Don Quixote

Thanks, Canute. I must admit I prefer wrenching to wood:) I should have just bought 2 ships. I think I've done everything at least twice, and the ports a half dozen times. But I'm learning and having a heck of a lot of fun. 2 years at it now. Glue something, play freecell, glue, play...

Made some .062" Diameter studs to mount in the deck and drilled holes in the 1/8" square vertical posts to stabilize, strengthen and help keep things square.

My Jerry rigging job to keep the fife rails square.

I always thought it was jury rigging, not jerry. I think juries should be rigged. My motto: "Hang 'em!" What did he do, anyway?

Apple beer? Ugh. No wonder America is always at war.

 

the cinema

I should have known that! All the Ken Follett I've read... Never would have thought of maths. Plural.

I just ad my atrociously spelled words the the dictionary.

See what happens when you cross cultures and sh**? - The Soprano's; Christopher Moltisanti just before he commits his first murder.

 

I'm looking to switch over Linux in the next year

I like Linux Mint mate. It's actually Ubuntu with a usable interface. VERY easy to install and update apps. Some 65,000 apps available to install right from the built in searchable installer, plus whatever else is on the internet. As far as multi media goes, it's hands down. Other than Ubuntu, it's the only distro that I know of that has every video, music and image transcoder and codex installed out of the box. There is simply NO WAY to run netflix on my second favorite distro, OpenSuse. Google "how to install netflix on ubuntu" and you'll find the very first link - and most that follow - how simple it is. The install will automatically install wine and configure it for you. Streaming hulu runs right out of the box.

Now... Check this out. https://www.virtualbox.org/This app is free from Adobe and allows you to install almost any O/S on top of your existing O/S. Not duel boot. It'll be a virtual system. You can then install apps on the virtual linux to see what it's like and to test the various flavors.

You're welcome to send a PM anytime and I'll help with what I can. I've been running Linux since 1992.

Like I say, it's the system I'm using. I don't use Windoze, I use Linux. The system was developed in Great Britain.

Just wondering if the British use Film instead of movie and arithmetic instead of math.

Thanks, though:)

Started working on the bilge pump. Plans say to see view "3-N" for details. Traced 'em all out, started building it, some of my best work yet! Then I noticed it says something about 3/8" = 1'. ???  Looked at the plans from the deck point of view and... Holy crap! This thing is 3 times taller than the captains skylight. I realised it would take 3 Dallas Cowboy cheer leaders standing on each others shoulders to reach the handle of the pump. Guess I'll have to do some math.\

Question for any English folks that might be following this: The system I'm using recognises British spellings, not American English. Like neighborhood is the way to spell that in America, but in England it's spelled Neighbourhood. But there is no way to spell math. No matter what, it has that little red squiggly line under it. Same with movie. Do you actually spell out arithmetic instead of math?

I mean, okay, film is shorter than movie, that I'm down with, but can't y'all get a little lazy and call arithmetic math?

Thanks for the encouragement, Mark and Greg.

I think I will do the fife rails first and I like the idea of the pins. I can't imagine anything more frustrating than belaying a line and pulling up the rails. Thantks for the tip.

Seeking advice. I have all the grating and sky lights/companionway..etc. done but have not mounted them yet. Should I install all the fife-rails before or after the buildings? I don't want to be fighting myself for finger room. I aim to install all the eye bolts near the fife rails before installing the fife rails them selves for the same reason.

I was a little nervous at first. But I have my CCW and a .45

So, here's where we're at. The boats were worse than the dead-eyes.

I know that's not how the wire around the dead-eyes is supposed to look, but this was easier and, at this point, I don't care. Come January I'll have 2 years into this beast. I figure she'll be done some time around 2021.

Bet y'all thought I'd given up, eh? Nope. Spent the summer with my beautiful Granddaughter. Mom and Dad back in Illinois, needed a cheap baby sitter. So, we spent some $3,000 getting her here and back to California, renting a cabin in the mountains...etc.

Thanks for the log, dude! I'm getting my butt kicked by my first build, the Niagara. I haven't updated my log in a long time... (busy fun filled summer with the granddaughter) but I'm working on the "stern?" boats now. I think I have more time into those that I do the entire rest of the ship including planking and cannons.

Wonderful work!

Working on the quarter boats, I use the bottom lift for a template for filing on the 2nd lift...ect. See how close to the edge the outline is on the 3rd lift? I knew that was a bad idea and didn't file nearly that close. Never the less, I have a gap. The only thing I can think of is to fill the inside with wood filler. Otherwise I'll end up with a large hole surrounded by paper. The other boat is the same way.

The laser cut pcs. are no where near the plans. Even filling with wood filler makes me uneasy. Not at all sure of the results might be.

Like the dog hair in the middle of the deck? It's a constant battle up a hill worth dying on that I always loose.

Thanks for the nice words. Glad I didn't glue them down yet, you're right. Hope I remember when the time comes to make them permanent:) Putting a small rectangle in the center of where it goes to remind me.

None of these are mounted yet, I want to get everything that goes on the bulwarks in, before I install anything that may get in the way of accessing the bulwarks.

 

I've learned a ton here

LOL. My process is to eliminate each and every thing that doesn't work, leaving me with only the one that does.

I don't have a 1/8" dowel for the capstan. The closest I have is .135". I take it you had to do some sanding?

I'll give that a try, thanks. BTW, I think your ship turned out beautifully!

I'm working on the capstan. Page 20 in the book, details 3-d on page 3 of the plans. How does one make the black metal ring on top? Looking at Laxet's, it doesn't look like it's painted on... Can't begin to imagine how to make that.

I'm doing her with no sails, so nope. Don't need 'em. Not doing 'em then.

Thanks once again.

On page three of the plans I see several "sheaves". What the heck are those? I don't see anything anywhere on what they are or how to make them.

Remind me not to play poker with you... Cheater:)