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  1. captainbob
    Planking and deck and then - - - Oh boy, I can hardley wait. Bob
  2. captainbob
    Fine work, as always. Bob
  3. captainbob
    As an ex RC sailor I'm enjoying your build. She's looking fine. Bob
  4. captainbob
    Very good engineering. Bob
  5. captainbob
    Paper on a waxed plug. Well done. Bob
  6. captainbob
    Michael, I envy you the scale of your boat. I’ve always wanted to put fasteners on eyebolts under the deck but after the deck is on and the hull is planked there’s no way to get to them. Yours are looking good. Bob
  7. captainbob
    As it turns out, Dassault Systèmes went to Auto Desk and bought the rights to an older version of AutoCad to release as DraftSight for free in the hope people would update to 3D Solid Works. So in reality you are comparing an old version of AutoCad with a new Version of AutoCad. DraftSight will never win that battle. Bob
  8. captainbob
    Thanks that's great. Bob
  9. captainbob
    Simply beautiful. I'd sail that boat any day. Bob
  10. captainbob
    This is a Photo Shop trick isn't it? You took the "top" picture and blanked out the masts and added the exacto blade. You can't fool me. Fine work. Bob
  11. captainbob
    Nice looking drill press. Can you give us a picture of the other side, so we can see the workings? Bob
  12. captainbob
    It's never good when work and fun collide. Bob
  13. captainbob
    Now that is one fine looking ship. Thanks for the overall shot. Bob
  14. captainbob
    Yes it is hard to work with shaking hands. Sometimes you have to teach the doctors. Bob
  15. captainbob
    Tom, The ring are looking good. Anxious to see a photo of the whole boat with the latest additions. Bob
  16. captainbob
    Nice detail work. Nice looking fleet. Bob
  17. captainbob
    I get confused with six drawers. With 15 drawers I'd never be able to build any boats for looking for tools. Bob
  18. captainbob
    Looks like a good project to get into the dark side. Since you are familiar with the boat already, I'm sure you will do a great job. Bob
  19. captainbob
    Tom, Another source of brass shapes is Special Shapes. They make the brass for K&S but on their web site they have much more. Bob
  20. captainbob
    Steel wool & vinegar is a very old staining technique, sometimes called "ebonizing." It works with the tannins in hardwoods. There is not enough tannin in any softwood to do a respectable job, but you can add tannin to the wood with tea. What I originally saw was vinegar with steel rusting in it applied to walnut without any tea. It immediately turned black with brown overtones. What you need to do is make up some rusty vinegar, the rustier the better, a jar of tea and some scrap woods of different types. Experiment with and without tea and see what happens. If you look on the web for weathering wood, ebonizing wood, ageing wood, you will see many different techniques, any one of which may or may not give you the color you want. The only way is to experiment to find your own results. the only thing lost is a little scrap wood and less time than this thread has taken. Bob
  21. captainbob
    Every thing is too small. Bob
  22. captainbob
    There are zero closure drill chucks where the jaws meet at a sharp edge instead of being flatted.
  23. captainbob
    No. This tea is like Liptons or any other tea bag you have. The tea and vinigar mixture will make the wood look weathered but the vinigar mixture on walnut without the tea looked like ebony. Bob
  24. captainbob
    Great. Three stgages of build in the boatyard. Couldn't be better. Bob
  25. captainbob
    Thanks, Paul. The boat was all welded so no rivets but ther is more detail to come. Bob

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