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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
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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
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Patiently looking forward here to your return also Russ. Sam
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Ron, those are a testament to your patience! Nice work. 3.5mm?? Yikes! I am not sure I could focus that small. Sam
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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
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I see I am not the only one cursed with dis-aperating parts! I am constantly amazed at just how far those little buggers can fly. And of course they go into full stealth mode when they land. Sam
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Thanks everybody. I have marked my approxomate locations with the tape and will finalize when I run the schrouds, the eyes have just enough play in them to rotate as needed. Thanks again! another morning on the phone on my day off.... Sam
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Slog, nice save and it looks like you might have a way of making sheaves too. 0.8mm slices on the rod/tube...hmm perhaps mark and spin it on your drill/dremel/drill press? Maybe using a razor saw as it spins? I have the same challenges coming up, kind of brain storming on your build..... On your ring situation if low temp electrical solder doesnt work or isnt strong enough there are these tweezers I have been eyeballing myself at Micro Mark, I wonder if they might work for you. http://www.micromark.com/heat-sink-soldering-tweezer,7064.html sam
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Got the parts blackened, although I may try to get them a little darker, once I rubbed at them they looked a bit more brown than black. This will most likely be my last post for a while, work is getting more and more demanding. I was supposed to be off today and have spent almost the entire day on the phone. Who said working from home is more productive?? sam
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That four lettered word WORK has reared its ugly head again... I have had very little time to play in the last couple of weeks so building has slowed to a crawl. Finished manufacturing my chain plates and if my crews will leave me alone this morning I plan to blacken them today. I made a rough template out of card stock to determine the approximate location and rake, once the masts are in place and I can finalize their locations I will pin them in place. My rope came in a few days a ago from Chucks Syren company. Too lazy to go back over my posts but if I didnt mention it earlier he delivered several days before he promised them. I think I actually received them the day before he told me they would ship! Thanks Chuck!! Thursday night I tried tying on the rope to the stern gun ports, a knot looked horrible so I tried seizing them with 2 lb fishing leader, looks better than the knot but still not "right". Theoretically I will get over to a fabric store today and pick up some dark brown thread and see how that looks. I can see already I have complicated my life by not doing this on the bench before installing the transom. Oh well, live and learn! Sam
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JP, really like what I am seeing. Sam
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Very nice Slog!! I learn something virtually every time I visit. Your sheave looks perfect to me since it will be mostly hidden. You have the wheels in my scull turning though. There have been a few times at work where I have had to turn a screw head down for one reason or another, I have done it by chucking the screw up in a cordless drill and spinning it against a running belt sander. I wonder if something similar could be done to make a small sheave? Perhaps soft solder a rod to the sheave hole and spin it the same way then unsolder it? Just a thought. Sam
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Sjors, Very nice! Dave explained OSHA quite well for you/me. And yes it was very tongue in cheek. Except for the Beaurocratic nightmare part, the regs are there for very important reasons but dealing directly with the people there can be a test of patience and logic. Now, back to ship building. May I ask what your method is for seizing lines? I just tried my first ever last night, and the results were less than I hoped for. You seem to have a love for busses? Sam
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Sjors, 2.7 meter ceilings are energy efficient? What am I missing, 2.7 meters is close to 9 american feet wouldnt lower ceilings be more energy efficient, less space to heat/cool? Not that I begrudge you tall ceilings, your builds need them. I am still trying to figure out what kind of fall protection your going to need to safely rig those tall masts! On that note can you imagine if OSHA existed in the 17-18 centuries? "All ratline shall have a certified fall arrest anchor point rated at 5000lb for each swashbuckler engaged in said swashbuckling. 10,000lbs if saving a damsel in distress" FYI for those outside of the US, OSHA is the beuarocratic nightmare forced upon those of us engaged in any kind of business here in the states. Sam
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Mark, the bathtub only works if you have the sprayer attachment on the shower head..... Rich, you can clean your garage out in only a week?? I am envious! Cleaning mine would be a month as well as an act of Congress Sam
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Still need some clean up and filing and straightening etc. Look about right??? Sam
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Hey all thanks!! I have a similar solder here. I am amazed at just how little it takes! So far I have all my deadeyes stropped and the first chain attached. Yesterday I stared in on the second chain that gets bolts/nailed to the hull and plate. Off to work at the moment, I will get a picture up this evening. Thanks Sam
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Robbyn, Looking good. I see you are applying lessons learned from the SF, IE your deeper tenon. Metal work looks good too, isnt soldering fun once you start to get the hang of it? Next thing you and hubby will be welding up your own bike frames!! Sam
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She is a very impressive lady Sjors! Nice little cart she is on too. Please tell me you dont sit and ride her around the house singing French sailing songs!! Andy will be visiting you with his duct tape.... Sam
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Argh! I hate moving! I feel for you on that part. At least you have a new home, job and work bench (room?) waiting for you. Sam
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Thanks Druxy sam
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Druxy, that is some beautifully clean work! Maybe this should be a separate topic, I dont want to steal this thread, if so I will happily delete this and repost, cause now I am curious. In your picture this tuck rail appears to be an applied molding, is it simply to hide the transition from the transom to the planking or is there more going on on a real ship? Sam
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Sjors, OK I will learn patience and wait for pictures. Work is really busy right now into December so I have to get my fix vicariously. Andy, Popeyes singing cant be worse than mine, when I sing angels cry out in agony. Sam
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I can say make the "J" sound just fine. Jay! see! I am a "yeenius" (Thats genius for those who cant say the "G" sound correct..... ) Ummmmm progress pictures Mr SeeYours?? Sam
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Jay, I didnt have any circlips so I tried my roundnose pliers. I think they worked out ok. Sam
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