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BANYAN

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  1. Great to see an update Mark and to hear all is proceeding well with your wife's recuperation. Mk IV deck, now that has to be some form of record huh - seen plenty of action by the sound of it cheers Pat
  2. Sorry Popeye, I see where you are coming from, but that was not the intent - you're a braver man than me if you wish to train snakes to do anything but scare away any unwanted visitors - most of them are far scarier than the spiders cheers Pat
  3. That lantern came up a treat Slog; nice work. It will look very good in place. cheers Pat
  4. Hi John, that little beauty is coming along magnificently - great work! Now that you let the cat out of the bag re the spiders; who are you going to scare away when they find out about the snakes (and the ....) cheers Pat
  5. Drunk or not Danny, them there spiders would probably produce better ratlin's then me cheers Pat
  6. Good catch; better to get it before the glue sets - you had a stroke of luck there Rowand - welcome to the Endeavour model builder's group cheers Pat
  7. Paul, that is some superb work mate, I can only to the quality of your workmanship! cheers Pat
  8. Very nice work once again Danny, very clean and well defined edges and bevels. Now, when you finish with those spiders, reckon they'd survive air transport down my way cheers Pat
  9. Nice clean work Slog; looking very good. you will catch me before I know it, so I had better pick up my pace! cheers Pat
  10. Brian, are you thinking of cheating on your scratch build cheers Pat
  11. Ditto Garward, much appreciated. cheers Pat
  12. Take a bow Anatoly; that is superb! cheers Pat
  13. Absolutely stunning metal work Alex; very crisp with a very consistent finish. cheers Pat
  14. Gary all I can say is She is coming along beautifully. cheers Pat
  15. Welcome Anatoly, and what a way to introduce yourself. That is v ery nice work and a real teaser for the implied quality of your model/shipwright skills. Look forward to seeing more. cheers Pat
  16. Thanks for continuing the updates Paul, it's great watching her come to life again. cheers Pat
  17. Nice work Danny, they look good. You may have opened yourself up here mate; what's the next challenge going to be cheers Pat
  18. Now that is one very nice finish Danny; thanks for the feedback. cheers Pat
  19. That's one sweet little lady John, great work. cheers Pat
  20. Danny, that is some very nice work mate; looks great despite the issues you experienced. Be interesting to hear how you go with different turning and feed speeds. I have avoided turning ebony to date as I don't have alot and did not want to ruin the bits I had - so i have been saving it for those 'special' projects. Thanks for doing the research and trials for me cheers Pat
  21. Jay, further to John's post, in the navy (well Aussie Navy at least) they were also referred to as 'manropes' and had the additional purpose of being a 'safety' rope for any crew that were in the boat when it was lowered to allow it to be 'released' from the falls when it met the water. If something went wrong and the boats/falls broke/gave way (yes I have seen it happen), these rope which were attached independently (much liker a safety harness these days) were used for the crew to grab onto and stop their fall (they were held loosely by the crew as the boat descended). The ropes usually had knots (overhand) in them at regular intervals to provide a purchase when being used for climbing - not sure if the merchant navy followed the same practice of knotting them though? cheers Pat
  22. She's coming along very nicely Piet, can't wait to see her wityh the first skin on cheers Pat
  23. That's a great idea Mark. Where you show the open dado at the rear of your second posted drawing, could also be left solid/filled (as in your original) with the rebate/dado only deep enough to support the holder (i.e. slides over the table until meeting the solid rear piece) which would provide additional supprot to keep the jig square to the table (not really that important though). This approach gets around the width limitations imposed by a featherboard attached to a flat bar in the mitre slot and keeps the fingers out of the way if you position it closer to (but still behind) the leading edge of the blade for such thin cuts. Thanks for sharing. Pat
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