Jim Lad
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Nice, Danny. Very nice indeed!
John
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What better way to spend your birthday than cutting planks?
John
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Well I'll be .... One only genuine shackle - but at a very small size!
John
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Good on you, Tony! Your perseverence is really paying off. I'm looking forward to further instalments of your small boat build.
John
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Mark,
Canvas sails were made of, well, canvas!
Canvas is a very heavy cloth now made from cotton, but more traditionally made from hemp. It wasn't treated in any way for protection against the weather.John
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Brian,
'A bent piece of wire' pretty much sums up what a sheet horse would have looked like in reality. If that drawing accurately shows the after end of the deck, then a horse may have been necessary to allow the sheet to clear the rudder head.
John
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Now that's one bobstay fitting that isn't going to pull out!
John
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Nice work Piet - she's looking good!
John
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Danny,
The ebony ring has turned (no pun intended) out really well, with no sign of the breaks. Have you considered using a more friendly wood and staining it black?
John
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Have a look on line in Oz - Australia Post will accept brass black for postage.
John
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There's a couple of good photos of travellers on Smackdock, Michael.
John
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Welcome back, Lapace!
John
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Now that it's nicely scewed on, you'll need to remove the bowsprit band to fit the traveller!
John
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That looks an excellent saw frame you made there, Michael.
By the way, I think every Auto Electrician in Sydney owns a Myford 7. I walked into one workshop to do a survey and saw a cheap Chinese lathe on the bench. I commented to the owner that he must be the only Auto Elec. in Sydeny without a Myford 7 and he said, "I took the Myford home to my workshop there - I'm not going to let these idiots ruin it."
John
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And he may not even know the answer!!!
John
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Jose,
You are quite cirrect in assuming that the staysails have a sheet to each side. I f you go the Google Books and have a look at "The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor" - http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HmJJAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
The illustrations to pages 61 and 62 show this clearly.
John
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Next thing he'll be saying that he doesn't know Zaphod Beeblebrox!
John
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That's some pretty complex shaping you're doing there, Dan!
John
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Another great lesson in metalwork for us, Michael.
John
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That's exactly why you go to all that effort, mate - because you're having so much fun!
John