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Rich, Your a brave man allowing the Rabbit of Caerbannog on your build. Look at the Teeth! It gives a great indication of scale though. Thats quit a lot of cannons to rig. Sam
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Mark, Lowes didn't have 30 minute epoxy. I ended up at my LHS. I assume any R/C type hobby store will have it. Steve, it was one of those ah ha! Moments. Sam
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All, thanks!! Chucks build was the first one to come up when I did a sure site search of galleries. I don't have his skills, not yet at least.....maybe one day. The roof detail is something I have been noodling over. I read somebody's log who feels simplified builds like mine look like they came out of a Shaker cabinet shop, i have to agree. Not sure if shingles similar to Chucks will look out of place, most likely I will at least try one and see. I hadn't thought about card in place of the fluted columns, something to look into. Sam.
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Carl! Great to hear from you. Dovetails, LOL! If I thought I could cut a dovetail at this scale I would be all over that. I think if I tried there would be some special visitors at my house with a nicely starched jacket to wear. Not much to show at the moment, I have rebuilt one stair set, but the second set was inconsistent, when I went to mill another set the locator pin in my jig broke of completely. I think it was cracked when I did the second set and that is why it wasnt as consistent as the first. I havent decided yet if I am going to try a third set. I have replaced the stair that was bothering me the most and started working on my gallery windows; those are really challenging me. I glued a portion together several times only to have them fall apart. I finally went to epoxy, first 5 minute but it set up before I could get everything together and clamped. I changed to 30 minute epoxy, the first glue up fell apart after being clamped up for two hours. I dont think I used enough to gnerate the heat needed to cure. THe next attempt went into the oven with only the pilot light on, that cured up real nice. I havent figured out how to finish these yet, I think the verticals would have been fluted columns of some sort but I havent done any carving or embellishments anywhere else, I am concerned they will look out of place. The top and bottom have me stumped also, I've been looking at other builds in the past day or two for inspiration but mostly what I have found are galleries that are part of the transom. Might be time to head over to the forums and ask some questions. Thats about it for now, Sam
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I would have to say Loose Cannons are never your friend. Sam
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Steve, I agree with Joe, very nice; clean and crisp. The more I watch your build as well as others I am realizing light colored woods are the way to go on my next build. All the hard work and detail shows up so much better. Sam
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Nice work Rich. Sam
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Steve, I am not at all sure about the naphtha. The more I think about it the more I think I am wrong; when I was in my twenties I worked with a furniture refinisher. When we were not stripping and re-staining a surface and were just shooting a fresh coat of lacquer we used naphtha to remove the wax and surface oils. I would think if it did leave a residue it would have caused all sorts of problems with the clear coat. So, I think I need to retract that statement. Your barrel situation sounds similar to my gudgeons, I used baking soda also before painting. Sam
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Steve, I have struggled with metal work all my life, your not alone. Bill Cosby did a slit about metal shop, that's me. I not sure, but doesn't naphtha leave a residue? I have been using dilute muratic acid and distiller water with good results, except for my gudgeons. I had a sweating problem a few days after. My tale of woe is in the metal working forum if your interested. Never figured out what I did wrong and went with paint. I blame it in the metal , not my fault , no sir! Sam
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Mark, Now it makes sense, nicely done. Are the cut outs always 1/2 of the frame thickness? Sam
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Auie, Great work as always. Too nice to cover up! Sam
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Robbyn, Thank you! The one with the gaps was really bothering me, I could most likely live with the other. I have rerouted new sides and glued up one set. The glue was setting as I tried to get everything clamped together, I suspect one side will fall off tonight when I unclamp it. Gonna stop at the Big Blue Box (Lowes) on the way home and see if they have 30 minute epoxy. Sam
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This hobby is relaxing? What am I doing wrong then? I thought the tall glass of Scotch after was the relaxing part! And just remember, metal is an inferior product. Its only there to make the less skilled feel good about themselves. At least that is what I tell our welders and machinist at work when I need something and dont know how to do it myself. Sam
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Steve It sure is! We found it in Gulivers pocket when he washed up on shore. So far its the smallest one I have found. The body is 2.625 and the blade is about 3.5" If anybody knows of a smaller gauge I am listening. Sam
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Sjors, thank you! A klompendans?? I would love to see that one. Sam
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Steve, Thats a really nice looking rudder. Great to see you back at it. Sam
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Mark, if I recall correctly when you layed up the frames you turned the grain slightly, I can see where that would stop you from making a cut top and bottom then just "breaking" along the grain. Could you make lots of little saw cuts an nibble away with a small chisel? There is a name for the technique but its eluding me at the moment. That might help cut the parts out without breaking? Sam
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Brian, yep. also the top step on the other is just crooked enough that I see it every time i look at it. Thanks for the kind words rich and brian, Sam
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Thanks for the likes and encouragement, you have me rethinking. I have bought the bit already and have a method worked out, more than likely I will go ahead and at least give it a go. Something I should have put in the original post is they are far superior to what I would have had using the kit parts. And yes, I am absolutely my own worst critic. Hard to escape the Gremlin when he is Mr Grump-O-licious! Well, its 8:30 here and I have to be up in 5 hours to go to work. See ya all on Saturday. Sam
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Vivian, Been following along quietly of late. She looks great, nice stairs. It seems stairs are a stumbling block for kit manufacturers, I have read about others having issues with what came in their kit - myself included. You recovered well (as usual). Glad to hear your feeling better. Condolences on that 7-1, that was a heartbreaker I am sure. If I am not mistaken Brazil made it to that point by winning games not losing. I still dont understand how my USA made it as far as we did by losing games........ Keep up the great work! Sam
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Slog, At least it turned up. I have a car registration from 2 (3?) years ago that is still out in the either. Looking forward to your next update here. Sam
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Rich, I have been told the same thing about hammocks. Sam
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