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Posts on this site have shown hulls mounted securely on a flat smooth surface and a wandering marker mounted on a block type of device that is ran around the hull by hand, marking as it goes a line that is a uniform vertical distance from the flat surface the hull is mounted on to the line being marked on the hull. 

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Thanks Ulises.

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Maybe someone with experience will answer, I also would like to know about the moisture content needed for putting a curve in  planks when using a curling iron. I do know that in full scale, when wood needs to be bent, it is placed in a steamer of some type and left for a time. While in the steamer a wood piece will absorb moisture and heat. The curling iron provides the heat for bending, leaving moisture content to something else, in the model world,  heat alone may be all that is needed when using a curling iron.

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By placing rat guards on the shrouds, thereby stopping  rats from running up and down  the shrouds, ratlines wouldn't be needed.

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Agree with Randy. Might add that you are working with a dowel, long and narrow. Use the same wood in your lamination's so all will have the same characteristics for stretch, shrink  and changes in moisture. If you were making ply board then thou could mix and match.

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Like your build and all the detail. Do have one question,  you  probably have a good answer. Question is, you left the anchor cables around the windless drums, having knocked the pelican hook loose on anchor chains and watched the chain run around anchor windless with controlling brakes and then down the hawse pipe, I can't help but wonder what would happen to that type of windless if the dogs were released and the anchor let go with the anchor line positioned on the windless for lifting. No offense intended, just  the type who wonders about cause and effect, kept me out of trouble many times.

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Torrens; (  leave for as long as possible; usually six months or more ). This sounds like experience talking and a very worthwhile tip to pass on.  I may never get to the rigging stage but I will remember your rope stretching method.

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The plain hooks I have used  were made with the ring both ways, you had to choose which one fit the job. What really counts is the shape of both types of plain hooks. All the plain hooks are made with a dip in the back side and a turn up on the open side, only way you can keep seizings on the thing when you need to keep it from jumping off of the ring when you are dealing with slack and pull conditions. I have a bunch of those hooks that I use on chains and even the safety hooks are made with the siezing dips in the castings.

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While aboard the Ammen DD 527 in 1960, I was told of another use for popcorn. If  ever unfortunate to get infected with those little croch bugs, go to the movie and buy a bag of popcorn, butter and salt it well. As you eat it, some will drop onto your lap and the little critters will have a feeding frenzy. Being a herd animal, when one gets thirsty and goes for a drink, they all will go with him, when they do, change seats.

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couldn't help myself.

Been watching these builds and giving some thought into building the Rattlesnake from scratch. Do have my own lathe and milling machine and have been giving some thought about building a saw and thickness sander to aid in providing my own cut lumber. Made my living as a Land Surveyor and just closed my office and moved it home, so I already have Cadd and a stand alone COGO program I have used for years along with a printer that will print 24" X 36" sheets. I may have a head start on the need graphics tools. Still doing some Survey Jobs going on so the ship building probabley won't get started until mid winter. Meantime I will continue to enjoy watching the builds and reading the banter.