Sailingthe7seas

Aloha nui e, Pat

Thank you for the helpful suggestions.  My nam is Ron I live in a small town on the central coast of California. In 1999 The Bark Endeavour stopped in Morro Bay and I had the opportunity to serve as a docent while they were in port.  In November of that year I served as volunteer crew in the Hawaiian waters.  While the Bark was in Nawiliwili, Kauai, Hawaii I surprised my wife by having the Captain perform a vow renewal ceremony in the great cabin the date was 17 November 1999.  That is the reason I'm working on building a model for our home.  Presently I am working on the shrouds and ratlines on the mizzenmast mast, and trying to tie the dead eyes on the top for the upper shrouds which is challenging for my fat fingers.  Any suggestions on how to tie the futtocks?  Having Parkinson's makes the challenge greater.  I just work on it when the Parkinson's is settled down.  Having been up in the rigging helps me understand things a little better.

Mahalo nui

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  ron

3 minutes ago, BANYAN said:

Thanks for looking in and comments Eddie and ST7S   Sorry don't know what name to use?

 

The wooden mouse form was about 4mm long and  to 3mm at max across - it had a slightly conical off axis shape if that makes sense?  More like a ball/bead with one side drawn out a bit.  I was able to turn these on my mini-lathe, but you could take a bead and add some putty, or even two-part epoxy to one side then shape it when dry, redrilling the hole if necessary on one side.

 

cheers

 

Pat

Mahalo nui loa e, Banyan

i am working on my HMB Endeavour and am at the stage where I need to weave the mouse and I came across your posting   What diameter are you making the wooden form for the mouse?

Mahalo nui loa e, Banyan

i am working on my HMB Endeavour and am at the stage where I need to weave the mouse and I came across your posting   What diameter are you making the wooden form for the mouse?