did a test run making one part to see if it could be done with silver soldering parts together,, it worked, now to set a small production line and make the 16 needed,, these are the bases for the canopy,, they also will hold the deck and coming together (plans are to have the deck and coming lift off as on piece to access internals)
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1/6th scale 1890's 30ft navy steam cutter (live steam)
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prepped parts and set up the assembly line to make the needed 15 fittings (plus the prototype gives me the 16) Ti clips formed for the job, soldering runs of 5 at a time.. still need reaming and final needle file work,, normally I feel pretty good if I can get 2 parts to look the same, so this run has me happy.. lot of repeating the same operation 15 times..
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been busy on the wood side of things,, had to make a better molding section for around the stern,, once that was in place the rest of waterway molding went on pretty fast... "thou can never haveth to many clamps" Laminations 11:17
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. looking great.milled the stock for the fender strip/rail, steam bending and clamping,, trimming and fitting, glue and clamps,, but it all looks like it worked,, left the strip a little large knowing the clamps would mess it up,, going to mill up a small profile scraper to get the strip to its finished size and shape.. Slim gets the weekend off, he has watched lots of glue dry this week..
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the fender rail was made large to handle the bending and clamping,, to get it to the final shape a profile scraper was ground along with a shaped hardwood sanding block,, after scraping, shaping and sanding epoxy was syringed into the bottom seam where the fender meets the hull to give a good seal..
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with the fender rail looking better turned to the hull,, four days of sand, prime, fill and sand some more.. got to spray the topcoat this morning before the weather changed,, nice temp and dry, the paint went on nicely (can't find any runs) the hull will sit for 3 days before I start cleaning of the hull bright work..
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thanks all. back up in the stand with the hull brass cleaned-up,, test of some small cable for the steering cables,, it will wrap tightly around the ironwood steering drum with no memory so it's time to get the rest of the steering gear machined..
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started in on the aft steering blocks,, brass sheet percussively formed around a machined steel plate to get the U-bend shape,, brackets silver soldered in place with Ti clips holding things in place,, cut, shape and clean.. mounting and axel holes needed along with a small section soldered in the open end.. Ghost showed up to help Slim,, they both look at things extremely judgmental...
