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Pete38

Fri Mar 29 2013, 11:21am

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That should have been visit not (fist) and everyone is getting better. Thanks for asking..Looking forward to when you get to start again on your build

Tim C

Sun May 05 2013, 09:11pm

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Small minor update. For the first time since I was up in pete38's area in Kentucky I'm starting to feel better. My mother-in-law made it out of the hospital and into rehab from her fight with pneumonia so things are starting to look up.

So grabbed a couple of pieces of cherry wood logs that a friend gave me while I was in Kentucky and ran them through the planner till smooth and had a 90 degree angle then ran them into the bandsaw and set them aside to dry. I'm guessing about 1 year from now they should be ready for something. I cut them using a quarter sawn pattern. Also Thanks to Michael Mott for his how to words that he posted. Thanks Again.

Also found some wood that I bought from Grizzly a few years ago. Now to get a few things done then get going on this build.

Later 42rocker

Tim C

Sun May 12 2013, 02:40am

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Well said that I was going to try to cut wood today and not grass. Not sure if I'm happy or unhappy that I did get a chance to cut some wood. Feed some basswood to the table saw tonight, no fingers. I used to think that I knew how to do a good job on cutting wood. Well the mic proved that I'm not really that good. So back to the drawing board. I have three ideas to make my cuts better. So please wait to see how I do before you give me any new ones. I "think" that I know the errors of the ways that I'm doing things and will work things out. Cutting strips to .375 and .500 for the two cross sections that I'm going to be working on.
More later.

Later 42rocker

[ Edited Sun May 12 2013, 02:41am ]

Tim C

Mon May 13 2013, 11:52pm

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Good Update, it's about time. Thanks to my wife for always being there with a helping hand and also allowing me to buy what I think needs to be bought to help build things in and on the house and also my hobbies. Great Wife.
Well took a few of the pieces of wood that I was not happy with and ran them through the thickness planer. After a couple of flips and passes got them down to something that I'm happy with. A piece of basswood .375 inches thick and 1.5 inches by 24 inches with the .375 being +- .001 up and down the length of the plank. RaRa. Small little happy dance. Ok, again small little happy dance.
Some night this week I'll repeat and have my planks then it's cut and paste time and jig saw time. I'll also cut a few in 1/2 inch for the bomb vessel.

Later 42rocker

[ Edited Mon May 13 2013, 11:54pm ]

Tim C

Sun May 26 2013, 01:59pm

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Myself I'm happy to report that I think that I cut the last of the basswood planks last night and sometime today I'll finish running them through the thickness planner to size. While I'm over there I'll also be checking my Delta sander and what I can do to make that GREAT conversion that "The Learner" showed in his thread. WOW, what a great way to make a thickness sander. Thanks again for showing that in your thread.

Bought the rubber cement with the 40% off hobbylobby coupon. Also saw that I could have bought the 3/8 x 3 x 24" basswood planks for a mere $3.50 to $4.50 each at hobbylobby. Counting the number of frames (9) (x2 sistered frames) total 18 planks. Well that adds up. Of course time, effort, tools might make this like fishing? Who cares I cut and resized the planks from 2x4 stock. I did it.

Well after I finish the thickness then it's glue down patterns and then start cutting out the parts. Can't wait. Wait need to adjust some of the frames drawings as I'm adding scarf joints to some of them and relocating a few lines to match. Only going to make scarfs on the end frames. Only those end frames will be seen. Planning to adjust the joint locations on the fake joints where I'm going to leave planking off. Really need to do some planning now. Also going to add in chocks where they will be seen. You folks that left areas of the planking off to show off the frames have really raised the bar on this one.

Enjoy the weekend and REMEMBER MONDAY and Remember those that gave it all for our Freedom's here in America. To those from other countries Have a great day also. For Americans it's Memorial Day.

Later 42rocker

donfarr

Sun May 26 2013, 03:54pm

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I concur w/ the last statement. We should never foreget there scrifice for us. Thank GOD for them

Tim C

Tue Jun 04 2013, 12:52am

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Well using the jigsaw and cutting frames out. It's slow but working on it. Remember in this scale the frames parts are 3/8 of an inch thick. I know that I'm close to the lines. Hope that the person that drew the lines was right on. Well hope to cut out a few more frame pieces later tonight.

Later 42rocker

Mike 41

Tue Jun 04 2013, 11:51am

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Hi 42rocker,

Good start on the frames. I like to use a band saw on frames ¼” and thicker, it goes a lot faster and doesn’t add any more time to the finish sanding. Good luck with the rest of the frames.

Mike