I bought this Drill Press from Micro mark around the beginning of this year, but this is the first time I’ve had to use it.
I used it to Drill out the Holes for the Fife Rail. I found that I cannot seem to get the holes exactly right using my Dremel! ..
As expected, this Drill Press works great and is perfect as a portable Drill Press that I can move around to my Work Table, etc…
It has a Variable Speed Control on the side. Also an adjustable Pull-Down Handle and Height Adjustment.
I ordered some special wood from Australia. I ordered it from Modeler’s Central. It’s called Bendable Beach. I’m going to make the bend laterally, which this wood is the only one capable of bending like that without breaking!
I just bought this item in order to hold all these Bitts as I’m making them. I absolutely love it!
You’ll want some kind of Desk Mounted Magnifying Glass with a Light for this kind of work.
LANCOSC 2-in-1 Magnifying Glass with Light and Stand
Something like this Light would be good…
I have these two Squares. Especially handy for cutting exactly right on a Board or Plank.
I bought these at Michaels for $7.99 / Pack.
Artist Loft is the Brand. They aren’t bad quality either for what I need them for.
When applying Contact Cement, my favorite Brushes are these Flat ones…
You have to dispose of these Brushes after every use because they become hard.
I also use a Variety of Higher Quality Artist Brushes for Detail Work.
You need the smaller Brushes to apply Acrylic Paint on the Wood. 🙄🤔
I save my Sawdust for later use. It’s great as Putty with some CA Glue.
Sawdust and CA Glue does a great job of filling in Gaps so the lighter wood underneath doesn’t show. 🤔🙄
Some Gaps in the Bow I filled in. .. 🤔🙄
I had a couple of spots that I needed to use this DAP Plastic Wood as Wood Putty.
Check out the Hyperlink for a link to DAP.
I used it on my Bow at the very bottom where the fairing needed straightening out.
And on the Stern for a couple of Spots…
The idea is to use as little Putty as possible. Which is why I bought the 3oz Tube. It tends to dry out if you leave it for too long. 🤔🙄
I threw out the old Cardboard Shoe Box that I was using. ..
I built this simple Wooden Stand around 3 or 4 Ships ago… . 🤔🙄