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  1. druxey
    I used to pattern/duplicator turn my guns on a Unimat. The taper angle had to be a trial and error offset of the headstock. I found I needed a very fine-tip cutting bit for the reinforcing rings. Eventually I realized that it was not the best method of producing multiples, so made masters in wood. (By this time I also had a watchmaker's lathe, whose cross-slide could adjust for taper turning.) These masters were cast in clam-shell RTV molds supported by an outer dental plaster shells, then cast my cannon and carronades in lead-free pewter.
  2. druxey
    Interesting indeed. I guess we need to wait for feedback from users as to whether it delivers as promised! It does not seem to mention the maximum size it can handle.
  3. druxey
    ...and, order begins to emerge from chaos!
  4. druxey
    Glad you didn't just take my word for it, Alan: verify, verify, verify!
  5. druxey
    Very sweet!
  6. druxey
    Much better! The planking should flow now, rather than crease across the bulkheads. You'll be very glad you went for the 'do-over'.
  7. druxey
    Did you read A Primer for Planking? It explains why the garboard need to run out short at the bow.
  8. druxey
    No, I've not tried acrylic 'pads', Mark - it was just an idea.
  9. druxey
    What an intense collection of belayed lines! And trying to rattle down those shrouds at this stage of rigging must be a real endurance test. You continue to amaze us, Ed.
  10. druxey
    Michael! That isn't 0-gauge live steam, is it? It reminds me of Emett's Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch railway.
  11. druxey
    That's a lot of machining for a single piece! Looks beautiful.
  12. druxey
    Would you 'float' the trucks above the deck framing? Will the guns be secure enough with just a spacer? If you don't want bits of plank below the trucks, perhaps small pieces of clear acrylic?
  13. druxey
    Happy travels, Cathead! We look forward to your return.
  14. druxey
    Um, you could try to get another $10 off, Alan: decks had wood plugs over nails, not treenails!
  15. druxey
    You're getting pretty good at spiling, Maury!
  16. druxey
    Plane sailing, perhaps? (Sorry, couldn't resist that.)
  17. druxey
    Frank: please don't be embarrassed: that was certainly not my intention. As, Chuck says, it's a learning experience we have all been through ourselves. How do you think we learned? We've made the same mistakes ourselves! Good luck with the re-do.
  18. druxey
    Nice. I approve of your lining up the screw slots so nicely!
  19. druxey
    Yup, that's how my father dressed to do hobbies!
  20. druxey
    The fore mast looks 'right' now. Good call.
  21. druxey
    I've no idea whether this strategy would work at small scale, but I've 'split' items by white gluing up two half blanks, turning or shaping them, then soaking the halves apart in isopropanol before painting. They are then re-glued, leaving a clean dividing line.
  22. druxey
    The Alamy image may be a little misleading. It is a coat of arms, with the galley in the lower left (sinister) quarter. The line that could be interpreted as a horizontal yard seems to be the division of that quarter from the rest of the field, as there is also an adjoining vertical line.
  23. druxey
    At 1:24 I imagine a lot more wood, Gaetan!
  24. druxey
    Could have been copper. Form sometimes trumped function!
  25. druxey
    It is possible that this particular roof was planked, then covered with thin, stamped sheet lead.

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