Keith Black
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Vossie, I pray your back heals and returns to normal quickly.
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From one Keith to another Keith, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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At the start of you post I feared the worse but the above is fantastic news, Roel!
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Erebus is back on the menu!
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Thank you, Ras. I've used your Zulu build for reference many times.
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I love this odd duck build, Greg. Beautiful work.
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Bob,I admire you rigging the yards with the mast attached to the ship and the stays already rigged. By doing it that I couldn't see anyway in the world I would have be able to get my hands into those hard to reach places without snapping lines. I rigged each mast off ship first then ran the stays. For me it's been much easier doing it that way plus I'm not having to stand over the ship.
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The hull looks peachy, Steve. Thank you for the review on the different filling techniques. Regarding using CA, one has to sand while the CA is still wet or else it will harden and become hard to sand with a finner grade sandpaper.
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IMHO, both walnut and yellow wood blocks are too light in color and both need to be stained. Walnut will take stain easier but becomes too dark. Yellow wood blocks are harder to stain and require soaking in stain overnight. I like the irregularities yellow wood blocks have after staining and seem a little more realistic. Walnut blocks when stained become brown lumps, IMHO. I work at 1:120 so larger scaled blocks may (and I would expect) provide different results.
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Hello from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Keith Black replied to AboveTheWaterLine's topic in New member Introductions
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Thank you, Gary.
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Ahh.....3D printing is the future of modeling and those that think otherwise have their heads buried in the sand. Just as I'm sure some modelers a hundred years ago thought power tools were the devil's own.
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Great looking pumps, LJP.
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Veszett, what dispute? No one is disputing Ian's use of 3D printing. As I said, "I don't disparage 3D printers, in fact I use 3D printed pieces parts sourced from suppliers. That's no different than if I was printing them myself. i admire folks like yourself who can master the printing process."
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David, I don't/can't disagree because I don't know. But with deeper grooves wouldn't the window rattle? Also, wouldn't a sliding sash in a stable nonmoving house react differently than on a tossed about ship in a wet environment? IMHO hinged windows would seem to be more suitable aboard ship.
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Thank you, Keith Thank you, Eric. Thank you, Grant. Thank you, Bob. Thank you, Pat. Thank you, Glen. No, I'm not letting Goober and Pile play nursemaid. Thank you, Rick. Thank you, Kurt. Thank you, john. Thank you gentlemen for the well wishes and the likes. The range of motion in my left arm is getting better though I still have to get my right arm out of my coat first and a coat is definitely needed when I go out on the porch to smoke my pipe as it's a balmy -7 this am. I was able to get a couple of hours in on Lula last night, it felt good to make some progress. Hopefully I'll have some photographic evidence of progress in the next three or four days. Thank you to all for following along. Keith
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Matthias, beautiful work. The only thing against sliding windows I can think of is the possible binding of the sash. A hinged window would eliminate possible binding?
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ian, I agree 100% with you. I don't disparage 3D printers, in fact I use 3D printed pieces parts sourced from suppliers. That's no different than if I was printing them myself. i admire folks like yourself who can master the printing process.
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Those of us without 3D printers and the ability to use them may as well be living in the stone age, Glen. But i look at it this way, I can't burn the house down with my flint knives.
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Wa, wa, wait a minute. Bob, don't you still need to rig the Duchess? Did I miss that part??
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Thank you, Lynn Work on Lula has ground to a halt due to Maggie and I coming down with some illness that left us incapacitated. I was in recovery when yesterday I slipped on the icy back steps taking out the trash. I came as close to breaking my left arm as possible without actually breaking it so now I'm dealing with a bum wing. Having said the above I have had a chance to go over some of the engineering required for the wheel and engine room/pilothouse. Because the engine room's forward wall will be open, one could bend down and peer into the engine room. This requires that I build steam engines and building two engines that look alike will be a challenge that I look forward to. I had not counted on making engines but the engine room needs to be open for beam engine workspace. I have to build the engines first where I'll know exactly how far back the wheel sits and then I'll know exactly where the openings in the wheel wall need to be for the pitman arms not forgetting the openings for and making of the rudder post. These items all need to be made in concert with one another where they'll fit seamlessly. Thank you everyone for following along, sorry for the delay. Keith
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