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Keith Black

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  1. Keith Black
    Steve, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  2. Keith Black
    Brian, fantastic and I do mean fantastic work! The bell and flag locker are super nice and the padlocks are ingenious.
  3. Keith Black
    Your bulkhead measurement of I = 90.5mm, the plan measurement is 98mm. That's a little more than a quarter of an inch difference. Does your earlier bulkhead measurements the full width of bulkhead edge to edge? Is the 7.5mm difference in the two I measurements because of the keel width?
  4. Keith Black
    That looks great, Richard.
  5. Keith Black
    Dave, I added up your measurements for each bulkhead and the only way the totals make sense (to me at least) is for G and H to be swapped. Or am I completely off my rocker? What does G measure on the plans?
  6. Keith Black
    Dave, is it possible to remove the filler blocks?
  7. Keith Black
    As kids we blew up more nonsense with black powder, empty Old Spice deodorant stick tubes, and a car battery. When I did my stint at Camp Lejeune AIT I loved the explosive training class and playing with C-4. One man's terrorist is another man's Marine.
  8. Keith Black
    Nice!
  9. Keith Black
    Alvaro, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  10. Keith Black
    Sometimes a thumbs up just doesn't cut it, we need a "cool" emoji
  11. Keith Black
    Maybe Grant is waiting on input from your son?
  12. Keith Black
    Bitao has a dust milling attachment that makes it blend in.
  13. Keith Black
    What a beautiful creation, every photo is filled with wonder.
  14. Keith Black
    Keith, sorry it didn't remove the nylon coating. The Acetone I use comes in a metal container. I know it dissolves plastic because years ago when first started doing fiberglass work and using Acetone for the first time I made the mistake of pouring Acetone in a plastic container and had the bottom immediately eaten away. Since then I've been careful when using plastic around Acetone as I've had other incidents of plastic being melted. My experience with chemicals has been OJT, using a chemical to preform a certain function but one not necessarily mentioned on the manufactures label. One time I accidentally mixed chlorine crystals and antifreeze resulting in instant flames. I say this as it's vitally important to read and follow the manufactures warnings and use at all times. Edit: I Googled what would melt/remove nylon and there are chemicals that will work but they are dangerous to work with. Keith, is removing the nylon coating windmill tilting?
  15. Keith Black
    Allen, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  16. Keith Black
    Alexandre, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  17. Keith Black
    Duh, I didn't notice the date of the first post.
  18. Keith Black
    It works, Keith.
  19. Keith Black
    Peter, welcome to MSW. Hopefully someone can assist you in your endeavor.
  20. Keith Black
    Stephen Sondheim would be aghast at what I did to his Send in the Clowns but I just couldn't help myself.
  21. Keith Black
    Isn't it rich? So, you're making a pair? High above ground They'll graze in mid-air Send in the cows.
  22. Keith Black
    Pat, have you considered Gutermann polyester? I suggest polyester because of it's longevity versus cotton. Some say the poly thread has a shine to it, I can't see it.
  23. Keith Black
    Keith, Acetone evaporates so quickly you'll need to place enough Acetone in a lidded jar to cover the wire you're trying to treat. I doubt I needed to mention this to you but there maybe someone looking in who just tries rubbing Acetone on the wire not giving it ample time to work its magic.
  24. Keith Black
    Acetone should remove the wire's plastic coating.
  25. Keith Black
    Is that Splodge? I remember you hanging a much younger photo of her below deck. What a precious child, you're a very lucky man, Mr Keith.

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