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Will develope when I am finished smoothing the wings to the final shape
Love turning poplar, it is a great wood to turn.
My Goose plug crafted with traditional woodworking tools and lofted with traditional naval architecture lofting practices
2010-12-21
Well it’s crazy busy in preparation of the Christmas holiday, I managed to glue up some slow growth SPF for the wing stubs, it’s been very cold and my wood glues viscosity is not flowing well but I triumphed over the Elmer’s glue (I prefer slow growth soft woods; in my humble opinion they behave well with hand tools, unlike fast growth…).
I have been reading many boat building books to broaden my traditional lofting and building skills; contained within a few of the books is a process called “Taking Off Lines” A simple but fascinating process of obtaining geometry from an object that has no plan or Table Of Offsets. I have often pondered how to obtain geometry from museum aircraft without complex & cumbersome equipment, thankfully the boat builders have figured all this out. One other outstanding facet of these nautical books is the methods of construction and the amazing illustrations contained within them (priceless).
http://www.museumsmallcraft.org/Boats/Boats.pdf