Wow, looking forward to participating within this wonderful site. Brief bio, old fart at 77, retired engineer that had to abandon furniture making hobby due to age related cervical neuropathy. Decided I wanted to build scale model sailing ships years ago as an adolescent visiting the Peabody Museum in Salem MA (now Peabody Essex Museum).
So how far along am I today? Just finished my work station bench setup in our family room. It had to resemble somewhat of a piece of furniture to secure wife's blessing moving forward. Once into this site , I'll post some pics, it's practical, rock solid and a thing of beauty in my eyes. So now deciding to build a Bluenose for my first project. Been looking at the Model-Shipways kit or considering taking a deep dive into a scratch POF based on P. Eisnor's drawings. Though I understand most of the relevant practices, I lack execution experience. These days, a lot of time to read forward, practice and physically engage when hand strength isn't a limiting factor.
Working career taught me never to scrimp on tooling and fixtures, so been amassing tools from Byrnes, Veritas (check out the miniature hand tool offerings), and a host of other detail small stuff.
Knowledge I need to gain ranges from vocabulary/terms, planking/bending practice, and in general much how to do at an advanced craftsman level. Even at this age, some head space is still present (?), along with a lot of ambition and perseverance ready to engage.
Looking forward to learning and gaining much valued guidance from you guys!
TKS, newbie tooter
So how far along am I today? Just finished my work station bench setup in our family room. It had to resemble somewhat of a piece of furniture to secure wife's blessing moving forward. Once into this site , I'll post some pics, it's practical, rock solid and a thing of beauty in my eyes. So now deciding to build a Bluenose for my first project. Been looking at the Model-Shipways kit or considering taking a deep dive into a scratch POF based on P. Eisnor's drawings. Though I understand most of the relevant practices, I lack execution experience. These days, a lot of time to read forward, practice and physically engage when hand strength isn't a limiting factor.
Working career taught me never to scrimp on tooling and fixtures, so been amassing tools from Byrnes, Veritas (check out the miniature hand tool offerings), and a host of other detail small stuff.
Knowledge I need to gain ranges from vocabulary/terms, planking/bending practice, and in general much how to do at an advanced craftsman level. Even at this age, some head space is still present (?), along with a lot of ambition and perseverance ready to engage.
Looking forward to learning and gaining much valued guidance from you guys!
TKS, newbie tooter
