mic-art

On 6/21/2019 at 9:44 AM, mic-art said:

I bought a plank bender from Amati. When i plugged it in for the first time, there started to come smoke near the handle.

Is this normal or did I get a bad sample?

13 hours ago, MESSIS said:

I think its normal

Let it for some time on power until it reaches and keeps its working temperature.. that shall clean it up and end the smoke. Stay there and watch it to be on the safe side.

  

I did just that and as you said, the smoke ended. It must be some kind of coating - perhaps oil?

I bought a plank bender from Amati. When i plugged it in for the first time, there started to come smoke near the handle.

Is this normal or did I get a bad sample?

I also scanned with overlap making 9 layers in photoshop. It is difficult to keep the same angle on each scan so it was hard to align them at 90 degrees. I ended with only using parts which was undivided and masked the rest on each layer, it was quicker. Then I did the layout in Illustrator.

I'm not so sure that the scanner caused major distortions in this case as it is a professional copy/print machine. But I think I will check it up and do some testing/measuring 🙂

Having very limited work space i decided to scan the plans for my Sherbourne kit and make a new layout in a more manageable size (A3+).  It would even be possible to strip it down to several A4. How do you people do with huge plans?

I suspect it is not legal to share the plans, else I could share it with other Sherbourners.

On a side note; while doing this, I noticed that the the plans are not exact so one should be careful taking measurements from it.

When searching for details about 18:th century naval guns i stumbled on this interesting online-book that is published on google books: Artillery: "An Illustrated History of Its Impact"

Sorry if it already has been discussed here earlier, I couldn't find anything when I searched the forum anyway.

Perhaps it is of value for someone?

4 hours ago, VonHoldinghausen said:

Welcome to heaven!

I am also in Linköping

Have the same background as you I would say.

ie: Im a returning modeller.

 

Cheers!

Cool! 😊

Many years ago I was very fond of building model kits. Mostly plastic models but also some RC planes and boats.

My only experience from plank built boats was ”Hjejlen paddle steamer” - from Billing Boats, which I never finished due to (in my opinion) bad deck fittings etc.

Since then my mind has been occupied by computer graphics and games so there is a 25 year gap until now.

I guess my  50’years crisis made me rediscover this hobby 😉 so now I have ordered the Caldercraft ”Sherbourne” kit for starters. I hope I will finnish it, at least I am much better of now, when I can take part of the vast knowledge this forum offers.

Best regards
Mikael