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Frégate d'18 par Sané , la Cornélie
druxey replied to JohnE's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
Bien fait, Monsieur! Je vous remercie pour les sabords flottants! Thanks for the 'extra' floating ports. -
Just catching up with your work, Clare. What delightful vessel! I'm sure other builders will appreciate your comments and helpful tips. Well done!
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I've had a whole container turn to a solid gel, Mike.
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Thanks, Ed. I guess to get in to either the locker or the head, one would need to crouch over like Igor. "Walk this way."
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Tung oil does tend to polymerize in the container once it has been opened. To store it, pour it into a smaller container to avoid an air space or use a small gas canister (designed for this purpose!) to 'fill' the air space above the oil. As for your humidity issue and wood expansion/shrinkage, this is a perpetual problem with wood. One can minimize this by building the hull in low humidity times of year. When humidity rises, things will tend to swell together rather than shrink apart. A finish on the wood will also slow down changes due to humidity. It is no accident that museums and art galleries control both temperature and humidity. I also use a humidifier at home during winter months in Canada.
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Lovely work as ever, Ed. The enclosures look quite low; what height were they?
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Echo by Maury S - FINISHED - Cross-Section
druxey replied to Maury S's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Well done, Maury! My only comment would be that the berthing up on the quarter deck and the rail above it look rather wide: I think it is due to the fact that the moulded way of the top timbers are too wide. However, you've a major achievement by completing this fully framed cross-section. Take a bow!- 324 replies
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Nice going, Dan. Small point: top and butt is not quite the same thing as anchor stock. In the former the 'arms' of the pieces are of unequal length, usually 2:1 ratio, whereas the latter has equally tapered 'arms'.
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Congratulations on completion of a years' work, Dan. Andrea looks great. I hope that your client is very happy with the end result.
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Interesting kludge on the cam frame! Your note about available widths of deck planking is interesting as well, Glenn. And your work is impeccable, as usual.
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Davits aside, look at the Turner sketch of December 1805. In the foreground is an anchor and capstan. Are these at the end of a dock that Turner is standing on to make his sketch? And what is the spar above them? Livesay's note reads: "Victory Decr 1806 had two boats lowered from astern during the whole Action" (my italics). Question: how were they lowered, or did he simply mean that they were towed astern?
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Good to see you back at the workbench, Robert. Lovely work, as ever.
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Frégate d'18 par Sané , la Cornélie
druxey replied to JohnE's topic in CAD and 3D Modelling/Drafting Plans with Software
Le sabord flottant has vanished! Where will it reappear? Coming along nicely, John. Bon appetit. -
Cutter Cheerful 1806 by rafine - FINISHED
druxey replied to rafine's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1801 - 1850
Check out watchmakers' tweezers on eBay. I've collected a variety of shapes that can do things that would be impossible with fingers alone.- 525 replies
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Ah! Now I understand why the companion ladders are the S-shape they take. It now makes sense. Lovely progress. What is the box that looks like a ticket booth?
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Cutter Cheerful 1806 by rafine - FINISHED
druxey replied to rafine's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1801 - 1850
Many of us know all about age and arthritis. I find a selection of watchmakers' tweezers invaluable. Regardless, your work is terrific!- 525 replies
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I agree that properly proportioned belaying pins on models are the exception rather than the rule! My own workaround was to make the pin in two parts: the straight shank and the contoured handle. The handles have short pins for insertion into the rack. Of course Remco's and your own solution to turning small diameter parts is far more elegant!
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