bruce d

Out of curiosity, why change to aluminium?

Pat,

Just take care of yourself and make peace with the Gobble-Up-Chair. 

As Mark said,  the model is patient. 

Bruce 

On 11/23/2023 at 4:37 PM, Chuck said:

 I am going to help teach them how to fake it as a ship modeler.

 

Great news Chuck. Don't be surprised if Ed Harris is a good student. He has a reputation for diving deep when approaching a new subject.

George, please accept a pat on the back for your choices of subject and reasons. 

Looking forward to seeing a well researched barque rigged steamship on the workbench. 

BTW, do the Lloyd's digital archives have anything?  Sorry can't give the link at the moment. 

Bruce 

1 hour ago, Egilman said:

... everything else except the labels are period correct for the 60's....

The chair and extension reel look too modern (IMHO) but the drill is a perfect fit for the 1960's.

I will just remind myself that this is not my model before saying anything more.   

It should be an interesting project. 

Now you're trying to make me jealous. 

The garage equipment looks cool, a couple of bits aren't period-correct if you are representing an early '60s speed shop but you are probably way ahead on this.  

Two items that seemed to be in every shop I saw: a wash tub full of kerosene for washing parts, surrounded by towels; and bags of oil-dry dust piled in a corner. 

Looking forward to seeing your speed shop!

12 hours ago, glbarlow said:

 

You’ll notice blue tape running down the sides of the hull. I call those my canaries(as in the coal mine). I hit the tape (I hope) before I hit a cannon barrel or port lid

I am officially stealing this idea. Thanks!

You are doing a great job and I hope you find a way to show those knees.

35 minutes ago, Ulises Victoria said:

It looks like ZHL is acquiring this kit directly from CAF, (true or false?) which to me it means it is not counterfeited.

No, it's counterfeit. 

Concerning the payment issue,  can I suggest you contact Tom at CAF?  He is a member of MSW and can be reached by PM.

I have found him to be helpful and easy to communicate with. 

OK, found the smoking gun.

First, my mistake, I should have said '10 pages earlier' you will find the jolly boat. My pages are:

277, jolly boat away for Ellis overboard;

287, hoisted in the launch and cutter; and 346, '...the cutter and launch began watering at once [while] the jolly -boat carried the purser ashore...'.

This last entry is three pages before Mowett's song '___ old Harte, ____ old Harte'.

Page 356 again mentions all three boats. 

HTH, 

Bruce 

On 9/16/2023 at 5:06 PM, TBlack said:

Nothing in the book mentions the number of boats, so I’ll go with 2.

Tom

Found on page 287 of my paperback that 'the launch and the cutter' pulled Sophie when becalmed. 

EDIT: A couple of pages later 'the jolly boat' is launched to rescue a man in the water. 

HTH, 

Bruce 

Very sad news, I am sure everyone here will respect their wishes.

Please, when appropriate,  send our sympathy.  

48 minutes ago, Jaager said:

my understanding is that a 3 jaw chuck is for round stock and as such a self centering action makes sense.

A 4 jaw chuck is for irregular stock. 

Your points about irregular shapes are of course right but a self-centring 4x jaw chuck is very useful for square (and rectangular) stock.   It is also good for any round stock and some say it has an advantage for holding round stock of softer materials because it spreads the load across four contact points instead of three.  

Oliver, good luck with your search.  There is one further detail that hasn't been addressed and is important. 

The thread diameter is M16 but what is the pitch?  For example, the Unimat range of lathes use M12x1or M14x1 for their chucks instead of the common M12x1.5 or M14x1.5 pitch used by common bolts, some Sherline lathes have M12x1 but most are M12x1.25, and so on.  Forgive me if you already know this but the pitch of the thread must be established as mistakes can be expensive when ordering machine tools. 

Hope this helps, 

Bruce 

Simon, Welcome to MSW from Sussex. 

4 minutes ago, Egilman said:

... it's still the molds from the early 70's ...

I wish.  Try the early 60's.  I think the frame of mine was a bit iffy way back then and they don't 'heal' with time.

3 hours ago, DavidG said:

I have one of these. It's made of plastic and not self-centering, the jaws must be adjusted one by one by plastic screws. I didn't find much use of it.

I bought one a few years ago and was shocked when a plastic chuck arrived: sent it back and bluntly told them to add that detail to the description.

Having said that, it probably has a use somewhere, just not in my shop.  They are currently available on Ebay in the UK for £22.  

The brightest yellow I could find!

Great kit, a raunchy looking '32 Ford.  I bashed mine ( a loooooong time ago) as a Bonneville racer by simply changing the tires and a couple of simple mods.

Looking forward to this one!

Welcome to MSW from the UK. 

30 minutes ago, wefalck said:

Perhaps one could use the cast parts from the Böhler and upgrade with a decent motor ...

Watch this space.  🤐

Spoiler alert: I recently got a BÖHLER saw which features a tilting blade.  It seems solid and well built.  So far I have only turned it on to see it works but once it passes the tests I will comment.  It has potential.

1 hour ago, RolBerg said:

70 euro + shipping is not what i would call cheap.

Agreed, that's not cheap and I suppose that is the price in the Proxxon catalogue.  However,  replacements are on ebay for €36 and as Wefalk pointed out it is basically a sewing machine motor: they are even cheaper. 

The FET is a serious saw for modelling and the KS230 is a lower spec tool for an entirely different budget.  

9 hours ago, RolBerg said:

They have got a lot of complaints for the poor quality of their motor on the circular table saw (KS 230).

It's a lightweight motor and easy to overload.  But it's also easy and cheap to replace the motor. 

The Proxxon saws are good tools for their intended jobs.  I sold mine when I got a Byrnes and, as has been said before, the Byrnes is Number 1 but the Proxxon is pretty good. 

Hello Ian and welcome from Sussex.

This thread should help:

Hope this helps, look forward to seeing your pictures.

Bruce

Impressive.