Keith Black

Thank you and you as well, Keith.

Thank you, John. Delay allows me to make sure I've considered all the possibilities of potential failure and how to avoid failure and what options are available if I do fail. Thank you, Steve. I'm pretty tired of looking at the whorls on my finger tips, once Billy is completed I'll be ready to move back to a larger subject.

Thank you very much, Bob. I hope your New Year was filled with promise. Bubba, would you please do me a favor and keep that dang cold and snowy weather of yours to yourself.

Thank you for the likes and for the comments. I'm calling the boxes that Capt. Engel built for the dummy stacks to sit inside, stack boxes. Pretty stinkin' original, huh? After a couple of months of trying to recreate Engel's work I have a pretty good feel why he did some of the crazy things he did but these stack boxes really puzzle me. The port side one looks unfinished and the starboard side one looks like Elgel ran into something. I'm going to build the starboard side box just like the port side with the dummy stack straight. The boxes are six sided measuring 0.30" x .030" x 0.50". Sorry for the lousy photo. It took 19 pieces to make the finished box not including the stack. With the stack and the three eye pins for the stays each box will consist of 23 pieces.in the assembly. That packing crate aft of the port side box will not be repeated on the starboard side. We'll see what interesting bits I can come up with to add aft of the starboard stack box. I'm leaving railing 2.0 as is, the more I look at it the less it bothers me. I was hoping this post would find me finished with the boiler deck, the next post for sure. That will leave adding three pieces of pipe and the paddle wheels. Billy is getting close to being finished. Thank you for your support and for following along. Keith

Welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

Very nice Cutty Sark, Giovi. How long have you been working on her?

Giovi, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

Harvey, in your link to kayaks you've built I don't see any doubles or triples. My wife is 50% Aleut and when we lived in Egegik I became very interested in Aleut culture and history. Kayaks were no longer built by the elders as memory of how to had long faded. I did have the opportunity to witness the building of a traditional dogsled built by a village elder sharing his knowledge. A great photo of doubles. Aleut sea otter hunters resting next to kayaks, gut parkas hanging up to dry, and kayak covers, Unalaska, Alaska, 1896

Here's hoping the new year brings peace and good health to you and yours, Keith.

Absolutely beautiful work, Mark. A very nice post to start of the new year.

Happy New Year to you and yours, Eberhard.

I don't bother counting down anymore as I'm fast asleep long before midnight.

MC, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

Thank you, Keith I do wish we could select two emojis in response to a post.

I can see doing the fiddle part of bending and rolling and getting sub assemblies made and ready to attach to the main assembly but hitting the exact mark necessary for alignment with parts that small is a bit mind boggling. Chris has to have either a very steady hand or a very good rest.

Beautiful detail work, Siggi.

Thank you, Rick and a Happy New Year to you.

John, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

Thank you, Steve. Thank you, Eric. The one hole stanchions were spares from the Tennessee, they're this close to feeling right. Thank you, Paul. Berry certainly had the face for imagining him being Engel. That gave me a hearty laugh, Tom.

Thank you to everyone for the likes and for your kind comments. I've got stair railings 2.0 done. I made 1.0 from wood and they looked more fence than rail. 2.0 is a bit elaborate for Billy but looking at the press photo the railings are one of the few items that don't look like they came off the bottom of the junk pile. Admittedly 2.0 is much more elaborate than what's pictured but it looks ten times better that 1.0. There very well could be a 3.0, we'll see. I'm holding auditions for someone to portray A. O. Engel. In normal viewing the railings don't poke you in the eye like the photos do. Thank you guys every so much for your support and for being part of the journey. Keith

I have the RP miter cutter and I'm quite pleased with it. https://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/tools-supplies-cutting-cutr-mitre-cutter-p-11167.html?sort=2a&search_in_description=0&keywords=rp cutter

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Thank you very much, John. The paddle wheels will be the same diameter as a US penny, 0.70" and 0.30" wide. I've built the wheels in my mind countless times, we're getting close to seeing how it goes for real.

One should never use tap water, Steve. Lightly moisten the Q-Tip in your mouth and then gently swab. Ole fashioned spit is the best cleaner but it's slow going. One can only work up so much spit in a sitting.