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    Yes, I was aware of pressure testing for all steam driven equipment in the U.K. Far better safe than sorry. Some of those early photographs of steam engine boilers that exploded are sobering to look at. Your picture above is a lovely and neat piece of engineering, No Idea.
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    What a little gem!
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    Depends on era, nation, etc. 18th century British practice was copper bolts driven through every other floor.
  4. druxey
    I've used ply plates in the past as well. Small battens glued underneath make the plate more rigid.
  5. druxey
    Very nice, including the tapering.
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    Sehr lustig! (The joke above - a wordplay - is not really translatable.)
  7. druxey
    And, unfortunately, I can tell stories of severed digits (not my own - I still have all ten and intend to maintain that number!)
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    Nice site, Wefalck!
  9. druxey
    Respect is a good attitude to have!
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    I was not being flippant. It's all too easy to have an accident if you aren't well versed in saw usage. From your questions I presumed that you are not that familiar with the subject. I'd rather you were safe than sorry.
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    No Idea: you have the right ideas!
  12. druxey
    That gives your model a very pleasing appearance, Kortes.
  13. druxey
    You might also want to read up on safe techniques when using power saws.
  14. druxey
    Usually, as mentioned, the inner end of the boom was drilled with a hole. A length of line, knotted at one end, was passed through this hole, then around the boom and yard several times. The line was then hove tight with several round turns taken between the yard and boom and finished with a couple of half hitches.
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    That fascinating fitting is new to me. Lovely work so far!
  16. druxey
    Interesting method of construction, Dick.
  17. druxey
    Very nice sheet metalwork, Valeriy. Do you use a soldering iron or resistance soldering?
  18. druxey
    Brilliant, as usual, Doris!
  19. druxey
    In some of those photos it's hard to realize how small the model really is! Nice going, Rob.
  20. druxey
    Interesting set-up for the main sheet that you have there, Mark. A snap block is called a snatch block here. Beautiful work, as usual!
  21. druxey
    1.5mm layer height is enormous! 0.1 to 0.2mm would be much, much better and capture the detail you so carefully created. Again, consider printing in vertical sections to further minimize stepping.
  22. druxey
    I think that the printer used has too coarse a resolution for what you need, Alan.
  23. druxey
    Very neat!
  24. druxey
    The latter painting appears to have some of her sails aback in order to brake the ship's speed, not to change tack.
  25. druxey
    I've tried Frog tape and found its tack still an issue. I've used Tamiya flexible tape with much more success.

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