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Jim Lad

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  1. Jim Lad
    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
  2. Jim Lad
    Crikey, mate, life's all go in Lake Wabumun, isn't it? John
  3. Jim Lad
    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
  4. Jim Lad
    I'm with Popeye - I love the overall view of the 'beast', Augie. Can't wait to see the planking begin. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Thanks, Pat. It's good to be finally getting to her. Of course she's a T.I. lugger - not a Broome boat! John
  6. Jim Lad
    Cheers, Jeff - good to have a Territorian looking on! John
  7. Jim Lad
    Just catching up with your build, Ersin. Delightful work! John
  8. Jim Lad
    More beautiful work, Ilhan - well done, mate! John
  9. Jim Lad
    Now you're cooking with gas, Popeye! John
  10. Jim Lad
    Looking good in spite of the setback, Piet! John
  11. Jim Lad
    They certainly look like vent holes to me, Tom. John
  12. Jim Lad
    Cheers, Adeline! Glad to have you aboard! John
  13. Jim Lad
    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
  14. Jim Lad
    She's moving right along there, Popeye! John
  15. Jim Lad
    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
  16. Jim Lad
    Very nice looking work space, Kevin. John
  17. Jim Lad
    Lovely work and excellent explanation again, Ed! John
  18. Jim Lad
    See? Nothing to it, Popeye! Great job mate!!! John
  19. Jim Lad
    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
  20. Jim Lad
    Very nice, Danny! John
  21. Jim Lad
    Danny, I thought about a thou clearance on that hole for the capstan would have been plenty for alignment! John
  22. Jim Lad
    Thank you very much, Michael! John
  23. Jim Lad
    That rudder detail is looking really good, Mark! John
  24. Jim Lad
    Thank you folks, one and all - plenty of room in the gallery, but there'll be a short intermission while I finish the lines plans! For those with specific comments: Danny and Mobbsie - I'm glad I didn't plan to build her as she was when she was pearling, otherwise you'd have been demanding a fully working air pump and diver's dress! Hakan - the counter shape was pretty standard for the T.I. luggers - I think also for the luggers over on the nor' west coast at Broome. John
  25. Jim Lad
    Very impressive, Augie, very impressive. John

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