Keith Black
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Paul, welcome to MSW. You'll fit right in. Glad to have you aboard.
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Tom, see the below.
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A #12 needle is a tiny little bugger, it's very thin. When pulling the needle through the shroud lines, the eye of the needle and the ratline thread doubled must pass through the shroud lines. It's a bit of a tug and most of the time I use a pair of jewelry needle nose pliers to pull the needle through. I work from right to left and I was pulling through the far left line and got lazy. Using my left hand I had my index finger on the backside closer to the tip and the needle squeezed between my thumb and middle finger nearer the eye. A little tug, a little pressure, and snap! A small needle snapping in half while being held between your fingers is a bit disquieting. All sorts of imagined ill pass through your mind so I withdrew for the evening. And yes, I gave myself a good scolding.
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Brian, nice looking puzzle. I enjoy working on chess puzzles, I wish I enjoyed jigsaw puzzles as well. May you heal quickly.
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Thank you Andy. Keith, thank you for the kind wish. May the sun shine brightly on all, may we find joy in all things given to us. Last night I started weaving the ratlines on the port side. I quit for the evening when I broke a #12 needle. I'll rejoin the battle this morning once I become fully awake. Thank you to all for the likes and kind comments. Keith
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But, but, there aren't any Polar Bears in Australia.............but there are penguins.
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Tom, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Thank you Keith. Here in Michigan during the winter we can count on two hands the number of sunny days we'll get. Winter Blues here is a very real thing.
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Mark, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Nice save buddy. The hull looks great but then I thought your first attempt was great.
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Phil, you are a machine! I can not believe how quickly you hung the sails and finished the rigging. Congratulations on completing this marvelous ship.
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Thank you Glen, you're too kind. Dave, thank you. It feels good to be working again on the Tennessee again, a missing part of my life is missing no more. Thank you Brian for the encouragement, it means so much. Dear Tom, i wish this nonsense was mistake free. Maybe someday I'll reach the achievement level of my big brother. Thank you Gary, you and your kind words are inspiration. A huge thank you to all for your comments and likes. It makes the mind numbing task so much easier to bear.
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Back in the saddle again. A heart felt "thank you" to all of you for the kind comments, likes, and seasons wishes. It's been a very long time (too long) since I've posted any actual work progress. It's mostly due to the fact that so much of this work is rote and and until recently, during those mindless moments, my mind would drift to things I'd rather not think about but once past Christmas all that seems to have passed. I find myself stealing a couple of hours here and a couple of hours there to go upstairs and work on the Tennessee and I'm enjoying the time I spend working on her. So much so that I've made a New Year's resolution, to finish the Tennessee this year, well, at least the rigging. I've been working on the main mast and all that's needed are the ratlines. Once again I'll be using the weaving method as this works best for me at this scale. A good days work should see that task completed. I'd like to have a sunny day to do the ratlines but sunny days in a Michigan winter are few and far between so it'll probably be a cloudy day but oh well. Again, thank you. Keith
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Iron Mast Cap Orientations in Steam/Sailing Ships
Keith Black replied to BANYAN's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Pat, Goober gets it. Victoria's sailing characteristics were set at the dockyard when she was built. The bottle screws were intended to keep the wire rope taunt only but never for rake adjustment. Ships with deadeyes could change mast rake if a captain felt the sailing characteristics of his vessel needed adjustment. Your post #612 in Victoria's build log adds enlightenment to the discussion here. -
I only had one order with Model Dockyard, Nick was an easy bloke to work with. Yeah, I thought the wood effect was spot on.
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Os, welcome to MSW. Your Grand Banks Dory turned out beautifully done, nice clean tidy work. Glad to have you aboard.
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We all look forward to your updates Keith, the length of time between is immaterial.
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Keith, that looks fantastic! That resin ship's boat looks great, Cornwall is such a nice supplier.
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Iron Mast Cap Orientations in Steam/Sailing Ships
Keith Black replied to BANYAN's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Pat, I keep coming back to this point and no one is providing me a satisfactory answer. I asked the following question in post #15....."Johny, the Wasa is a perfect example of the issue I'm having trouble with. It appears the rake on the main and mizzen are set at approximately 15 degrees while the fore is set at zero or close to. For the main and mizzen tops and caps to be parallel with the waterline the bow needs to pitch down 15 degrees and that puts the foremast top and cap 15 degrees out from being parallel with the waterline." Plus the rake for each mast could be changed at any time at the captain's discretion regardless of the time period. How were mast constructed so they'd be parallel with the waterline when the set of the rake would possible change at any given time. The photos I have of the Tennessee seem to indicate the mast were raked and the tops are not parallel to the waterline indicating the tops and caps were constructed parallel to one another and 90 degrees to the mast. I'm sorry if this is a case of me being a thick goober. -
Iron Mast Cap Orientations in Steam/Sailing Ships
Keith Black replied to BANYAN's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Johny, the Wasa is a perfect example of the issue I'm having trouble with. It appears the rake on the main and mizzen are set at approximately 15 degrees while the fore is set at zero or close to. For the main and mizzen tops and caps to be parallel with the waterline the bow needs to pitch down 15 degrees and that puts the foremast top and cap 15 degrees out from being parallel with the waterline. i can't imagine that sailors aloft would have found or been exposed to any more danger working on a top x number of degrees from being parallel with the waterline any more so than working on a pitching top in heavy weather in daylight let alone at night. The guts those men had is beyond my comprehension. I say men, the apprentices were mere lads of 13 to 15 years old.
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