Atkin Little Peter

[jsjpd1]

Sounds like an interesting approach. How are you planning to cut out the sheet?

[P-man]

i'm hoping my scroll saw is up to it, but haven't had it long and not sure if it's capable of that. i may try a dremel if that fails.

[P-man]

first attempt at an oarlock:



i was going to open up the center more, but decided i need some thicker sheet. i'll just call this a prototype.

[Bill Perkins]

Your model has huge charm .What scale are you working to ? I'm looking at your tool setup .I don't have a dremel or the tiny clamps .Any other key tools one would want ?

[P-man]

Your model has huge charm .What scale are you working to ? I'm looking at your tool setup .I don't have a dremel or the tiny clamps .Any other key tools one would want ?

thanks. i'm working at 1 1/2 inch equals 1 foot (1/8th). one tool that i used on just about every piece of wood in the boat is a small plane. i mostly used a little Stanley trim plane. i didn't really use the dremel all that often. i got a little mini table saw that was also helpful. it doesn't have blade depth or tilt adjustment but the fence and miter guide are very useful.



a scroll saw was very handy too.

[P-man]

[P-man]

spars and oarlocks still to do.

[P-man]

a friend on fb mentioned that i need a little bailing bucket so ...

[Bill Perkins]

Huh.Never seen a mini tablesaw befor.

[Breakaway]

Gaw-jess!

[P-man]

Gaw-jess!

thanks. i guess the bucket's a little big.

[P-man]

Huh.Never seen a mini tablesaw befor.

if you really want to get fancy, you can get the tilting arbor variety:

[jalmberg]

This thread is starting to get surreal! Nice job.

[P-man]

thanks, John.



shaping spars with my electric eraser:







i just need a sail.

[jsjpd1]

Very nicely done P-man! It's going to look great with a sail on it too. Are you going to build a display case for it?

Jim

[P-man]

thanks, Jim. yes, i suppose i'll have to make some kind of case. i just looked at some online and the smallest was $150, without glass, so i guess i'll be building something.

[P-man]

i wasn't even going to try to make a sail out of cloth, so i took a tip from Dynamite Payson and made it out of 1/64th birch plywood. i didn't know they could make plywood that thin. i cut it with scissors.

[P-man]

[jsjpd1]

Plywood for sails, who knew? The model turned out fantastic! When are you going to get started on the full sized version?

Jim

[P-man]

thanks, Jim. i need to try and redo some of the lines properly (my lame little cleats are difficult to tie off to) and it still doesn't have a main sheet. yeah, i liked the idea of the plywood. sails seem like one of the hardest aspects of a model to get the right look and i decided not to even try. as far as the full size version, the more i think about it, trying to learn to sail a small boat at my age and level of decrepitude is probably not a good idea, so i think i may build something more power oriented. currently i'm evaluating several candidates for my next model, probably something at 1/4 scale.