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Hello Valeriy, hope you are okay. Was this winch European? Regards, Bruce -
Timberline Decorative and Specialist Hardwoods | Tonewoods | Guitar Making (exotichardwoods.co.uk) My go-to. Phone if the catalogue doesn't have exactly what you are looking for.
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Kevin, well done. Having just watched the video (#107, treenails by the thousands), I have two things to say. 1 - You are fearless with the sanders in the early part 2 - At about the 17 minute mark you look at the tree-nailed port side and say that you are happy: you should be tickled pink, it's gorgeous! All the best, Bruce
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Welcome to MSW Przemek.
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1951, S.D. Krylov, a former machinist of Varyag, talks to young ship modellers. I'll bet he had a few tales.
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Polaris by Paula - OcCre - 1:50
bruce d replied to Paula's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1801 - 1850
Hello Paula and a warm welcome to MSW from the UK. -
Hello Guissepe and welcome to MSW. As others have said, it sounds like your model is Navy Board or Admiralty style so it does not come with masts/spars. Here is a thread discussing rigging etc of Confederacy which may help is you want to scratch build them: Also, may I suggest you use the 'search' feature at the top right of the page? If you search 'Confederacy' and select 'titles only' it will give you lots of threads covering other examples of the same model and some covering scratch-built models. Hope this helps, good luck! Regards, Bruce
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Hello Henrik, I am happy you are making progress but ... no pictures! Regards, Bruce
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This might fit in the conversation: The_Use_of_Copper_and_Lead_Sheathi.pdf
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Popular Mechanix, 1940:
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Another 'what-could-go-wrong?' idea from 1940.
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...once set fire to my left foot and had to stomp it out with my right foot. True story.
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From The American magazine, August 1920. Part of an article on productivity in the workforce. Please note: THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BELOW DO NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE VERY TIMID POSTER!!!!!! Any complaints, I will claim to have been hacked. And I was out of town.
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Thank you Eugen, that is a very nice find.
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Byrnes saw belt source in UK/EU?
bruce d replied to bruce d's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
All sorted. The belt is 457mm length, has a J profile and has 4x ribs . Therefore the industry-standardised name for that particular belt is a '457J4' belt which is a stock size for many dealers. I got three for £9.40 ish total including VAT and delivery from Kent Bearings, contact details below, but they are also available from other sources including Ebay. Kent Bearings had the best price by far and supplied the same belt that is being sold for £8+ each elsewhere. The saw runs and cuts better with the new belt. I suspect the belt on my machine was the original (I got the saw second hand) and had stretched as it was definitely beginning to slip under load. EDIT: belt may also be called 457PJ4 Hope this helps. Bruce Kent Bearings Ltd Unit 14/15, Willesborough Industrial Park, Kennington Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 0TD Tel: (01233) 500005 www.kentbearings.com -
Correct. I suppose it would have helped if I had read post#5. 🤐
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Mark, have you tried searching 'g scale barrel' on Ebay? Quite a few hits.
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Byrnes saw belt source in UK/EU?
bruce d replied to bruce d's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Update: I believe it is sorted, belts on order, will post results later this week when they are delivered. 🤞 -
Byrnes saw belt source in UK/EU?
bruce d replied to bruce d's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Keith, the belt I ordered was the wrong length and I must speak with them Monday to see what else is available. Hopefully there is a correct length belt off-the-shelf. The quality is good so 🤞. To avoid confusion I think it best to wait until this is sorted and then i'll post contact details and a part number for the belt. PM me if you want. Bruce -
Re the corner-gun or whatever it was called: I thought it was used operationally and wasn't very successful. As I understood it, the barrel was rifled at the breech end. The bend was oversize to allow the round to move around and (wait for it) the bend was smooth-bore on the inside and semi-grooved on the outside of the bend before being fully rifled again for the last straight bit. It must have been a joy to do quality control on that production line.
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Kevin, thanks for posting this video. I enjoyed watching your build log develop and now we can see the determined approach to researching the model that went on behind the scenes. I'm a sucker for hard-headed research and this qualifies.
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