Building a Whaleboat, Episode Two 

Thanks for the thought. As for my channel blowing up, I never expected so many people to respond to this the way they have. It really blows me away every time I look at the numbers. I had no idea there were that many of us out there.

He is pretty amazing. I have another friend named Rob who is also amazing. I don't know if it's something with the name, or what. Anyway I might have a chance to bring you some of his work sometime in April. That may not be part of the whaleboat series, but you're not going to want to miss seeing his work, either.

I'm glad you found them, too.

Thanks for the kind words, Rich. Another great resource of ship modeling information is the USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild. I've been a member there for about 12 or 15 years and if you've got questions, chances are very good, there's someone in the Guild with the answer. When the virus restrictions end, the Guild will go back to meeting at the USS Constitution Museum at the Charlestown Navy Yard the first Tuesday of the month. Visitors are always welcome, or you can join online (www.usscmsg.org/). Either way, it serves to promote ship mode building and further the craft. Check it out. In the meantime, I'm glad you are getting something out of the videos and I hope you'll continue watching. Maybe see you in Boston?

It's your comments and enthusiasm that keeps me at this.

@@shipmodelguy Here is my progress of this episode! imgur.com/a/mNUyYMd

@@DrTheRich You've gotten a lot further on your hull than I have on mine. And with a lot less sawdust too, I'll bet. Looks great! I can't believe you did this!

Thanks, Arthur.

Bob, Treating each thing I make as a complete model unto itself is something I've been spouting on about for years and in the videos. To see you say the same thing is a validation-thank you. And, all three of my friends named Rob build pretty amazing models. Hope to see you soon, Old Friend.

@@shipmodelguy Thanks for the kudos, you got the "old" part right!

@@robertcraig5741 For us all, I'm afraid...

I have an old set, myself. Love 'em

Thanks, Amad.

Ariel, I just now saw this comment. Sorry, Brother. No, I've never built the CW Morgan. I built the Kate Cory about 5 years ago. Being a brig as opposed to a larger ship or bark made the project a bit easier as there were only four whaleboats that had to be made, not six or seven. Tom

Oh nvm i see that they are not just different scales but also different shapes

I like the one you saw in the video tour of my shop, the Sieg 3 14" lathe for Little Machine Shop. It's not cheap, though. With the tooling and a couple of basic accessories, it was well over a grand.