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Phantom
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 Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:57 am Post subject: Six Lumps of Wood |
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A Bowman Type hull should be easy to make. 
Its only six pieces of wood. 
If only I had known. 
The following is the current state of play.
Dont worry I wont bore everyone with the failures.
Too many to show.
The main instument of torture and cut fingers.
A small bandsaw purchased from a well known supermarket.
The first successfull test cut.
There were several failures becouse of the blade wandering around everywhere except the line I wanted.
I should admit that the timber is thicker than the stated maximum size for the saw.  |
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Phantom
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| Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:05 pm Post subject: Six Lumps of Wood |
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This weekends progress.
Five of the Six pieces of wood cut.  |
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Mamod Collector
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| Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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Ohhh I like this, keep us posted Phantom
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Spokesmann
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I shall watch this with interest. The way they are made circumvents the tricky process of gluing and pinning in the case of the Arrow design. Looking forward to the next installment.
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Phantom
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| Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject: Six Lumps of Wood |
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Sorry for the break.
I was told I had to be sociable.
Putting the bits of wood together with Eagle for comparison.
Finaly. the six pieces of wood looking like a boat.
I couldnt open up the band saw any further, so have used ply wood for the base.
The hull isnt finished, but I couldnt resist seeing what the engine and boiler looked like with the hull.
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Spokesmann
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| Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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That is looking stunning! When the top edges are chamfered it'll look even better.
I always get told being on the net is unsociable!
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newts
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| Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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Great stuff Phantom
I have the same hull under construction, mines taken months to get that far
I've still not got the plywood for the bottom yet.
I've been keeping my eye out for a cheap bandsaw via ebay, looking for something a little bigger than yours.
I cut mine with a jigsaw & cleaned it up with a belt sander, initially i was making a former for steam bending but that's another story.
If a 350 watt version cuts the softwood blanks ok, then i'll look for one of similar size as it be much cheaper?
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