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| iaincwil |
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  Registered Member #597 Joined: Sat Jan 02 2010, 12:28PMPosts: 9 | I have a dilemma there are three different measurements for the keel build on the whaleboat, 1/ the book gives two depending on thickness of planing material, the upper keel is 3/64" thick 1/2" wide, the lower keel is from 5/16"x1/16" or 5/64" depending on the thickness of the planking material if its 1/32" or 3/64" my problem is I can only get metric 1mm stuff so which should I use, curious has anyone else come up with the same problem or am I just thick! I am not good with metric mick | ||
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| MSzwarc |
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  Registered Member #239 Joined: Thu Aug 20 2009, 07:19AMPosts: 19 | 3/64" = 1.19 mm and 1/32" = 0.79 mm, so your 1mm stock is right in the middle of these two measurements. You could probably go with either thickness keel since the difference is only 1/64". The 1/16" thick material is likely going to be easier to find than the 5/64" stuff. If you can only get metric sized lumber, 1.5 mm would probably be suitable. Mike [ Edited Thu Feb 18 2010, 06:28AM ] | ||
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| iaincwil |
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| Registered Member #597 Joined: Sat Jan 02 2010, 12:28PMPosts: 9 | thanks for the reply, I have made a new keelson and keel milled the stock maself, with a minitool bench saw its briliant, I can cut at 1/32" and it needs hardly any sanding great little machine mick | ||
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| Registered Member #137 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:22AMPosts: 27 | Please fill me in on the mentioned minitool bench saw. I am not familiar with this item but it does sound interesting. Jerry | ||
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| iaincwil |
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| Registered Member #597 Joined: Sat Jan 02 2010, 12:28PMPosts: 9 | I have finished all the hard work with the whaleboat project am now making all the finishing items, finaly got my head around the metric, Jerry it is just a minitool table saw it has a cast aluminum chassie and was available from minitool but I cant seem to find the address any more so dont know what happened there sorry, it is a great little saw with the tipped blade it is just right for making the gratings required for the battle stations project it has a 1/16" kerf, it cuts clean if a little slow on harder woods like maple but has clean finish which hardly takes any sanding, mick | ||
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| iaincwil |
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| Registered Member #597 Joined: Sat Jan 02 2010, 12:28PMPosts: 9 | Jerry! just found this on ebay uk. its a Bholer minitool http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bohler-Minitool-Circular-Table-Saw_W0QQitemZ260567097298QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN?hash=item3cab025fd2 mick | ||
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| Registered Member #137 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:22AMPosts: 27 | Thanks for the info!!!! Jerry | ||
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| iaincwil |
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| Registered Member #597 Joined: Sat Jan 02 2010, 12:28PMPosts: 9 | well the whaleboat is almost finished I am just on finishing fittings and have a sail to make! this will be fun have to get out the machine and do some practice runs, | ||
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