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Really like the look you have achieved with contrasting wood and painted pieces. The carvings are impressive, hoping for more images up close. Bruce

What Keith said. 👍

For smaller workpieces try an EPNS spoon or fork from the local yard sale. They are usually well worn and cheap so whatever electroplated silver is left can be wire brushed away.

Spot on, Roger, one and the same

Ron, ebay is your friend here. Get some accurate measurements from the dead one and with a few minutes stabbing away at the ebay listings you will be able to recognize a replacement. On the other hand if there is an engineering supply house within easy reach then ignore me and go straight to them ( as grsjax says in post above). Good luck!

If your interest is in using steel for structural purposes, I believe Roger has explained the less troublesome alternatives in the post above. On the other hand, if it is because you want something to look like steel then bear in mind that it's highly unlikely anything on an ocean going craft would have been left in a bare-metal finish: it would have been painted. Still, if you need something to look like natural steel there is a way. Use nickel silver, which despite the name contains neither nickel or silver. It is an alloy, available in sheet form and is used most often in jewellery and cutlery making (it is the NS in EPNS). Of course this is just speculation since I don't know how you were considering using steel in your model. HTH Bruce

... and ferric metals will cause discolouration in wood.

How about making it mandatory to cite the source of the photo? The mods simply delete-with-no-appeal if a citation/source is not included.

My main bench is made using an Ikea wooden kitchen worktop mounted to construction-grade 2x4s. It was built to take a Myford series 7 lathe and associated tooling, and is bolted to the floor and wall. The lathe is long gone but the bench is now re-jigged to make better use of the underside storage for modelling (if I ever get back to it!). It is complete overkill for my present needs but was what was needed back then. The rule I have used for each of the several benches I have built, both in businesses and homes, is simple: ask yourself 'what do you want to do at the bench' and make what is needed. The two things I then add to the mix are (1) make it strong and stable enough to handle the worst you can imagine happening while going about your intended business and (2) be VERY careful of storing anything above/behind the bench. Whatever you put there, it will fall sooner or later and that is where your model will be. There is also a smaller bench nearby where I have the Byrnes saw, a disc sander and a mini milling machine. I recently made a new conti-board top for it to raise the entire working surface about three inches, putting a series of shallow drawers underneath. Wish I had done it years ago, luv them drawers. Many a good bench has been made using a door and a couple of saw-horses. The variety of tales told so far in this thread show the real test is simply 'can I do what I need to do at this bench?'. Hope to see your final choice!

Howard, Olivia, that is a nice model. Concerning the "F19083" inscription, can I ask what part of the world you are in (and your grandfather)? No personal info please, it's just that an alpha-numeric like that could be a UK military service number.

Absolutely. I am in the UK and bought my saw second hand but get treated like a valued customer. Full marks to Jim and Donna.

Yup, that is it. The adjustment screw I was describing looks like part number 55.

Can't say for sure but it appears to be in the right place for an adjustable stop to level up the table. This would allow the table to be returned to true 90 degrees after being tilted.

Hmmmmm. That is about where the feet of a grown man would be if he was the captain.

Hello DispleasedOwl, good to see you back. JB is a great subject but I am interested in the improvements your team have made to the Domanoff machine. It would make a nice thread in the Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment sub-forum. Cheers, Bruce

Capturing the Curve: Underlying Concepts in the Design of the Hull by Taras Pevn The number and quality of the CAD illustrations makes this stand out. The subject of 'maker's marks' is a whole new playground for me. Capturing_the_Curve_Underlying_Concepts.pdf

As far as I know, this hasn't been posted on MSW before, apologies if it has. It covers a lot of ground. Here is the description given by the Wellcome Collection: The seaman's vade-mecum and defensive war by sea: containing a maritime dictionary; the proportions of rigging, masts and yards; Weight of Anchors; Sizes and Weight of Cables and Cordage; List of the Navy. The Words of Command in exercising the small Arms, Bayonet, Granadoes, and great Guns, Duty of Officers, &c. Also shewing how to prepare a merchant-ship for a close fight, through the Bulk-Heads, Coamings, Loop-Holes, &c. with the Advantages to be taking in Chacing, considered, under all Positions in respect to Wind and Tide. Defensive Fighting; Shewing how Merchant - Ships are to act, in Fleets, when Canonaded or Boarded by the Enemy. Naval Fortification; The Advantages of Mooring considered, in respect to Wind and Tide; and how to lay Booms in Rivers, and raise Redoubts to defend them. An Essay on Naval Book - Keeping; Or a regular Method for the Purser, Clerk, Steward, and other Officers to keep an Account of Stores, &c. The Method of forming Signals for sailing in Company, under a Commodore in Time of War; with many other Particulars relating to the Navy, East-India, and Merchant Service. By William Mountaine, Mathematical Examiner to the Honourable Corporation of Trinity-House of Deptlord-Strond, and F.R.S. With additions by John Adams, Teacher of the Mathematics. The_Seaman_s_Vade_mecum_and_Defensive_Wa.pdf

Steve, welcome to MSW. It's your round. 😁 Cheers, Bruce

Exactly the question I was going to ask. I am browsing the Walshe catalogue looking for them. (Another tool I did not know I needed. Now I gotta have one 🤐 )

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Folboats were among the original equipment of the SBS and SAS, I believe a couple are preserved in UK museums. Interesting model, looking forward to the next steps. 👍

Barbara, I wonder if you are referring to the standing rigging? In broad terms, think of this as the rigging that braces the masts.

Both times it has happened to me the carrier was DHL. Perhaps their process is different because the bill for customs duty and tax arrived, I paid, the parcel was delivered and a few days later the DHL bill arrived. This is different from your description where it sounds like you ain't gettin' your parcel till they get their ££££. For the record, I abbreviated the story a bit in my earlier post. Once was from China (CAFmodel, Tom was not aware) and once from the USA, and again the vendor was unaware of these further charges. I believe the thing that swung it for me was taking the stance 'I have no contract with you, you have no right to demand payment from the addressee, who is effectively your customer's customer'. HTH

Allan, please indulge me a moment. This is a perfect example of something I learned during my years as a researcher: history is not a democracy. When you find a fact that does not fit with the popular perception, don't put it to the vote. Assess it in light of all the known facts and see how it fits. From what you have said, and also as Lieste illustrates above, the extra carronades fit. Unless there is a definitive contradictory statement from a reliable source, celebrate!