Jim Lad
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Bruce, You're building at 1:96 aren't you? Should be able to find ready made threads at that scale (maybe)! John
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If it was a fully rigged ship of the line at that scale, Michael, you'd have to build a new house to put it in! John -
Denis, I'm sorry but I somehow missed your post back on the 3rd. Oldboy is quite right - all the gear is attached to the furled sail. It can then be set quite simply at any time. John
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Bruce, Shrouds were usually, but not exclusively left handed in older ships - it was simply a matter of smaller, right handed rope being laid up again to make a much larger rope. Of course shroud laid rope is four strands laid up right handed around a core. It was often used for standing rigging as it was less liable to stretching. Also remember that wire rope was in use on some ships by the mid 1850's for standing rigging, and that was (and is) almost exclusively right handed. John
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The boats have come out well, Mobbsie. Have you thought yet about how you're going to stow them all? John
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Well done on the new method of making blocks, Michael. As you've now reached this stage of detail, I assume we're free to criticise if we see any screw, bolt or nail not faithfully represented on your cutter! John
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How to do deck edging?
Jim Lad replied to SpencerC's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
I always lay the margin plank first. As the planking goes forward, I cut the joggling into the end of the plank and lay this over the margin plank and mark the shape of the joggled end with a sharp pencil on the margin plank. The margin plank can then be cut with a very sharp blade to take the end of the plank. John -
Crikey, mate, life's all go in Lake Wabumun, isn't it? John
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Crikey, Ed! I can cope with milling the frames to the correct siding, but doing it on the sander looks pretty scary. Do you have a stiff drink before or after the sanding? John
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I'm with Popeye - I love the overall view of the 'beast', Augie. Can't wait to see the planking begin. John
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Thanks, Pat. It's good to be finally getting to her. Of course she's a T.I. lugger - not a Broome boat! John
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Cheers, Jeff - good to have a Territorian looking on! John
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Just catching up with your build, Ersin. Delightful work! John
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More beautiful work, Ilhan - well done, mate! John
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Now you're cooking with gas, Popeye! John
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Looking good in spite of the setback, Piet! John
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SS Vinal Haven by TBlack - FINISHED
Jim Lad replied to TBlack's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
They certainly look like vent holes to me, Tom. John -
Cheers, Adeline! Glad to have you aboard! John
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In "The Seaman's Vade Mecum" by William Mountaine, published in 1756, there is no mention of unhooking the tackles in his list of words of command in the section on the 'exercise of the great guns'. The only mention of the tackles is in his notes on the positioning of the tackles for the lee and windward guns, and I quote, "If you exercise the lee guns, and it blows fresh, you must keep one tackle hooked to the ring-bolt on the deck, near the coaming, and the other tackle hooked to the ring, in the train of the carriage. But if you exercise the windward guns, keep both tackles hooked to the ship's side, and the train of the carriage." I think I'm with Spyglass on this one - are there any factual contemporary sources that mention the guns 'kicking' when they got hot? John
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She's moving right along there, Popeye! John
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Looking very good, Piet! Thanks for your good wishes to people over here affected by the fires. Sydney and suburbs are fine, but there are a couple of hundred families up in the Blue Mountains who don't have homes anymore as of right now! John
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Lovely work and excellent explanation again, Ed! John
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See? Nothing to it, Popeye! Great job mate!!! John
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It's great to see an update on your lovely battleship. Are you going to start a log for the liberty ship as well? That would also be a very interesting project to watch. John
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