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11-13-2015, 05:32 PM
My girlfriend and I are visiting some friends in the San Francisco area and happened upon a really cool spot. One of the guys working showed us around. It was probably one of the coolest woodworking things I've seen.
http://educationaltallship.org/ http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w493...zpsdbatqpdm.jpg  
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11-13-2015, 06:43 PM
I meant to post this in the woodworking forum. They definitely had some great power tools.
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11-13-2015, 11:58 PM
I;m just happy that you posted the pics.
What is that tool behind the BS? What kind of boat/ship are they building?
"the most important safety feature on any tool is the one between your ears." - Ken Vick
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11-14-2015, 12:09 AM
Happy birthday iclark. This is my world although on a much grander scale.
I think what you are actually seeing is part of the band saw itself. It's called a ships saw, the table always stays horizontal, for bevels both wheels rotate through the arc of that 'C'. There should be a crank off to the side so that as a big frame is cut to shape the "apprentice" would be cranking furiously so the changing bevel is cut at the same time as the frame. Very efficient. Jim
http://ancorayachtservice.com/ home of the Chain Leg Vise.
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11-14-2015, 01:30 AM
Jin,
Thank you for the explanation and for the B'day wish. Both are appreciated. Ivan
"the most important safety feature on any tool is the one between your ears." - Ken Vick
A wish for you all: May you keep buying green bananas.
11-16-2015, 01:34 PM
Yep.
That bandsaw is a "ship saw". As a Scandinavian traditionalist I don't like some of the American style woodworking machines....... but American style ship saws are excellent machines we Europeans cannot match only envy. I wish someone had exported them to my country.
Part timer living on the western coast of Finland. Not a native speaker of English
11-14-2015, 07:12 AM
Lot of work putting that frame around the hole in the water.
Money goes in through the top and magically disappears... From my neck of the woods: http://iyrs.edu/
11-14-2015, 09:12 AM
iclark, their website calls it a brigantine. They had a couple of very large bandsaws that didn't tilt also.
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