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Hello Ed just catching up, stunning work as one has come to know is always the case. I couldn't help noticing in this photograph the different apparent scale of the thimble and lashings and the small eye bolt in the deck, somehow i would have thought that for this application the designers of the original ship would have used a bigger eye bolt at the deck. I have no knowledge of these things other than my intuition. Regards Michael- 3,606 replies
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Hello Keith, I am doing a quick catch up and will be only visiting a little for the next three months we sold our place and are moving house to the City, I shall consider the sloped floor in the new shop. Back to my quoting your comment. I needed to make some rounded strips for a project and stretched some wire of the right diameter then sanded one side flat with some wet and dry cut it to lengths and then soldered them they worked out very well. sorry I don't have a pic at hand. The overall work you are doing on this build is spectacular. Michael
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Excellent work E&T Congratulations on the display at Greenwich. michael
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Keith, a very interesting way to make the turnbuckle ends, I like the way you used a tool holder as a small vice. You rally are a master of working brass. Michael
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More tools - Luthier, jeweler, fly-tying
michael mott replied to vossiewulf's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
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Thanks Keith I could not remember the name of the outfit that made the hulls. michael
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Hello Don, I do not know of any Kits although at one time there was a hull that was either vac formed or glass fibre one that approx 46 inches long. In this months Wooden Boat magazine there are some nice plans of a 29 foot daysailer along the lines of a traditional pilot Cutter. Michael
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I have to agree with Greg on the brasswork, Keith it is beautifully executed. Nice tip on the fret wire Riccardo. Michael
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At risk of hijacking your thread here is a sinmple riveting tool I made to do this work in brass. the punches are made from 1/4 inch drill rod with brass anvils quite complex layouts ate possible or very straight sets using the fence One of the sets of straight lines on a OO gauge model of one of the Crew loco works engines. A fine ball point pen works well also in soft brass or copper. Michael
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Keith that is a really beautiful tool, when it is cranked up does the flywheel effect of the face plate also disengage from the handle so that the user can just take hold and give more turns to keep up the momentum like the free wheel on a bicycle. Michael
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Martin if you have the option to open two tabs of the MSW at the same time then you can work in one of the tabs and look at the other one to follow. Michael
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Keith, that really is scraping the bottom of the barrel! I didn't realize that times are that tight. Michael
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I am showing how I changed the name of one of the links in my signature as an example of how to create an active signature link. this is the third attempt to do this today because I apparently used an illegal SLQ link while trying to illustrate this process I shall do this in stages because of time outs. go to your profile edit and click on the account settings and click the signature button and a page like the previous image will appear. I deleted the text of Maria 1:2 and left only the description, then retyped a new description then the address of the thread was copied this is the address that appears in the URL bar at the top of your browser. once you have copied the address , then highlight the new description. click on the link icon which looks like a chain link and a new screen pops up where you paste the URL address. The address below is of your own thread as an example of how it should look. my one is of my own thread. After you have pasted the link press the inset button and it will look like the image above with the words underlined indicating the link. Now you can change the color using the font color icon If the admins have a better descrpition it would be useful because the pinned one in the how to use the forum appears to be for the old site. I hope this is helpful Martin Michael
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Martin, thanks for the pictures of this yacht. The interior looks stunning what a grand place to live in. Keith..... I am now suffering a serious case of tool envy, that is a beautiful piece of watchmaking machinery.....in my next life I want to be born as a Victorian Swiss toolmaker.... Michael
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Micro Drill Press
michael mott replied to michael mott's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Made me laugh out loud, So far I have really only used the drilling aspect of the micro mill/drill quite a few other projects have become priorities. Now that the Yacht club docks are in I can get on with fixing my sailboat after the deck was damaged by a 30 foot mast falling onto it. As I use it I will keep notes about what I like or not about its operation. Michael -
Hello Keith... Kudos on the mast and boom work. Hmm Model railroad track such a valuable resource. I have thought about making cleats from the brass G scale track. Michael
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Hi Nils, just doing a little catching up, things are looking very nice. The last picture shows just how interesting all the little details are. Michael
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Hello Martin, I am one of the folk here who happen to really like Victorian Cutters. This is the first time I have seen you log since I have not been on the forum foe a few days, well I'm logged on but have been busy with the docks at the yacht club. Since you lived on the boat that you are building a model of, do you have any pictures of it when you lived on it? The mahogany light looks very nice. What is the overall length of the hull, the reason i ask is because when I did a float test on my cutter which is 63 inches long I was high in the water with 66 lbs of lead as ballast. I look forward to following along. Regards Michael
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Looks like it is time for me to take up knitting again. Beautifully executed deck work Alex. Michael
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Amazing Igor, the sail is a work of art all in itself. Michael
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Very nice work on the details Adrian. Michael
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Thank you Doris for the information about the glues. Michael
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