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Brilliantly done Robin and looking at the last pic they look symmetrical well done 👍 Regards Richard

Hi Wally I see you live in Edmonton have you tried Black Forest Wood Company in Calgary have bought a lot of wood from them in the past. Great start on carving way better than white metal castings 👍 Regards Richard

Lovely job on the coppering Wally well done it looks fantastic 👍 Regards Richard

Another awesome piece of machining Keith well done 👍 Regards Richard

Wow looking at it with all its glory you have one heck of a build Keith Regards Richard

Work of art Keith 👍 Regards Richard

Did it too have had my saw since 2004 brilliant machine, now just ordered the sliding table 😁 Regards Richard

Check to see if you have put the spacers which go either side of blade the right way Regards Richard

Blimey Phil they are tiny they will look great on your model 👍 Regards Richard

Nice jig Wally and great outcome 👍

Thanks Jim will do Regards Richard

Brilliant Keith very nicely made 👍 Regards Richard

Thanks Robin, do like to ask questions/opinions if information is not available or not being able to find on the web/books, I don't know to much on the Bluenose and it is nice to get feedback 👍 Thank you Schooners, to answer your question I use a Sherline 4" Rotary Table combined with the Sherline Tilting Angle plate, the handle comes with 0 to 50, 50 is 5 deg so you can work out deg, minutes, and seconds I also bought a few Harvey Tool cutters ranging in sizes, some with radius and some with ball, great tool bits Have made quite a few things with these tools like brackets for 1:24 Hurricane legs Regards Richard

Looking good Robin also like the looks of the beer 🤔 is it a pale ale 🍺 Regards Richard

Very nice Wally looks great 👍 Regards Richard

Looking fantastic Schooner just looking at the Jenson sketches of the area must have been tricky to get right 👍 Regards Richard

Thanks Jeff glad I spent the time upgrading it has made that area pop out 👍 Jenson book does not have section views on the chain hawser which is a pity because he did the wood hawser, the picture does not clearly show 4 I am assuming, but went and added the other four and to me it looks better Hi Ja see above have added the other four used .010" thick brass so that would have been just over 5/8" thick bar Thanks you kindly Michael did use the kit wood which is either Basswood or Limewood (European Basswood) 1/16" thick x 3/32" Thanks very much for your comments and all the likes Regards Richard

Good start Joe, yea those bottom planks do look bent 👍 Regards Richard

Very nice 👍 Regards Richard

Made the square bearings as per Model Shipway drawings and then Casey Blacked all gears, bearings and shaft. Then started to work on the wood whelps and that is when I found I had made the shaft wrong, while I was looking at the pictures I thought there was a step and when I glued the first ones I could see there was no room for the shaped whelps so re-machined a new shaft. Started to make the riding Bitt, cheek and knees adding in the square hole for bearing, this I machined in the mill and all wood was Boxwood Added the deck pads which I did not have the first time and filed chamfer to both Bitts and then glued knees to Bitts After that I started back on the wood whelps for rope hawser, made as per LB Jenson book but the shaped whelps I went as the picture, made all wedges so total of 20 pieces made from Boxwood to make up rope hawser. Installed gears to see how it looked at this stage and also to start making the double pawl, here is a picture of old and upgraded Pawl bracket machined .134" x .210" base part was .012" thick and sides with holes was .010" thick, pawls were .076" wide and had a taper on each one Added four .013" holes in base so that I could add four bolts Looking not to bad Next up was to work on the Chain Hawser started by making pie shape pieces to go around shaft and then machined the wooden sheave which go on the outside (I think it is called a sheave) Last ting was to add the iron whelps, looking at the pictures I think there was four and that is what I have done, but looking at Model Shipway drawing I can see eight so does anyone know how many? I can easily add the other four. I am really glad I upgraded and enjoyed making all these parts. Until next time Regards Richard

Hi Jim, I sent an email to you last week just wondering if you got it Regards Richard

At 1/98 scale you are doing a great Job Phil 👍 Regards Richard

Looking good Wally 👍, could you not use tracing paper for the nibbing from the drawing and then mark to wood, (this is how I did mine on the Bluenose) then you just need to mark and cut your ends once you get there. Regards Richard

Hi Robin, forgot to say have not painted the sides just yet its on my to do list 😄 Regards Richard

Thanks for looking in and your kind comment, and welcome to my ongoing build Moab Regards Richard