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  1. PRS
    So I received my Mars 2 yesterday and been having fun learning and am amazed with the detail of the prints. Couple questions: 1-Is it OK to leave resin in the vat when not printing for a few days? 2-If you are printing something and it finishes while you are away or asleep can you leave it and clean it later? Also I tried to use chitu slicer and found it is not as user/newbie friendly as Lychee. Will stick to Lychee as it has nice presets for the different resins and has a better interface for slicing in my mind. I am using Elegoo water washable black resin and it works pretty good. Will post some pictures of some prints later.
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    Beautiful!
  3. PRS
    Looks very nice! Doesn't that yellow cedar look great?
  4. PRS
    Rigging the lower yard. I used a length of piano wire to get everything lined up and wrapped to the yard. Then ran the rope under the last wrap as so. Once I used some diluted PVA and trimmed the ropes and wrapped the outer edge of the rope I have the yard hung in place. This took a lot of time to do but looks nice at the end. The more I do rigging the easier and better it gets and I am still working on my rigging skills. I do struggle with seizing blocks trying to get them to look right.
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    Thanks Chuck and everyone for the kind words. Shaping of the yards. Not hard with the drill but have to make sure both ends are even. Then brush painted with the acrylic black.
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    I have the rigging done for chapter 13. It is getting harder to photograph and I get some weird black lines from my overhead lcd light and did try some flash pics also and they didn't turn out any better.
  7. PRS
    Thanks Glen. My wife is a quilted and I get her hand me down mats. Evidently they get worn where they cut all the time. (and I steal her needles and also get the hand me down scissors
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    Looking good Glen. The airbrush is a great one you chose.
  9. PRS
    Looks nice. I like the painter figure myself.
  10. PRS
    Thanks Bob. Finished up the ratlines. Will have to look at another log for the forestays to see how they are attached at the front and the base of the mast.
  11. PRS
    I have to forestay and sling rigged. Now to go through and tighten all the rigging before doing the ratlines.
  12. PRS
    Good to know. I was thinking of sanding the coil template down a bit to make the coils narrower at the top so will measure and correct the length. Thanks
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    Thanks Glen. They were tricky wrapping them at the mast as there was not a lot of room. I probably should have done these before doing the top mast. Speaking of tricky. I did the backstays and they were fun to get them both even. Still have to tighten them up and once I do the forestay I think it will be time to tighten the shrouds also. My photography isn't the best using my phone. Sorry about that. I will see if I can try to focus better.
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    Going to steal that sanding jig for my next one
  15. PRS
    That looks really nice Glen and your painting turned out great!
  16. PRS
    Thanks all for the comments and likes. I have the shrouds deadeyes rigged. Going to let them settle in and do the backstays and forestays before I do the final tightening. I have had some issue with diluted PVA leaving a white residue so I am experimenting with modge podge diluted to see how that works for rigging. If that doesn't work I might try some different white glue as maybe what I have is bad as it is old. Anyways...Pics or it didn't happen.
  17. PRS
    Very nice!
  18. PRS
    Very interesting... So how is the smell when you are printing? I think if I pull the trigger and get one of these I will stick to using the water washable resin so I don't have to deal with the IPA in large quantities. Easiest way to find files is search from Yeggi. https://www.yeggi.com You can find stuff like this: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/canon-gribeauval-6x-servants-et-cuirassier-enbonus
  19. PRS
    Before going further I had made some new belaying pins out of 1/16 square boxwood and then tightened the rigging I had and placed the rope coils.
  20. PRS
    At this stage I made myself a jig for making rope coils. There are three different sizes. First put a rope end in the bottom hole and hold it with a toothpick. Wrap the coils around and then using another toothpick at the top. Then feed the end through the slot and finish wrapping. Once the wrap is done feed the end through the bottom hole, Brush on some thinned PVA and then hit it with a hair drier to speed up the curing of the glue. Slowly work the coil off with tweezers and final shape it. You can then trim the ends off.
  21. PRS
    It is NE 50 thread. Post 53 is exactly what I need!
  22. PRS
    So making the Burton Pendants I first siezed the rope the full length and then siezed the block onto it. This didn't look right to me so I redid them. I then did the whole seizing after putting the block on and then wrapped the rope from the block up. Was a simple matter to tie some rope on the block to hold one end. I am hoping this is the right way for these. Here is the color of the cotton thread I am using. Now I have been having trouble with my serving machine as I wasn't real careful when assembling it and it was binding and squeaking. What solved it was to spray the gears and also the joint with this silicone spray. Now it is slick and I can turn it with one finger. The pendants are all rigged but not tightened yet. I sure have a mess of rope on the deck I need to take care of soon.
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    I have also been eyeing up the mono and can see there is a huge difference in the printing quality of a resin printer. They are reasonably priced now and want to see how everyone makes out with the Anycubic Mono. The wash and cure station looks like a necessary piece also. I am a little concerned about the smell during printing though and the Admiral has a keen sense of smell
  24. PRS
    Gaff is rigged and lines not tied off yet. I am going to also redo the belaying pins and see if I can get them more even this time so they are not in place.
  25. PRS
    Amazon is supposed to have some in a week also.

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