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I am also building the LATHAM. As for help and an excellent reference I highly recommend acquiring Howard L. Chapelle's "The American Fishing Schooners". It is an excellent book explaining the history of fishing schooners and is very detailed on individual ship hardware and equipment. Every time that I go into a new area of my project I go to this book. It explains everything about the schooners in detail with measurements and loads of drawings.
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Sgt Mike replied to orion's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
That is a good idea especially since the collets come in different sizes. Thanks for the tip. -
I have never seen this before but it looks interesting. Where did you find it or the plans?
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AS Maltbyguy above mentioned This last Christmas I built one of my great granddaughters a toy horse barn, using thin plywood with iron on veneer. This was my first experience with this material and I was surprised by it's end result and was thinking if this would work for model ship deck and hull planking. Is there anyone else who has used this technique and can provide some experienced advise?
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Another way to make shackles
Sgt Mike replied to vaddoc's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
I Like. The point of annealing the brass is a good point. Thanks for the advise. -
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I am currently building the MS Benjamin W. Latham fishing schooner. I am at the point of installing the windlass at the bow. I noticed that when set up the ship for underway/working status if I leave the brake handles in the operating status that they would surely be head knockers. If I had been a deck hand on that ship, the second time the brake handle knocked me it would have been in the deep blue. I have been using Chapell's "American Fishing Schooner" book and on line research but have not found out how the hand breaks would have been stowed. Would they have been lashed to the windlass knees, barrel, or bulwarks? Are there any ideas before I throw the hand brakes into the deep blue?
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I use my drill press on lowest speed then clamp a wood block to the table with a selection of holes to prevent the free end from wandering. Cut the dowel rod a little longer on both ends to clamp in the chuck. I then used a good digital caliper to keep track of the tapering and various grits of sand paper, slow but methodical.
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Dremel Drill pess adapter
Sgt Mike replied to Derek C's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
I have an old Ryobi bench top adjustable belt drive drill press that I use. For the drill press and have found a mini chuck on e-bay that works great in the 1/2 inch chuck for micro-bits. On big advantage is the belts can be set down to 540 RPM (my favorite speed) for precise drilling etc. I can also use it as a sander with a low cost sanding drum set. When you look and think about it a bench top drill press can be very versatile. And really, you don't need to spend an arm and leg for one. -
Hi Eddie, I am soon to start on my own MS Fair American Kit. During my research on this site I opened the kit build tag and found an updated table of the rigging which I have attached. I am sorry but I cannot remember who to give credit to for this table but it was from this MSW site forum. I hope this helps. Standing & Running Rigging - Brig Fair American.pdf
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Tools You Can't Live Without
Sgt Mike replied to Justin P.'s topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Old time Rock-n-roll, a beer, and my dog by my side to talk to.
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