davyboy
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British naval warships 17th and 18th centuries. Travel in S.E Asia. Reading.
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Mini Table Saw recommendations
davyboy replied to captainscott's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Have you tried sticking it to a backing piece of thin (1/8" or so plywood) I can't speak for styrene but I successfully cut 0,015" copper and brass sheet doing that on my Proxxon KS 230 saw using their thin fine toothed # 28020 50mm blade. Just take it slowly so you don't melt the styrene plastic. Dave -
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Not a good idea,think about it. Throwing a towel over a rotating chuck or for that matter any rotating object Dave
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Zero Clearance for Table Saws
davyboy replied to DelF's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Simply done. I just run a length of aluminium tape on both sides of the blade when I use their 0,5 mm blade. When I use their wider blades I simply remove the tape. Dave- 12 replies
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davyboy replied to DelF's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
It works perfectly,I've been doing that for ages on my KS230 when using their 0,5 mm blade. Best to remove the splitter then you can tape right to the back. Dave- 12 replies
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That brought back a few memories for me. Back in the 1960's I was in the RAF and stationed in Bahrein our sea angling club used to regularly go on weekend fishing trips on Arab boats. No such luxury as a sponge on a stick there,a packing case hung over the stern with a plank knocked out of the bottom and a bucket on a rope for ones ablutions. No one I knew took bog paper with them Happy days,at least the sea was warm there.
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Byrnes Alternatives - Saw and Thickness Sander?
davyboy replied to Jcredding's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Hi there Slowhand, Google Proxxon FET table saw review. There you will find a video and info on the tool,the article is just under the row of adverts. Go for it,it's a good buy,I've had mine for a number of years. Only thing I didn't like was that stupid plastic blade guard,I removed mine straight away. Dave -
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davyboy replied to James Flynn's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Hi James, FWIW David Antscherl and Greg Herberts books on building a Model of HMS Speedwell 1752 can be obtained from Seawatch Books. You have a choice to build at 1:48th scale a model in solid lift,plank on bulkhead or fully framed, the plans are excellent and fully detailed. There are several build logs of Chuck Passaro's kit of Speedwell at 1:32nd here on the forum in the kit build section,look at these to give you an idea of what's involved with a POF build of a just a small ship. Chuck also has his original build in the scratch build section which is considerably further on than the kit builds. My build of her at 1:48th is POB in Box and Pear which is almost finished after 5 1/2 years and is 85 cm long from Transom to jib boom tip,POF would have taken me much longer. You could of course easily have the plans enlarged,bear in mind if you doubled up you would have a model 1.7 metres long from Transom to Bowsprit tip Thats about the size of a 3 decked first rate at 1:48th with a damned sight less work involved. Anyway I wish you luck in your quest. Dave -
Hi Johann, that is very interesting indeed,one learns something new every day. The English had something similar,the Topsail Tie Block itself was connected by a strop to a Bullseye free to run on the Backstay. I expect it had much the same purpose,however I read it was just to prevent the Tie Block and Halliard falling onto the deck causing damage or injury if the Tie was severed in battle. One shouldn't believe all that one reads I guess. Kind regards, Dave
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Hi Johann, You asked in a previous post about the correct attachment of braces to the stays. Karl Marquardt's book 18th Century Rigs and Rigging has on Pages 101 & 102 brace rigging diagrams of English,French and German methods which may be of assistance to you. You may of course have already found an answer but I thought it was worth mentioning anyway. Gruss. Dave
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