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    Title: Bang Bang! Cannons, Carronades and the Gun Carriages from the Storm Wreck by Chuck Meide. The text seems distorted in places but still legible Bang_Bang_Cannons_Carronades_and_the_Gun (1).pdf
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    It certainly looks useful. Food for thought, thanks.
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    Back in 2013 someone asked a similar question ... ... and as far as I can see no-one at MSW had. I have searched to see what has popped up in the ten years since the question and still can't find a log for any ship built using his methods. It is very possible I am missing something so I would be grateful if anyone can point me towards a log or discussion on the subject. Bruce
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    ... and to keep the lateral movement lively, I believe 'jaseur' is French for 'waxwing', a bird. So, it's a small fish-bird about 20 feet long that is really a boom and at it's best in good weather. Glad to help, anytime.
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    An 1894 French-Italian dictionary titled 'Premier essai d'un dictionnaire niçois, français, italien' has this page: I have no idea what it means, but it is there ...
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    Do you have a particular project or task in mind? Titebond makes a room-temperature hide glue that makes life simple, you may have trouble finding it but try luthier suppliers such as Timberline hereintheUK. If the reversible quality is what you are after perhaps home-made rice glue is the answer. There is a thread somewhere discussing it. HTH Bruce
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    If the brass is firmly sandwiched between two sacrificial pieces of wood you should be able to get a decent result. I do. If scale matters however it's probably best to use thinner material and follow Dr PR's advice above. Let us know what you find, I doubt we are getting a new commercial source of thin brass strips anytime soon.
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    Glenn, do you have a Byrnes or Proxxon saw?
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    It is looking very good Mustafa, as always. Sorry to hear about your knee, take care.
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    John, I was in Bassett Road at that time ... four blocks away. Seems we might have bumped into each other at Portobello Road market on Saturday mornings. For the record, here is the mini-beltsander I enthused about: Image is representative of Alibaba items, same machine is available from a dozen vendors.
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    Hello John, I have one of the AliBaba belt Sanders that was bought on a whim. It's great! You have probably seen they come in different forms but all appear to have the same components so all I can say is mine works well, the dc motor is plenty strong enough for the job, the supplied belts are better than expected, the variable speed/reversing transformer is a must and most surprisingly the build quality was rock-solid. I wouldn't use this tool for non-stop production line work but I sharpen chisels and saw blades with it as well as the lighter jobs and it doesn't complain. HTH Bruce
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    Chris, wise words from Jaaeger. As a test, try putting a credit card (or something similar) between the fence and the wood before the blade: this will eliminate any 'pinch' occurring as the workpiece is passing between the blade and the fence.
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    Hello Chris, First thought: what blade are you using?
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    Hello Valeriy, hope you are okay. Was this winch European? Regards, Bruce
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    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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    Stick around...
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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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    https://news.artnet.com/art-world/fire-island-flotsam-ss-savannah-2262253/amp-page
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    Hello Paula and a warm welcome to MSW from the UK.
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    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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