Probably more a terminology thing, not a mistake.Yes, my mistake.

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Probably more a terminology thing, not a mistake.Yes, my mistake.
I'm starting to feel like a shipwrights apprentice.Probably more a terminology thing, not a mistake.![]()
That would be a step up for me.I'm starting to feel like a shipwrights apprentice.![]()
Easily done. Hope it's ok now. Good luck with the sanding. Lots of dustFound out today that I made an error on frame pair #1. I got one of the halves backwards so the shift is going to wrong way. Got apart and only broke one of the glue joints. That glue joint is drying on the bench now and tomorrow I'll glue the halves together the correct way. I'm also hoping to start doing the bevels on the frames tomorrow. That's how I found out the one was backwards. The "sand to" line was on the inside of the half. Yes, I already checked the others and it is the only one.![]()
Thanks Keef. i finished up the gluing last night, including the 2 halves late last night. As far as a lot of dust, I have a oscillating spindle sander that has a monster dust collector attached to it, so that will help keep the room, the air, and my lungs clean. Don't worry, I'll still wear a filter mask.Easily done. Hope it's ok now. Good luck with the sanding. Lots of dust
No your showing your age, or age of tools with that old beast of drill and press, you can't beat Craftsman for quality of the tools back then.Thought you guys might get a chuckle out of my vintage drill press. It was my grandfathers back in the 60's. Yes, it's an old Craftsman drill too. still solid.Variable speed and you can lock the trigger at any one of 3 different speeds. I think this will work perfectly for what I need.
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I feel your pain. It must be the season, ours had to be replaced two weeks ago. The joys of owning a house....Our air conditioner for the house failed yesterday
Looks like that will work. Only potential issue, some frames with considerable bevel need to be held at a pretty good angle to get correct. This is where the oscillating unit comes in handy. FWIW I use 150 grit which works great with low potential to go too far and gouge something, only takes 5 minutes to get inside/outside bevels done on paired frames, also take them down to where line is barely visible....finis up with final sanding.Thought you guys might get a chuckle out of my vintage drill press. It was my grandfathers back in the 60's. Yes, it's an old Craftsman drill too. still solid.Variable speed and you can lock the trigger at any one of 3 different speeds. I think this will work perfectly for what I need.
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Sanding drums are heaven sent and allows you to overcome the problem of varying the bevel which is dynamic from the floor to the top timber and is not always the same inboard as outboard for some frames far aft and far forward. I love printing the frames on label paper which is then stuck to the wood. I leave the drawing on the frame pieces until the entire frame is assembled. This then shows the bevel variation along the entire length and makes it a bit easier to control. When there are only plain paper drawings of the frames can be scanned then printed on label paper or copied on plain paper and glued onto the wood with white glue or matte medium, etc.some frames with considerable bevel need to be held at a pretty good angle to get correct.
A nice process although you really need not do it like that simply because, un like what we had to do for Euryalus [Which I have fully framed, tons of paper printing from there CD and scissor workSanding drums are heaven sent and allows you to overcome the problem of varying the bevel which is dynamic from the floor to the top timber and is not always the same inboard as outboard for some frames far aft and far forward. I love printing the frames on label paper which is then stuck to the wood. I leave the drawing on the frame pieces until the entire frame is assembled. This then shows the bevel variation along the entire length and makes it a bit easier to control. When there are only plain paper drawings of the frames can be scanned then printed on label paper or copied on plain paper and glued onto the wood with white glue or matte medium, etc.
Allan
An example of a half frame showing the bevel drawn by Wayne Kempson for the Euryalus books is attached.
Have you ever noticed, AC don't fail till beginning of summer and heaters don't fail until end of fall, and water heaters fail in the middle of hot shower!I feel your pain. It must be the season, ours had to be replaced two weeks ago. The joys of owning a house....![]()
Wow ! That is really coming along ! You have been hard at work ! It sounds like you got your spacing issue worked out which I'm glad to hear ! I didn't totally understand your description of what was occurring, but I did catch that you have a solution and I'm very glad for that.Jeff, all,
Coming down the home stretch, lots of final sanding ahead.
I should mention a mystery I discovered, probably unique to me.
As I progressed front to back I noticed a modest spacing issue as frames began to have a very slight mismatch with the top block on the keel and determined unless addressed there would ultimately result in a small gap between frames where they ultimately met.
When I started, everything measured out properly, frames seated dead on correct locations.......could not figure out what was up and with frames all glued in, no turning back.
After head scratching and colorful language my course correction was to source a thick piece of pear, measure everything and scratch build 8 new pieces that make up the first futtocks on both frames including chocks.
All told, this issue would have been, maybe 1/16" total gap.....but still.
The rest of the frames were built per instructions with upper futtocks spaced out well and everything finished up nicely, additional frames returned to perfect spacing and when viewed, unless you knew what I did, you'd never see it so we'll call it a "near miss".
Curve balls, part of the process.
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