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Clayjo707 
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Posted on: May 14 2013,7:34 am |
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I moved to Albert Lea in 2010. In that time I finished a 7.5 year project to build the Swedish warship Vasa (the only intact 17th century warship in the world) in miniature and from scratch. Here are some pics of my work:
Through this project, I also discovered that I can carve sculpture in wood...
I also like to build historic firearms.
My Baker rifle:
And a matchlock musket that I built after one from Vasa (I carved the stock for this one):
In 2011 I made some 1:10 scale Vasa artillery that went to the Vasa museum in Stockholm Sweden to be displayed on their 1:10 scale model.
A pic of the masters that I made for making molds:
And some of the installation in Sweden:
You can see more of my work here:
https://sites.google.com/site/clayton707/home
Enjoy!!
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Pretzel Logic
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Posted on: May 14 2013,9:10 am |
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Absolutley amazing. ! 
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I stepped up on the platform
The Man gave me the news
He said you must be jokin' son
Where did you get those shoes?
Wally & Don
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Expatriate
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Posted on: May 14 2013,10:23 am |
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 true artisan
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History is no more than the lies agreed upon by the victors.
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Grinning_Dragon
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Posted on: May 14 2013,11:38 am |
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Well done. A fine job.
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memoria of cado frater ,Semper fidelis
*The object of war is NOT to DIE for YOUR Country, but to make the OTHER BASTARD DIE for HIS...Patton
My Constitutional Rights trump your dead.
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This is my real name
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Posted on: May 14 2013,11:58 am |
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That is some amazing work!
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PEZ the only candy you eat after your favorite fictional character spits it out of their tracheotomy hole.
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Clayjo707
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Posted on: May 14 2013,12:40 pm |
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Thank you!
I am happy to share my work with others. 
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grassman
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Posted on: May 14 2013,9:57 pm |
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Well done! Patience is a virtue.
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git er done!
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hairhertz
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Posted on: May 15 2013,5:31 am |
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terrific accomplishment.....
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metis movement
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Botto 82
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Posted on: May 15 2013,8:59 am |
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Thank you for posting those pictures of your amazing work!
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Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
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Clayjo707
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Posted on: May 15 2013,9:12 am |
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Thank you!
I just wrote a short biography on myself as well on my website that explains how I got to live in Albert Lea:
https://sites.google.com/site/clayton707/a-short-biography
My wife and I like it here. It is quiet and we like the slow pace, but yet there is a big enough population to support businesses that provide most things that you need.
Cheers!
Clayton
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