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    Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
  • Interests
    Spin and fly fishing;
    Violin and fiddle (you need to understand the difference to get this);
    Wood carving;
    Reading historical/fiction;
    Use to do a lot of sailing and hunting when I was much younger.

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  21. AON
    What a beautiful example of rigging of a ship. If you keep up this standard she will be a master build. Well done!
  22. AON
    Like the hot sauce... I use it everywhere too!
  23. AON
    The camera doesn't lie. I see no blemishes at all. Well done! When will you be scheduling classes?
  24. AON
    On the other hand... I imagine they used what they had. If you didn't have a fiddle block of the appropriate size you "McGyvered" one of your own!
  25. AON
    Well then, I'm in good company!
  26. AON
    Just wondering... I wonder why a set of blocks nested end to end was used as opposed to a fiddle block? ...not expecting an answer, unless someone knows!
  27. AON
    First let me say I haven't done a miniature eye splice (yet) and I am impressed with anyone that manages it so well. With full size rope, I find that gripping it either side of where the eye splice will be, twisting to unravel the strands and pushing both hands together will open the strands to get a spike or fid into and hold it. I imagine with small scale rope (1:64) the same will likely be true, the needle being your fid or spike, though a third hand might be useful. This might make it easier to make sure you don't pass a strand through a strand. When the splice is done I would put it on the floor, step on it with my shoe, and roll it back an forth under my body weight to tighten it up. I imagine rolling the scaled down version between a pinched thumb and finger would do the same thing. One day I will have to try this all for myself.
  28. AON
    Great job. Looks amazing! BZ How many fingers were sacrificed?
  29. AON
    you certainly made that look easy.
  30. AON
    I honestly do not know. How quickly did people receive the information and actually implement it?
  31. AON
    Dave You are going to chase your tail on this one. These are rules of thumb they worked to in that age... but they weren't chiselled in stone if you get my drift. Also, getting it dead nuts on seems really important right now, it took me about two years to get comfortable with working to a reduced scale and the "close enough" concept. The difference between the two calculations at 1:64 scale is indistinguishable to look at and absolutely no one is going to take a vernier to you model but you. If you can actually make your mast exactly to scale your better than me. It is akin to a ship build contract stating what length and breadth the vessel was to be built to... and when done they wrote in the actual dimensions on the drawing.
  32. AON
    looking very smart and clean! BZ
  33. AON
    Dave I had a quick look at your sheet. If I look at the data for the main mast in cell C13 that reads 48.94 feet the formula for that cell is =AG136 Cell AG136 is hidden. If I scroll to where it should be (down to line 136 and across to row AG and unhide it I see all the calculation cells. Cell AF103 hasn't populated the length of the deck properly. It populated the beam so the formula should be (Beam + Deck Length)/2= main mast length but the cell is telling it to add (Beam + Beam)/2
  34. AON
    I looked in The Fully Framed Model vol.4 by David Antscherl, The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships by C Nepean Longridge, The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor by Darcy Lever, The Masting and Rigging of English Ships of War 1625-1860 by James Lee, and the back chapters of Rees's Naval Architecture. Though difficult to tell by looking at some of the images, some straps/strops were definitely served. Like the Jeer and Quarter blocks. Others on smaller blocks on the yards don't seem to be served. Long strops seemed to be served whereas short strops on blocks forming a becket (eye) don't seem to be served. At this moment it is all very confusing to me. Possibly someone more experienced could offer guidance.
  35. AON
    I will crack open some books this evening and get back to you.

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