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Karl your build is amazing, I would have trouble being as organized I would be going back to square one all the time. Michael- 662 replies
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Ed, The mortising and rabbeting of the beams and the way you made the knees is such clean accurate work, very inspirational. Michael
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I think that this would be a great contribution to the ship modelling community. Wonderful craftsmanship Mark. Michael
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John, Thanks for the info. Sherry, that you for your kind words. Today I took a break from the treenailing and had a bit of fun with some English Boxwood that I purchased in 1972 it was a small log billet about 24 inches long by about 3 inches in diameter. Now I know why people use boxwood for model shipbuilding. What a lovely wood to work with. 1) a small piece cut off the billet 2) made a slot with a shortened zip bit that I ground the tip to cut like a fly cutter. 3) fretted out an oval with the jewelers saw 4) machined up a sheave out of brass and pressure fitted it to the ball race and did some final shaping of the boxwood 5)assembled the sheave with a piece of 1/8th brass rod that is a press fit 6) added some 1 inch diameter rope which is 1/8thinch in 1 1/2 inch scale 7) tomorrow I will figure out how to attach the blocks rope for attaching to the boom. This was a lot of fun, all the blocks will be made this way. luckily it is not a fully rigged 3 master or I will be 100 before this "tub" gets finished. Michael
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Hi Popeye, just went through the entire picture show, looks like it will be a neat build. Michael
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Ilhan, What a beautiful model, the planking looks super. michael
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Klaus the model look beautiful. I will follow along. Michael
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John I think you are underestimating the value that your log contributes to the sum of knowledge on this forum!! Could you not add a shorter set so that some context is provided and that the members don't think that you stole Harry Potter's Wand and just materialized the wonderful model out of thin salty air? Michael
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Frank thanks for you kind comment. John, I have no Idea what I am going to use it for I just tried it out. What would left hand rope normally be used for? Today I put the rope machine away so that I can concentrate on the boat. I drilled out the holes for the treenails and started to glue them in I decided to use the ordinary carpenters glue without colour. A slow task but somebody has to do it , It is good to be building again. Michael
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Surprise Discovery of AL Charles Morgan
michael mott replied to Shazmira's topic in Wood ship model kits
Great story Robbyn, go for it and finish it off. Michael -
Another Rope Walk
michael mott replied to michael mott's topic in Rope Making/Ropewalks's Rope Materials and parts resources
Jay thanks for the link, I enjoyed the other videos that are also about rope making that are listed at the end, I checked a few out. Michael -
Thanks for the pictures of you wonderful model. I like your jigs and metalwork as well. Michael
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What is your favorite hand tool(s)??
michael mott replied to Modeler12's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Now that you mention I was wondering what was so familiar about Ron's Avatar picture. Michael -
What is your favorite hand tool(s)??
michael mott replied to Modeler12's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Ron it is very important to ensure that you sharpen from the bevel side only. Michael -
What is your favorite hand tool(s)??
michael mott replied to Modeler12's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Ron once you have sharpened the chisel on the stone, then if you strop it (remember the scenes in movies of the barber stopping the single edged razor) use an old leather belt and pull the blade towards you first one side then the other holding it from the handle so that the chisel is in line with the belt. If you do not have any polishing compound put a little toothpaste on the belt and it will bring up a razor sharp edge that you can literally shave with. If I cannot shave with a cutting tool knife or chisel then it is not sharp enough for me. A dull tool is a dangerous tool. I like to use the Japanese water stones for the stone work. Michael -
Nice design Garward. Michael
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Another Rope Walk
michael mott replied to michael mott's topic in Rope Making/Ropewalks's Rope Materials and parts resources
I spent the afternoon transferring the headstock and tailstock to the 10 foot piece of fir and eliminated one piece that had the winder for the steel wire. The full length of the strands to start were 110 inches I was able to make a full 7 feet of 3/8 scale rope that scales out to 56 scale feet. Next I will try with a lighter weight and see what that does with the same threads. I will sort out a swivel for the passive end. This will do for now. Michael
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Garward I like the cutters very nice. Neat set up with the dial indicators Jay. Michael
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Another Rope Walk
michael mott replied to michael mott's topic in Rope Making/Ropewalks's Rope Materials and parts resources
Carl, thanks for the link, I think that if I can make lengths of say ten feet I will be satified with that for hand cranking. Garward, thanks for looking in. Sinan, this seems to work pretty well. now all I have to do is learn the ropes today I set up some modifications to use the rope walk horizontally. first I made a swivel that was too big and too heavy I used a ball race inside the tube but it did not work the way I wanted, I will see if there is a lightweight one available commercially. I took it off and just used a hook with some 50lb fishing line over the pulley which I gleaned from the scrap box. here is the set up perched on the drafting board (temporarily a large shelf) The top with 12 strands ready for making rope. and the whirl end after 5 minutes. 3/8" = 3 strands 1/2" = 6 strands 1" = 12 strands so now to try a longer base I have a 10 foot length of fir so will try that first. Michael
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Carl thanks for the link, neat stuff. Sinan, thanks Elia Glad you like the rope I have been practicing today. I made some more rope today with the machine horizontal, both RH and LH . All made from embroidery thread The 3/8 rope is 3 strands The 1/2 inch is 6 strands The 1 inch is 12 strands more pics of the rope walk mod on the tools thread. Michael
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Another Rope Walk
michael mott replied to michael mott's topic in Rope Making/Ropewalks's Rope Materials and parts resources
Carl thanks, today I am going to see if I can make this walk work horizontally, then I will be able to make longer rope. Michael -
Yes Walter is keeping an eye on things. Michael
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Kip great to see that you too are resurrecting old builds. your model of Bluenose looks great.I will follow along and am looking forward to seeing how you continue. Michael
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Another Rope Walk
michael mott replied to michael mott's topic in Rope Making/Ropewalks's Rope Materials and parts resources
Carl thanks I did make a change to the top travel guide, I slipped a tube through it to give better support like this. then I made this new 3/4 rope in 1/8th scale. Michael
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Elia a graceful hull and fine execution of the planking. I will be following along. Michael
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