Since it's dark in the evenings, there's not much work done on the boat these days.Instead, I tried my hand at a little letter carving, since the boat will need a name.
The boat will be called Lady Caroline.
This is a first try, and a little rough around the edges, but I think it turned out pretty good for a first try.
Nice job Dave!
ReplyDeleteIt's difficult to get a sense of scale from the photo - how tall are the letters? Also what tools did you use?
About 2.5 inches tall.
ReplyDeleteI used flexcut chisels. See http://www.flexcut.com/
A skew, ans some various gouges to get the corners.
And a small plane old Marples chisel for the straight bits.
The carving looks really good Dave. I see that you've accomplished much over the summer... good work too.
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Hi Dave, nice reading your blog.
ReplyDeletekeep it up.
I am also building a boat down south in waterford, a steel cruiser. http://deboet.blogspot.com
lets keep an eye on each other.regards
Dirk.