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    : Sailing the trail upon the Dusty Ol' Seas of "Texas"

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  1.    tmj reacted to a post in a topic: Billy 1938 by Keith Black - 1:120 Scale - Homemade Sternwheeler
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  8. tmj
    Looks 'GREAT'! Nice job!
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  15. tmj
    At least you are honest about size! I too try to avoid exaggeration whenever possible, however. I'll never forget that that time when I caught a Brook Trout in this little, teeny, tiny mountain stream that was 'Thisssssssssssss' BIG! 😮
  16. tmj
    Greetings from Dallas! 😊
  17. tmj
    I hear you! 1:76 is currently 'my' limit, no smaller than that! Old eyes, old hands and way too much frustration involved in messing with the really small stuff. What is that next build, at four feet going to be?
  18. tmj
    That 'scant' amount of rope is only used to hold the anchor up. You can see the actual anchor chain going into the hawse hole, below deck, to where the rope, capstan and rope storage would be. Here's a short video that might help you understand how everything works. It's a different ship, but the same principles would still apply.
  19. tmj
    It's time for me to leave this thread. Find whatever tools suit you best. That's what counts. Good luck and Happy New Year to you!
  20. tmj
    Please reread my responses. I've already answered that, as well as your OEM questions a few posts ago.
  21. tmj
    Sorry, but you were asking for opinions from folks with firsthand use of certain tools. You got those opinions then quickly switched to OEM. If OEM is more important than how well the tools work... maybe, you need to rephrase your question and ask again on another thread. Useability and OEM are two totally different things. Good luck!
  22. tmj
    OEM? Some Chinese company, I'm pretty sure. Chinese companies ripping each other off, in competition, to see who can effectively grab the biggest market share before some 'other' Chinese company takes them down! Who cares? The darned things simply work... despite there being a hundred different labels of the exact same silly thing! LOL
  23. tmj
    If I'm not mistaken, Harbor Freight is where I bought mine way back when!
  24. tmj
    Here 'tis! 😁 I've cut tons of stuff on this little thing, mostly hardwoods. It's really a great little tool, despite its origins and price! As for 'thin' stuff? It'll cut a 1/32" thick plank, or a 'stack' of 1/32" thick planks just as easily and pretty as you please! Nice clean cuts even on the thin stuff!
  25. tmj
    This is kinda goofy but works 'GREAT' for square cuts on thicker stuff that the Ultimation won't like. It's cheap too! Look for mini table saws on Amazon. I've had mine for 20 years and it still works like a champ!
  26. tmj
    I have the complete 'Ultimation' line of products and love them all. The chopper will indeed cut a bevel on one end, but I deal with that in one of two ways. If it's planking, I'll often use that bevel to my advantage by turning the points 'up' and making a really tight butt joint against the preceding planks. If I don't want the beveled cut, I simply cut my pieces a tad long and use the sanding repeater to sand all of those parts to exact lengths while also removing those tapered cuts. As for the hand powered sander, itself. It is a gem, indeed. It's saved me many times when the complex geometry of a curious part and compound angles would make it difficult to accurately sand such a part via a powered disk sander where you must sand on one side of the disk due to rotation, etc. With the Ultimation sander, I just turn the crank in whichever direction best suits the needs for the part needing to be sanded. I have nothing but 'PRAISE' for all of my Ultimation tools!
  27. tmj
    Capt. Engel on one of his 'good' days!
  28. tmj
    What's your budget for said 'machine'?

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