Keith Black
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Hello from Perth, Ontario - On to Victory!
Keith Black replied to Malcolm Brown's topic in New member Introductions
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To Bob, Pat, Glen, Brian, Eberhard, Andrew, Keith, Tom, JJ, Roel, Dave, Ryland, Chris, and Keith, a huge thank you for your prayers, thoughts, and well wishes. My MSW family is a blessing, every interaction brightens my day. To answer Eberhard's question regarding Maggie's surgery..... they tried to find a vein to her heart first through the groin, then her arm, and lastly her wrist. They were able to remove 100% of the blood clot without any bleeding of the brain from the surgery. The surgery was a complete success, modern medicine is absolutely amazing! Guys, never pass up the opportunity to give your wife a hug and tell her that you love her. They are the most precious thing in our life because they make life bearable, without them we are nothing.
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Mark, Keith, Gary. and Rob, thank you for the comments and support.........it's going to be awhile before I get back to the Tennessee. Tuesday, the 6th of February, at 2:15 PM my dear Maggie had a critical stroke. Her heart threw a blood clot to her brain due to a irregular heartbeat. Fortunately I had just gotten home and I knew immediately she'd had a stroke, the ambulance had her to the Jackson hospital by 2:35 PM. She received a tPA shot at 4:30 PM while on the transport gurney to be care flighted to the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor for emergency brain surgery to remove the clot. It was touch and go for awhile but thank God she made it through surgery, then three days in ICU and four days in the stroke ward. The left side of her body was affected but she didn't suffer any mental issues, again, thank you Lord! She was then transferred to the Kresge Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Chelsea where she is going through therapy to learn to swallow liquids and regain the use of her left fingers. She is expected to be there at least a month before she can come home. Please pray for Maggie and myself, thank you Keith
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Derrick, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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It took my ole memory a minute to think back as to which ones are missing, it is Captain Kid, Independence, and the Kraken that are on loan. How did you ship them to Boston and were you concerned about about letting the children out of the house unsupervised?
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Hello from Seattle - looking to buy a built ship
Keith Black replied to wyapa's topic in New member Introductions
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David, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Glen, congratulations on another beautifully unique SIB. Do you have a photo of how you have your SIBs displayed?
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Welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Long term CA vapors
Keith Black replied to ricky86's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
The way CA wicks into cracks it doesn't take much, there's no need to pond. A few applications with a needle applicator is sufficient. -
This post is a reason to smile when smiles for me have been few this past week. Thank you, Gary.
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Mick, welcome back.
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I couldn't click like and laugh for the above post but the line above made me laugh. Ask anyone one of us about that "junk" under a particular table and you're gonna get the stink eye.
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Rick, welcome to MSW. Great steam model. Glad to have you aboard.
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Long term CA vapors
Keith Black replied to ricky86's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
I use a whole lot of CA and other than the initial waft I haven't noticed any long term vapors. A normal application of craft acrylics easily covers CA. If you're using CA on wood that will be poly sealed or stained and not painted, CA will discolor the wood where CA was applied. To minimize this I use a homemade needle applicator and wick away any CA excess with a Q-Tip as quickly as possible. If you dawdle you increase the chances of having cotton fibers from the Q-Tip stick to the wood. It's always best to test technique on scrap pieces till perfected. -
Keith, I wondered why you weren't posting. Glad to see you're posting again, I always enjoy when you do.
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Welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Tom, I have a collection of 6 or 7 cans of different stains as a result of trying to find the "perfect" match. Buy what stain you think will work best and test it on a scrap piece. When you see it's not going to work then go back and buy a can of lighter or darker stain depending on how the test piece came out. The second can of stain probably won't work out either so go back and get a third can, etc etc. This way you too can build up a nice collection of different stains. Then there's the alchemist method of matching and that's by mixing two different stains to match the target wood color. Just be sure to write down the volume of each stain used where you can replicate the color later because there's always a later. Writing down the amounts of each stain used in the mix is easier said than done. I always get in a rush and don't write done the proportions so consequently I not only have cans of base stains I also have a number of small canning jars of various shades. All kidding aside, get a couple of small cans of different shades and play around, it's kinda of fun. I have on occasions been dissatisfied with all the different stains tested and finally used acrylic hobby paint of different shades mixed to match the target color but that's lead to a whole different collection of small canning jars.
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Well, I'm quite late to this party! Sorry, Ian. Enjoy your trip.
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La Palme by Tobias - 1:36 - POF
Keith Black replied to Tobias's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
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That's weird, Johnny. I use Gutermann thread and I don't have any fuzz. Then again I'm using their polyester thread straight off the spool without laying it up.
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I have been following Leo's restoration/rebuild of the Tally Ho since day one and all the work has been amazing. Only the best materials have been used and the shipwrights and workers are extremely gifted.
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