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Bob Littel

Mon Mar 14 2016, 02:15pm

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Nm. I just found the answers to my question in the section on modelling tools.

Stewe Lundin

Mon Mar 14 2016, 02:26pm

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Sharp chisels and a good carvingknife, bandage and realy good patience...

The benefit of sculpting is that if you make a missatake, its fixable.

Peter Foele

Mon Mar 14 2016, 02:49pm

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One note of warning - when you sculpt you are thinking of 'adding' stuff. When you carve you must think about 'deleting' stuff.

End result may be the same (or similar) but it will direct your actions.

Bob Littel

Wed Mar 16 2016, 11:09pm

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So it was time to make the ships wheel. Each time I attempt something intricate I am always amazed at the talent many of you have. Many models are considerably smaller than mine and often have more detail. My hat is off to you. I am literally at my limit here.

I started with a block, then made it into an octagon. Put this in the lathe and rounded out the diameter of my "wheel hubs". Once at the correct size, removed from the lathe and over to the table saw. The original octagon shape was to allow a flat surface to rip my channels into the rounded part. Back to the lathe to put in the hole for my axel, and finally return to the table saw to cut off my hubs.

From there I added the spindles, and the 'boards' to connect them. A little sanding and I slid them both on the core, added the base and voila! My ships wheel.

I intended to add an ebony ring but once attached I didn't like the look, so removed it.

The following photos show the series of cuts etc.

twintrow

Thu Mar 17 2016, 06:23pm

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Excellent way to make a wheel, thanks for sharing
Tom

Bob Littel

Sun Mar 20 2016, 03:44am

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Added the ships bell.

Gary M

Sun Mar 20 2016, 01:33pm

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Bob, I love the wheel and how you showed each step in it's making. I appreciate the level of detail in your posts, many thanks! G

Bob Littel

Sun Mar 20 2016, 01:43pm

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Thanks Gary, and I think I am getting a better idea of a build log. I will try to take more pictures of the process so I can add descriptions. At advice anyone can give me on how to post a good build log would be helpful.

Bob Littel

Sun Mar 20 2016, 09:13pm

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I am not sure if this has been posted before, but I thought I would post a description of the deck boards on my HMS Roebuck. The chaulking is an ebony veneer. It was made by taking a piece of 7/32" x 2" x 6" Swiss pear and gluing an ebony veneer to the top and one (or both) ends. Once dried, the slabs were sliced into individual boards and when laid side by side, the ebony became the black lines of chaulking. Fairly easy to do and I was very happy with the result.