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  Registered Member #4425 Joined: Wed May 07 2014, 03:37pmPosts: 344 | jacknastyface2 wrote ... Slobodan, You seem to be in the realm of "scratch building". Wouldn't you be better off to consider purchasing a Proxxon or Model Machine table saw for cutting planking, gratings, etc.? Keith. Would be nice, yet I find Proxon table saw really too expensive for my budget... it's rated roughly $450+ and in addition should be added transport costs rougly 120$ (no proxon table saws locall available here ) and upon such a subtotal , it would be added import duties ( 5-20% ) and the total price would include VAT which is here 20% upon previous subtotal You would agree that it's to much for non commercial, hobby ship modeling. I am not willing to pay that price , particularly because I think that Proxon pricing are quite overrated. [ Edited Thu Dec 17 2020, 08:42pm ] | ||
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 Registered Member #5239 Joined: Sat Apr 21 2018, 05:29pmPosts: 679 | Yes, I can see that price is a big factor. I was lucky to buy my power tools when I had a good job and I was much younger. Now I am on pension, I don't think I could afford to buy wood and material.  | ||
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| Registered Member #4425 Joined: Wed May 07 2014, 03:37pmPosts: 344 |        [link= | ||
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| Registered Member #4425 Joined: Wed May 07 2014, 03:37pmPosts: 344 | The work keeps going.             | ||
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| Registered Member #5239 Joined: Sat Apr 21 2018, 05:29pmPosts: 679 | Hmm! Coppering looks good. I have never done it, only read about doing it in one or two articles. How did you go about it? Keith. | ||
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winston  Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2538 | Looking really good. Those filler blocks gives you a nice hull shape for planking on. | ||
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| Registered Member #4425 Joined: Wed May 07 2014, 03:37pmPosts: 344 | jacknastyface2 wrote ... Hmm! Coppering looks good. I have never done it, only read about doing it in one or two articles. How did you go about it? Keith. jacknastyface2 wrote ... Hmm! Coppering looks good. I have never done it, only read about doing it in one or two articles. How did you go about it? Keith. Keith frankly I did it for the first time and .... it was quite tricky job. At first I wanted to order ready made copper sheets blocks from Cornwall model boats, but when I calculated the required number of thme and the total price I found it unreasonably high, so I decided to make my own copper sheeting blocks. I used my A3 paper guillotine modified to cut wood plans strips. Purchased locally ( quite cheap) rolled copper foil with 0.15mm thickness, 400 wide, cut across 5mm wide, 40cm long copper strips and than cut each to half - to strips of 5mm wide 20cm long. Than I used tracing wheel shown below to slightly punch traces on one side of the strip, leaving on opposite side resemblance of copper nails. Marked with sharp chisel on other side "cuts" of 20mm length and - I had my DIY copper shielding strips. The tricky part is- after cutting long copper strips on the guillotine, you should straighten a bit long strips that tend to curl slightly. You can manipulate wit such strips straightening from one side more to get it a bit curved to follow the ship hulls line - all before punching the nails and "cuts". On some more curved and complicated parts of the hull, instead of 20cm long strips I cut single copper sheets or shorter slightly curved sheets in order to better fill the surface and make smoother curving. I used acrylic superglue to glue strips and blocks to the hull's surface.  | ||
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| Registered Member #4425 Joined: Wed May 07 2014, 03:37pmPosts: 344 | Actuall tracing wheel I purchased locally and used to punch copper to get "copper nails" pattern | ||
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| Registered Member #5239 Joined: Sat Apr 21 2018, 05:29pmPosts: 679 | Yes, that is the way to go I think. Did you make any pencil marks on the hull as guide lines? Keith. | ||
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| Registered Member #4425 Joined: Wed May 07 2014, 03:37pmPosts: 344 | jacknastyface2 wrote ... Yes, that is the way to go I think. Did you make any pencil marks on the hull as guide lines? Keith. Actually I only marked waterline level, no individual guidelines for copper sheeting. Yet I have to admit, it was pretty much time consuming and hard working job... Special efforts should be applied to avoid gaps, to follow the natural hull's lines, to make it all smooth. I am pretty tired after doing it... [ Edited Thu Jan 07 2021, 11:23pm ] | ||
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