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    No sense griping about it. 😆
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    Yeah, so Bounty is a bit different from what I thought, #7 is the lower stem and your apron is further in. This is from the AOTS book, right? If you are interested the Royal Museum has original line plans for the Bounty, a deck plan for her, and a plan for one of her launches. They might be of help, maybe not to buy but just for reference.
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    This nub is called a hook, it's purpose is to prevent the end of part number 7, the apron, from having an end that would taper down to a sharp point. If fasteners went through that sharp point the end would split and cause that are to be weakened. Not something you want in a keel member. So you cut the apron short and end it where it is still pretty thick, and compensate by adding material to the keel member. It also serves to act as a stop during assembly, keeping the apron from sliding down. Edit: Also, about that 3D blender model you found, I wouldn't trust it too much. I have a lot of experience with those types of models and accuracy is the one weakest point they tend to have.
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    Received it today. Thanks a ton, Ed, it's a great series I'm proud to own.
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    I just got off the phone with Bob at Seawatch, he says the new CD's are in and books should start shipping tomorrow.
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    Finally ordered my copy today, big thanks to you Ed, it was a wild ride.
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    I have this same saw. I just ran into an issue where it lost power on cutting. Prior to last week it could cut right through most materials around a 1/4" thick but then suddenly it lacked any power and would bind. At first I thought it was the power supply so I tried another non-variable one but it did the same thing. Tore into it and finally discovered the set screws for the drive motor sprocket had loosened so it was spinning on the shaft under load. Tightened them up and the ones on the blade shaft for good measure and all is well in the world again.
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    I've got this really bare spot above my mantle...hint hint Ed.
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    Amazing, Ed. Just amazing. Can't wait for volume 3!
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    Came back from a mini vacation and they were waiting for me, thanks Chuck.
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    I usually make a scale spreadsheet. You can see the one I am starting here for 48th scale. I can do multiple sizes in scale very quickly, including rope dia to scale rope size. It's the third set of columns with the first being inches to scale inches and mm's and the second being feet to scale inches and mm's. It's also good for storing miscellaneous info about your project.
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    The Leon was a beautiful boat, I had considered making a model of her myself. Doug, are you using the Underhill blueprints to make your model? If so how are you finding them? I had thought about getting some plans from Brown, Son & Ferguson but wasn't sure about the quality.
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    Jeronimo, I just want you to know that I will be stealing your method for making barrels and I apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause you.
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    Solidworks just implemented true bezier splines a couple years ago. I am still not used to them, I tend to still rely on control point splines which are little more than the computers best guess for how to curve the spline between control points. I have played around with the newer "style" splines as they are called, but I still find myself heavily relying on the older tool. A symptom of my old age and older ways, I presume.
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    If I had to offer a guess, the magnetic building board probably indicates he did some RC or balsa wood aircraft at some point.
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    It's a beautiful work of art, Albert. Truly a masterpiece. Don't forget to update your title as finished. So what's the next project in the slip?
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    Damn, you just brought up some memories. I was looking over the list and saw John Lambert's name in there. I considered him at least a pen-pal if not a friend. I first got in touch with him in 2010 about some weapons drawing he was doing and we started regularly emailing each other. I was rather melancholic when I found out he passed a couple years ago. He was a good man. I didn't see the Witch listed in their collection, but I will ask someone over there just to be sure. If I decide to stick with the Chappelle drawings, I probably won't need the Smithsonian set, unless they provide more detail into her cabins or fitment.
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    Yeah, not having those are going to be a problem in more ways than one. Wayne, I'm still waiting on my copy of Tea Clippers, I ordered it a month ago and it still hasn't shown up. Damn amazon vendors. I think all the sources agree on a LOA of 220'. I'll check again with the lines from Tea Clippers once it comes in, but I just can't get the lines from Chappelle to resolve the frames at 202' between perpendiculars.
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    Druxey, The Bruzelius article I mentioned is transcribing a Boston Daily Atlas article from May of 1851. The numbers Bruzelius publishes match the numbers Crothers published in his masting book. For references Crothers cites the same article but he viewed it directly from the microfilm from the Library of Congress. I cannot speak to the authenticity of the original article, in fact I do question a couple of minor things as denoted before. However the numbers given are most likely accurate to the 1851 article.
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    Popeye, why, for the love of all that is holy, did you not add a cargo hold that you could fill with about 6 lbs of M&M's?!?!?! JK, this looks great, I love it.
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    Hi Wayne, as far as the offset lines go I guess it helps to think of how you draw the lines without offsetting them. Your scanned line is this thick channel and you need to put your spline in the dead center of that channel. But eyeballing it can often be difficult. When you offset the spline you now have a constant width channel that more closely resembles the thickness of the scanned line. Then you can use the gaps on either side to get a better sense for when you are truly in the center of the line. I don't know, it seemed rather intuitive to me, but I'm probably a little touched in the head, so it might not make sense to others. Anyway, thanks for looking.
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    Ed, what about India Ink? Normally it is just carbon in a water suspension. It shouldn't affect a white glue or water based wood glue. Of course, this only applies to black india ink. Depending on who makes the colored stuff it could be made of anything.
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    Just read up on the Victoria which taught me about the Burke and Wills expedition. It's interesting to see that Australia had it's own explorer expedition similar to our Lewis and Clark expedition in the US. Pretty cool stuff. The Victoria seems to be a fairly similar rig to the clipper ships, albeit powered of course.
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    Guess they raised rates, I've never needed as I have a copy through work so I wasn't aware. Either way, that's still a pretty good deal.
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    Just a helpful tip to get SolidWorks, if you join the EAA (the Experimental Aircraft Association) for their annual membership fee of $20, you can get a free license of SolidWorks student edition. This is the cheapest way to get a copy other than pirating.

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