Help for fellow carvers

decoycarve · #1 06-10-2005, 09:33 PM

As you can probably tell by some of my other posts I like to make things to make carving easy. I have built my own roughout machine and a few other tools that make carving more enjoyable. Art is hard for me, but carving came easy. In machine work you start out with a block of some metal or plastic and you set it up in a lathe or mill and take away until you have the finished product. Well we do about the same when we carve. I have a small machine shop and welding equipment at my shop (I am also an advid motorcycle nut). If any one needs something made for something let me know. I am sure a lot of you have thought of different holding devices or fixtures but just don't know anyone to make the metal parts or weld a base or something. Well now you do!
Goody
P.S. Couldn't Help it! Had to show one of my bikes>

Hi_Ho_Sliver · #2 06-10-2005, 09:55 PM

That is a beautiful bike! looks like a trophy, wonder why LOL........every once in awhile I wish I had access to a machine shop for some little part or design, may take you up on it someday...thanks

Hugh · #3 06-10-2005, 11:53 PM

Gorgeous bike, haven't seen your carvings yet, but if the detail on the bike is any indication. Seen a pair of new Harleys in a shop window around 1959. I was in the Canadian Airforce, and on leave touring Buffalo NY. It left a life long picture with me of beautiful big bikes like yours. Thanks for sharing the photo.

squbrigg · #4 06-11-2005, 07:07 AM

Wow, that's quite a skooter! Sure has a lot of chrome to polish, bet she rides like a dream. Nice lathe in the background, a great machine if you can master the skills, so many things you can do with it. Thank you for a peek into Goody's world!

Bob

decoycarve · #5 06-11-2005, 09:52 PM

Bob,
In another post you mentioned building ships! I build model boats of the Chesapeake Bay. I have a skipjack that I have been working on for about two years now. One of the things that I want to run my duplicator is boat or ship hulls. Another thing that I have on hold is trying A tug boat. I have been collecting data about them and one day I am going to try to lay up a hull. The lathe is priceless for making small winch parts and other small brass fittings for the boats. I haven't thought about the boats for a while until now.
Goody
P.S. How many times did you superglue your fingers to the ship before you found out about the dress pin trick?

squbrigg · #6 06-12-2005, 07:03 AM

Goody....your duplicator would be perfect for roughing out ships hulls .... you could run off a whole fleet of them in "jig time!" Wish I had your metal lathe....my only shortfall....have to carve all my canon barrels by hand and or borrow a lathe, or as a last resort, buy barrels ( I hate buying fittings, so much nicer when you do your own). Using my Dremel lately for some of them, it does a great job on deadeyes, in wood. Really should have a Unimat or Taig lathe though. I have to make 8 barrels for the forecastle and quarterdeck 9 pounders, using Ebony, so that will take a while. At the scale I'm doing (1:96) they are pretty small and I want to get them right, as they will be right there on the upper deck, each ends up only 1.19" long.

Seldome use CA glue (Superglue) darn fumes are too strong and I have great luck with plain old white glue. Only wood to metal do I use CA, and not even much of that, I'd rather make a tight fit than use the stuff.....scares me to death that stuff, too hard to ship model with my fingers stuck together, as you say!

Love to see your Skipjack...any chance of pictures of her progress? Lovely little vessel, great lines and design.

Bob