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Joe,

If you like Lee Valley you will love the Japanwoodworker.com or TraditionalWoodworker.com, very similar.

Sam

What kind of rope would have been used to seize rope on running rigging? Tarred/pine pitch or natural? I am rigging the gun port ropes on my stern ports and not sure which is correct.

Sam

Druxey,

I cant agree more, I have a box full of cheap files rasps and rifflers. Very few of the cheap files I bought in my younger years were worth the packaging they came in. There is a time and a place for cheap tools, but you cant go wrong buying the best you can afford.

Sam

Harley,

I just received mine thursday and you are correct, its just the vice, no bobbin holder. So far all i have been able to do is look at it; work is keeping me very busy. I was going to experiment and see what worked for me, most likely following Mobsies pictures, maybe coming up with techniques of my own, dont really know. I had in the back of my head to possibly use the rotating feature to wrap my seizings; I dont know if that will work or not, the tip of the vice is not centered to the axis of rotation. I am hoping to get some bench time this evening or tomorrow to play if work will cooperate. In the mean time it looks like it is off to the tackle shop for me to get a bobbin holder - scary prospect there, tackle shops are like a tool or candy store for me. 

Sam

Like Darren I am a huge fan of these saws.You really cant beat them.

This place is great if you like Japanese tools and if you ever get to the san francisco areea you should check out their store

sam

http://www.japanwoodworker.com/Category/13166/Fish-%28Deba%29.aspx 

Harbor freight has some that or OK. Not great just ok but cheap.

sam

Sadly, no one makes one of those.

Mark, learner,

I don't know how small you want but there are these. aircompressorsdirect.com/product-images/4429_Alt_1.jpg

You can get them electric powered also

Sam

That seems like a very reasonable price for a handmade file/rasp. At work our sculpters have hand made Italian rasps and rifflers that run upwards of $75.00 each.

My set from micro mark was about $25.00 iirc and I have been very pleased with them.

Sam

Kiwiron, the optivisor is great, we have a couple at work. At home for ship building I have been using a Megaview Pro LED. http://www.ottofrei.com/MegaView-Pro-with-LED-Light-and-3-Lenses-Plus-Mono-Lens.html   I like having shadowless light right where I am working. 

I think OptiView has a lighted version also.

Sam

Russ, good to see you back at it.

sam

I wish I had the time and energy to yard sale! I probably could have saved my self some money, I just ordered a couple of used Danvice - $72.00. I know I could have gone to Ebay, but...... this place seemed to be the one.  http://www.btsflyfishing.com/

When I told Al the owner what I was going to be using it for, he got real quiet and said "Thats a first, now I have heard everything" He was actually kind f tickled that I was going to use a fly vice for this.

Thanks again Mobsie

Sam

Mark looks great! Is it really possible for her to "explode" when you remove from the frame board? Chain Wale is a new term for me; is that the wale the chain plates are anchored to?

Sam

Q,

you read the same article I did. I am looking at a couple of those, havent decided which one yet.

sam

Mobbsie, thank you!! Thats great. Evidently there are two type, rotating and non rotating, is there an advantage to either?

Sam 

Mr sjors, the Ratline King!! I go away for a couple of day and you change builds, add a whole bunch of pages and even pictures! Woo Hoo!

Very nice. And the picture of the two together look great too. 

Sam

Robbyn, Great job!!

I am pretty sure the paint masks are good for epoxy and CA; I have been using one for that for years. Jays comment has made me wonder is all. 

Sam

Great work Robbyn--a very fine looking longboat! Looking forward to your Syren! Oh, btw if you purchase a half face respirator, be sure to get organic filters and use them in the mask otherwise you're not protected from the vapors of most chemicals we work with.

 

Jay

Jay, does that mean a mask rated for paint is no good for epoxy or CA fumes?

Sam

Mike, good call, I didnt realize coppering started so late.

Sam

What about coppering instead of a white hull?

sam

Wow Robbyn, very nice! Must be a great feeling to have one in the finished column. 

For your rings and hooks, do yo have a round nose plier?

sam

Hey all,

I am just getting to the point of rigging my Enterprise, actually the line for the stern gun  ports. I am already running into the challenge of how to seize the line to the rings. Has anybody tried a fly tying vise? does it work for you and is the rotating option worth paying for? 

Been reading up on them and found a couple in my budget, one with a rotating option and one without.

Thoughts?

sam

Robbyn, Sorry to here about your reaction, sounds like your feeling better. Build is looking good though. Is it the fumes that get you? Would one of those NIOSH rated paint masks work? I would agree with the others 5 min epoxy sounds like a great alternative, I would recommend you wipe or dip the part in acetone or alcohol first to make sure you get all the oils off. Epoxy doesnt play well with oils.

For your soldering, did you clean the brass REALLY good? When a file isnt efficient I have been using a maroon scrubby pad folded over and then draw the wire through it till its nice and shiny (shinny?) Just out of curiosity, what kind of torch and solder are you using?

Sam

Patiently looking forward here to your return also Russ.

Sam

Ron, 

those are a testament to your patience! Nice work. 3.5mm?? Yikes! I am not sure I could focus that small.

Sam

Robbyn,

Looking great. Havent been comentig much anywhere cause of work but I have been dropping in nightly.

Dont you just love it when that light bulb goes off in your head and you go "OH!"     For me at least those are the bits of knowledge that stick. 

Sam