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  1. Y.T.
    Well. I got the idea. Issue is you can only machine the length of dowel equal to half of your grinding wheel diameter. What when you need a longer taper? Another limitation I see is when one needs to taper a small diameter dowels as 3 mm to 2 mm for example. The grinder may chew on the dowel.
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    Can you please provide more details? I didn’t understand.
  3. Y.T.
    Absolutely correct. Deal with your own government if not happy with tariffs.
  4. Y.T.
    This hobby is an expensive one and as long as hobbyist is ready to pay more for the products they want the manufacturers will be fine.
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    I do not use airbrush. I do not own it. All my modelling painting I do with a hand brush. It comes out very good to my opinion. I cannot imagine how I would mask whole ship hull with something to make sure that air brush does not pollute my whole project.
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    I apply it (diluted shellac) with small brush. Wash it with water and soap after use.
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    Hi, Chris. Where is your business located? Is it in UK or US? Not clear from your remarks.
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    I made my own from flakes. I would try to dilute the one sold in cans at 50% (half - half) with 100% alcohol. Try a small portion to see how you like it.
  9. Y.T.
    I have very diluted shellac. It is diluted with 100% alcohol. It dries almost instantly being absorbed by the wood. By the time I apply it on the mast or yard the end I started from is ready to get new coat. I apply up to about 10 coats till I get proper shade depth.
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    I personally am currently building HMS Victory and pay little attention to such minor differences. Using 3 books at a time before installing any item: McKay, Longbridge, McGowan. Sometimes Lees and Peterson - these are little help. There are some small differences between them. I just ignore them picking one of the methods.
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    I am making my own ropes for many years. I have this machine to make it: https://www.shipworkshop.com/product-page/vr-3-1-rope-making-machine-vertical-type
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    This seems to be a brilliant idea.
  14. Y.T.
    By the way I received this drilling positioner tool today. Looks very nice, well made all metal.
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    I have unpleasant experience with DSPIAE tool maker. IMHO their tools are bad but made to look as expensive quality tools. I have their circle cutter. All hex head adjustment screws are made of material so soft that their hex indent gets broken first time I tried to have them adjusted with hex key.
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    Well. Wasa had sunk on its own. Design problems. What about Falken? Again problems with design? What was the reason for it to sink?
  17. Y.T.
    I tried my old jewelers draw plate today. I easily drew my 3.87 mm wood dowel into 3.5 mm and 1.78 bamboo toothpick into 1.5 mm. These are the sizes required for the tool in question.
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    I am sure you'd enjoy making it but your expenses will be 10 times the purchase price of $25 US.
  19. Y.T.
    I had not much success using a dowel plate on wood. I found no way to draw it through holes. It beaks if drawn or pushed through. May be I need to know some technics? How to draw the wood through the holes?
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    Here it is for a third of a price. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009136471457.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller.1.7a1eFTQvFTQv0U&gps-id=pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.40050.354490.0&scm_id=1007.40050.354490.0&scm-url=1007.40050.354490.0&pvid=27f490df-9fae-4fba-9710-2122afaa99e6&_t=gps-id:pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller,scm-url:1007.40050.354490.0,pvid:27f490df-9fae-4fba-9710-2122afaa99e6,tpp_buckets:668%232846%238113%231998&pdp_ext_f={"order"%3A"250"%2C"eval"%3A"1"%2C"sceneId"%3A"30050"}&pdp_npi=4%40dis!CAD!54.57!34.38!!!39.24!24.72!%402101ec1a17501082161951638ecee0!12000048045620437!rec!CA!4223898072!X&utparam-url=scene%3ApcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller|query_from%3A#nav-description
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    But still very hard to resist the temptation.
  22. Y.T.
    This is cool tool. I would be especially interested in axial center drilling. Thinking over it I can see that to have a good centered hole I must use very accurately dimensioned round dowel stock. I measured my so called 4 mm dowels and they are all 3.87 mm. I have to put it into a groove marked as 4 mm DIA. The drilled hole will not be at axial center. I am afraid it will be very noticeable by the eye.
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    This photo is just a support of my advocacy for shiny ropes. At the end ship model is always an artistic representation of a real ship.
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    My opinion is the rope shine just adds the beauty to the model. Just IMHO.
  25. Y.T.
    I bought all three. 24 TPI for rougher cuts. I use 32 the most.

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