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  1. captainbob
    John, What talented spiders you have in Australia. Could you spare some when I need them? Fine job, and I agree with Padeen, “If it can be done, why not do it...”. Bob
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    I like it. Bob
  3. captainbob
    When I was building kits I replaced most of the wood because I thought it was junk. Paying for kits plus new wood got too expensive. That's why I scratch build now. Bob
  4. captainbob
    Nice planking. You should be proud. Bob
  5. captainbob
    Very good, Popeye. Very good. Bob
  6. captainbob
    Isn't that always the way. The helpers never get credit. Bob
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    Dee Dee, The planking and deck, both looking good. Bob
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    John, Glad to know you're watching. Bob
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    Wayne, that's what she said too. But she's not from the south. Harvey, I'm wanting to build a schooner also one of these days. Always too many boats and not enough time. Børge, Pull up a chair. I'm drawing plans now and should be making sawdust soon. Bob
  10. captainbob
    You never know until you try. Then it's either, "WOW" or "OOPS". Bob
  11. captainbob
    Popeye, The sails look great, and be sure to spread the butter nice and thick. Bob
  12. captainbob
    Scott, I just caught up with your build. It’s looking good. Bob
  13. captainbob
    Take care of yourself so you get better. We miss you and your building. Bob
  14. captainbob
    Thanks, Mark, then it’s a go. Michael, at 1:48 the deck is 7.5 inches, I wish I had the room to make it larger like your cutter, I think it would look good on the water. But then, being small it will be on a shelf where the Admiral can see it. After all it is for her. Bob
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    Michael, Love the blocks. They’re so nice you could sell your extras as jewelry. Bob
  16. captainbob
    Wow, Tom, It’s really coming together. Bob
  17. captainbob
    Well here we go again. As I said in my last build, the Admiral saw a picture of a yawl and said, “Why don’t you make a model of that for me”. I don’t know about you but I find it very difficult to say no to the Admiral. What boat is it? I searched the web and I asked around, the wooden boat forum suggested that it might be the Malabar Jr. Malabar Jr. The Malabar Jr. was designed by John Alden in 1924. There are many variations, originally a sloop with Marconi sails it was also built as a gaff sloop and as a yawl, both Marconi and gaff. The cabin was also changed, most had square forward corners but some had rounded corners like in the painting. I was not able to find a picture of it as a gaff yawl, but the gaff sails would move the center of sail aft and it would require a longer bow sprit to move the jib forward to balance the sails. So that agreed with the painting. The only problem left was the shape of the bow. In the painting the stem is more perpendicular where it meets the deck. Then the word came from the Admiral. ”The painter probably took artistic license in painting the picture so why don’t you take modeling license?” So unless someone out there can tell me what this yawl is, I plan to build the Malabar Jr. with a Cap’n’Bob bow. Bob
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    Beautiful, simply beautiful. Bob
  19. captainbob
    Martin, It's an old Dremel stand I've had for about twenty years. The X - Y table about five years. Bob
  20. captainbob
    Well done Michael, Wow only 24 hours since my last entry and look at all the construction you did, let alone the engineering. I like the way it finally ended up, I can just imagine myself there helping to lifting the anchor. Great fun. Bob
  21. captainbob
    Welcome aboard, Richard. Good start. Is this your first build? Bob
  22. captainbob
    Ah, the joy of design as well as building. Figuring out how it all works and then drawing it is what I used to do for a living, now I do it for fun. I’m not sure about on board ship but on the farm when I was young; when pawls were doubled they were set at half cog steps so when one pawl held the other was riding half way down the next cog. One pawl was under the other and ready to catch the next cog and then when it dropped the pawl on top was at a half step. Bob
  23. captainbob
    This is my setup. The board on top is fastened with T-nuts. It allows me to screw the part down or to screw a clamp board anywhere I want instead of just the T-slots. Also if I’m drilling a series of holes or making a slot all the way through I don’t have to worry about damaging the cross slide. The other picture shows the mounting to the Dremel stand. The holes in the Proxxon do not line up with the stand base. Bob
  24. captainbob
    That does look good, thanks. Bob
  25. captainbob
    Whose dividing head? I did not see one on Proxxon web site. Bob

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