarantine period is ending I feel it is safe to make a bit of further progress.

 

My fixation with alignment continued so I drilled an extra sequence of 6mm holes towards the keel end of the frames.

i then made myself a simple sled for the Byrnes saw. I wanted to cut with both the front and rear fences as the datum face so I took a bit of care to ensure that both fences were truly at 90 deg to the blade.

 

I then cut out the notches for the base board longitudinal upstand.

i then used the same set up to cut the outer surfaces of the up-stand before removing the waste part with the scroll saw.

I then re-stacked the frames to check the profile of the rail edge.

I then started removing the core of the frames in areas that were possible locations for modelling some below deck detail. This involved a lot of accurate scrolling on the lines to avoid the necessity for a difficult internal sanding operation.

| also used the table saw to cut the keel slots. 

As I made progress I started temporarily placing the frames on the building board.

I also checked the provisional keel alignment with a 6mm silver steel rod as I went.

i still have plenty of frames to finish and hopefully I will get some more done once the family have departed late next week.

 

I am currently typing this one handed with the computer balanced on the arm of the chair. The other arm is occupied by a sleeping nearly 4 months old bundle of joy.  I am very happy.

 

I wish you all a wonderful Christmas. Best regards.

 

Keith.

 

 

[Mirabell61]

good progress Keith...

very neat work

 

Nils

[Keith Black]

3 hours ago, KeithAug said:

The other arm is occupied by a sleeping nearly 4 months old bundle of joy.  I am very happy.

 You are truly blessed, Mr Keith. A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours. 

[Dr PR]

That is a very nice Christmas present - and I'm not talking about the ship model!

[Veszett Roka]

I think we see here how another legend is born. Very clean work Keith!

 

Wish you Merry Christmas, and all of you fellow sihpbuilders.

[Rick310]

Merry Christmas Keith,

Really enjoy watching your progress!

Enjoy your grandchild!

Rick

[Jim Lad]

Great idea to be obsessed with alignment, Keith. if the basic frame is right then the model can be right!

 

A very happy Chrictmas to you and yours and we'll continue to enjoy your progress after the holidays.

 

John

[BANYAN]

Great to hear the quarantine period is ending and to see the progress Keith.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[KeithAug]

Nils, Keith, Phil, Veszett, Rick, John, Pat - thank you all for your comments and well wishes. Also thanks to everyone for the likes. I trust you all made merry and had a wonderful time.

 

[KeithAug]

Well the family are all gone and it's back to some workshop therapy. I continued cutting out the inside of the frames and test fitting them on the base board. I am at that interesting stage where she is starting th look like she will become a ship at some point.

Many hours later.

I also started to sort out the bow. 

 

[Jim Lad]

This is that point in the build here my Admiral claims that I'm constructing fish's skeleton.

 

John

[BANYAN]

Nice work Kieth, she is already showing her wonderful lines.  That tab system looks a great way to maintain alignment of the frames.  I have used such as system on solid bulkheads, but this takes it up several notches.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Mirabell61]

excellent scratch building Keith,

I love those beautiful lines

 

Nils

[KeithAug]

Happy New Year to all of you in 2024 from the rest of us still in 2023.

[Keith Black]

Keith, Happy New Year.

[Retired guy]

What brilliant craftsmanship Keith 👍

 

Wishing you a happy new year too and will look forward to seeing how this build progresses.

 

Regards

Richard

[FlyingFish]

Those lines are wonderful - can quite see why you were keen to get back on with this. Happy New Year to you!

[KeithAug]

Thank you Keith, Richard and Andy.

 

Happy new year to everyone, as now hopefully we have all made it safely into 2024. 

[GrandpaPhil]

Happy New Year!