Shop Notes

American Wire Gauge Chart

Listing of diameters corresponding to various wire gauge numbers

Artwork for Photo-Etching

How to create artwork for mail-order photo-etching services

Beam Beveling Jig

A thickness sander jig for applying one or more constant bevels to a strip of wood

Belaying Pins

A method for producing consistently-shaped belaying pins

Choosing and Milling Wood

Commercial Sources of Milled Wood

Common Tool Definitions

Divider Sheet

Drill Bit Chart

Listing of fractional, numbered, and letter gauge drill bits

General Brush Painting Tips

A few general notes on brush painting

Hand Tools for the Model Builder

A listing of essential and nice-to-have tools for building ship models from kits or from scratch

Hull Plating Reference

Intro to Solid Edge 2D – Pattern for Truncated Cone

Laying Up and Carving Solid Hulls

Guidelines for bread-and-butter style hull construction

Making Barrels

A method for constructing barrels

Making Sails with Silkspan

Milling Shear and Camber

Painting Human Figures

Tips on the painting of human figures

Photo Editing

Photo Etching

Scraper for Head Rails and Moldings

A handmade tool that can be used to create moldings and to apply edge grooves to objects such as head rails.

Screw Clearance Hole Chart

Close-fit and Free-fit clearance holes for standard screw sizes

Sculpted Figures

Tap Drill Chart

Listing of appropriate drill size for taps #0 through 1″, for soft and hard materials

Tapering Jig

Precise taper on parts too long to easily cut with a tapering jig on a hobby-sized table saw