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  1. tmj
    I understand hidden lines. I just don't know what an 'X' inside of a rectangle means.
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    Thanks Mark. I found a copy on eBay for cheap. It's on its way.
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    I keep seeing scarf joints shown on keels, as depicted in the photo below. This rectangular box with an 'X' in it confuses me. Does this symbol mean that the scarf joint could go in either direction, from stem to stern, or vice versa at the builder's discretion? An explanation of what that symbol actually means would be greatly appreciated!
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    Gary, the depth of your knowledge and your case 'proof's' never cease to amaze me! "Very enlightening and 'always' welcome!"
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    Ahh, okay, I get it now. Thanks Allan! Someday I'll become more familiar with a lot of these old naval architectural terms, but for now... you guys just need to bear with me! Sometimes I feel like 'Curly' from the 3 Stooges. "I'm trying to think, but nothing happens!" 😶
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    I used to use contact cement to bond balsa wood sheeting to foam core wings back when I raced R/C pylons (quickie races). The contact cement worked 'great', however. These airplanes also didn't have a very long lifespan. They were cheap, fast, disposable airplanes! I still have two elderly 'Scat-Cats', standby leftovers from my racing days, who's wing skins are effectively separating from the foam cores... and they have never even been flown! I wouldn't trust contact cement, at all, for the long haul...
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    Roger, exactly what do you mean by "The Waterways"? What is a 'waterway'?
  8. tmj
    This is the sort of stuff that I really like to see! I'm definitely going to 'try' to use this construction method on my build, if scale size allows. "Thanks again!"
  9. tmj
    Would the open bottoms of those pockets be for corrosion control/ water drainage, or was it just easier to make the garland's in such a manner?
  10. tmj
    Thanks Gary. I can see far more than just 'scalloping' going on here! This is nothing that I had envisioned, but I also really like what it shows! "Hmmm?" I may need to leave a few shot out of the garlands in order to display a construction method such as this! Very good, "Thank you!"
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    Did 18th century British shot garlands (first rate) actually have bowl shaped pockets carved into them, to accept the shot, or would they have been made as more simple 'troughs' to hold that shot, perhaps with a bit of padding to keep the loose shot from rolling around? I can see pro's and also con's to both scenarios from both a 'construction' point of view as well as functionality. Working with a mass-produced kit makes it difficult to determine what is actually real and what is complete fantasy!
  12. tmj
    I was able to steal a bit more time today, while supper is cooking. I've sanded the edges of the gun deck straight and true... and also trimmed out the fore and aft edges of the grating. The long piece of timber is going to become the shot garlands for holding the cannon balls. I need to carve pockets into those pieces, using a 'ball mill routing bit', on my drill-press, to hold the cannon balls before I glue those shot garlands to the port and starboard sides of my grating. I could glue the garlands on now, but if I get off of proper placement with the 'pockets', and it looks bad, I'd have to cut the garlands away and start over. That's too much work. I'm going to drill my shot garlands first. If I'm happy with the pockets for the cannon balls, 'THEN' I'll glue the shot garlands to the sides of the grating and prepare to install the grating onto the deck.
  13. tmj
    New grating material arrived. It's been cut to size, glued together and sanded. Next up will be preparing the deck, gluing the grating down and trimming it out on the deck. I was hoping to get everything done today but ran out of time. "To be continued."
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    Grating arrived, but it was the wrong grating. I had to re-order the proper sized stuff. I've been waiting, again! No additional work has been done other than a bit of staining and touchup work. New grating is now 'out for delivery'. Fingers are crossed in it being the proper size this time!
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    I'll be watching this. The only reason that I am starting off with Autocad is because that's the only CAD software I've ever used. I've also never used CAD/CAM for 3D and wood, only 2D and metal. There could very well be better choices out there.
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    500W 4540 sized Router, assorted tooling (including a surfacing bit) and a preliminary dust control system. It's all here now! I believe that I finally found the Fusion 360 info that I was desperately seeking... without having to learn things about Fusion 360 that I do not currently need to learn. I only want to use Fusion 360 as a 'nesting' program and to set the tool paths and generate G-code for my 3D work that was previously developed in AutoCad. Fingers are crossed... "I'm going in now!"
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    What is 'SU pro'? More spelling, please. What does 'SU' stand for?
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    Yes, there is a Fusion 360 'Personal Use' license that is available for free. Go to Autodesk.com
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    Many thanks, Gregory! I'll definitely look him up! Kevin, I've been using Acad since release 10 for DOS. Due to this I thought it would be a very simple transition, but I was wrong. The commands appear to be the same, but the way in which they are being used in Fusion seem to be of a totally different animal, at least for now. I poked around in it for about an hour today, my first exposure to Fusion, and I finally had to shut it down before my head exploded! Way different than what I expected! I'll definitely look into 'your' link as well. I'll eventually get the hang of it; it's just going to take a lot more time than I thought it would...
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    Yes, Fusion will allow me to save my files in the STL file format. I'll just need to learn enough about Fusion 360 to import and save my 3D Acad files as such. This will help me get started faster while I go about the process of learning Fusion 360 in more depth, I hope! 😶
  21. tmj
    Lots of 'heads-ups' and nice to know info shown in your thread. Thanks for sharing! I can now only wonder what assembly/operational difficulties will come with 'my' new machine. Ron, do you use Fusion 360? I just got Fusion and currently see a steep learning curve in my near future. While I can model quite well, and fast using Autocad, Fusion 360 is looking totally different to me. Can I do my 3D modeling in Acad and then just import those completed files into Fusion to create the G-code and toolpaths? Tom...
  22. tmj
    Thanks Ron! I'll tune into the thread!
  23. tmj
    Thanks Ron. No laser module, just a rotary router. I take all of my laser projects to work.
  24. tmj
    The search is over. I decided to drop the 4th axis idea, for now, and purchased a different 500W 4540 3 axis system, not Genmitsu. Amazon will be delivering it Monday.
  25. tmj
    Allan, Could you possibly highlight the unnecessary pieces and email me with your visual representation of what pieces I need to eliminate?

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