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Some bamboo skewers do not have straight grain or are too soft to draw through. I've ended up with more scrap than treenails. Actually, garden bamboo is generally superior. Try using parallel pliers to grip the material as you pull it through. There will be less crushing of the ends. -
Admiralty model query
druxey replied to iMack's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Mark brings up a good point: a 'Six foote Skarfe' means that the adjacent timbers are in contact with each others' sides for a minimum of six feet, as opposed to a scarf joint, where two timbers are joined end to end. -
Lovely end-result, Mark.
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Sounds like you are a victim of your own success. It's good to know that folk want to ask questions and engage you in conversation. Potentially there could be a new ship modeler or two as a result....
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Admiralty model query
druxey replied to iMack's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
The older set is the lower one, judging by its style. The upper set, being complete, is the nicer. With light surface corrosion of the steel, try a little penetrating oil on a Q-tip first. If that fails to move it, light buffing using Scotch-Brite radial bristle discs in a rotary tool at slow speed will work. I'd start with 400-grit and move into finer grades from there. -
Cleaning Small parts prior to blackening
druxey replied to src's topic in Metal Work, Soldering and Metal Fittings
A cheap way to keep Sparex heated safely is one of those little gismos that keep your mug of coffee warm. Hint: don't try to sip hot Sparex! -
Admiralty model query
druxey replied to iMack's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
I assumed irregular curves, Roger, but for regular ones a spline or flexible curve will certainly do the job. -
Admiralty model query
druxey replied to iMack's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
I've never seen a tutorial on this subject, so it's an interesting question. Some pointers: You need an adequate number of points plotted first. Fit a curve through the first three points and try to visualize how the line will extend to meet the next point or two. Fit a curve to the previous two points on the curve and the next point (or two). Continue through to the other end of the series of points and see if further smoothing is required. With some practice, this shouldn't be necessary. -
Congratulations on that finishing touch and completion of your model, Frank. An outstanding piece of work!
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You - and we - know the pins are correct beneath those belayed lines! Lovely pictures, Ed. Particularly the stern quarter shot (second one down).
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Hobby saw with larger table top
druxey replied to ONEVW's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Ooh! Nice, Jim. For owners of the standard table, can this top be retrofitted? -
Did you check the air hoses and connectors for leakage?
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My head hurts from thinking about your level of OCD, Mark! I think, as long as you don't exceed any maximum quoted block size you should be fine. Think of it this way: Ship's carpenter: We need an 18" double aloft immediately. Bosun: I've got a 16" handy. Should do, eh? S.C. Yup. Cap'n'll never notice. B: Not up there, he won't. S.C. (Laughs.) And neither will Mark! (More raucous laughter.)
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If I may butt in - just scanning through the last number of posts - the 'angels' are not actually angels! They are representations of Fame blowing their trumpets. Much of this Rococo imagery has Classical allusions, such as the men with fish-tails blowing conch shells: these are Tritons, sons of Neptune, God of the Seas.
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Superb joinery! The rest of us are packing up and going home now....
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The other objection to the printed version would be the black lines between the colors.
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Oh, yes I shall, Alan!
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I agree, more or less, with your calculations (post #1267). And I agree that the proportionality is not in agreement with the tables on pages 31 et seq. Is it possible that Steel lifted the proportions from an earlier work and the tabular matter from the then current specifications? I do note that over the years scantlings, etc, tended to get beefed up. However, in defence, there is the caveat in the last line on your quotation in The Practice of Block-making that there could be variance from these proportions!
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Where did you take the 'proportional rules' from, Mark?
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La Toulonnaise 1823 by ward - FINISHED - 1/50
druxey replied to ward's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1801 - 1850
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She will probably float all right, but not necessarily in stable orientation A.... She may be an UIC or Unintended Inverted Clog.
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