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I had an eye appointment today (finally after putting it off). He showed me the difference between what I can see now and what I will be able to see... WOW.... I guess my eyes are a lot worse than I thought. So, I'm backing off a bit. I'll work on what I can see but leave the tiny stuff until the new glasses are here.
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Hello and yet another Syren in progress
mtaylor replied to Kevin53's topic in New member Introductions
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With the amount of research and the workmanship, this vessel should end up in a museum.
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Here's the two I recommend for starters.... and they have sections of mills also. I also believe you can't have too many reference works. http://www.mini-lathe.com/Default.htm https://littlemachineshop.com/info/menu_page.php?parent=itm11
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It should also be pointed out that there's more of a selection in blade tooth count and types than with a jig saw. The thinner the wood be cut, the higher the tooth count needs to be.
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Nelson gets a lot of credit for that but throughout history (both sea and land warfare) you'll find commanders who acted like him. Not all were Bligh's (or at least colored that way). Treating the men well, gets better results than daily floggings or just ignoring them. It still works that way, but many in the military and in the business world tend to forget it with often disastrous results. Couple that with excellent strategy, and you have Nelson.
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Kris, I'm not sure where you are located but here in the States, the big box hardware stores (Lowe's, Home Depot) and even some of the smaller places sell scroll saws for around what that saw would cost. A scroll saw would be a lot more accurate (no blade wobble) than the one mentioned in the first post.
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I guess I had limited travel experience over there. Only place I got to outside of 'Nam was Malaysia for a government sponsored trip and we were handed cash (US Dollars) before leaving. On return, we had to exchange any green left for the funny money. Slow progress in the work shop.
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Translation via Google Translate: Yeah that's good, it seems like a nice group of people here already. Sometimes it may be easier to inquire about domestic alternatives to matching paints and accessories. By the way, please. This forum uses English for our posts. If you need to, Google Translator does a pretty job. Thanks in advance.
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Tustin, right. That was the base I was at. It was called "Santa Ana Air Facility" and then in 1979 renamed to "Tustin Air Facility". Here's their website: https://www.tustinca.org/765/Tustin-Hangars
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Ah yes.... I did too. First wife kept it all..... Oh well. Still working away in the shop but nothing to show yet. Anyone from the 60's in 'Nam emember this comic book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Charlie My favorite cartoon from them was two VC running and being chased by bullets... first frame on VC says "you know what's worse than a Spooky gunship?"... second one has a second line of bullets coming from the opposite direction. "Nguyen" says "Yes... two Spooky gunships."
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Welcome to MSW. Looking for to seeing your log and modificatons, Kalakukko.
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It wasn't "funny money" stateside. In 'Nam it was though. The reason for the funny money because greenbacks were like gold over the people. And the VC liked to grab all they could also. It was weird over there with the armed guards on payday. Any one us troops usually had more firepower than the guards. Like.. ok.. I robbed the payroll. Now where the hell am I going to spend it?
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
mtaylor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Nice to see you back, Nenad, even if just briefly. I think Jens has the right idea for you.- 4,152 replies
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Joe, didn't Taubmann Plans buy the Maryland Silver plans?
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Thanks Lou. I'm sorting things out. I have an eye appointment for new glass eyeballs next week so I've slowed things down a bit and anyway, I have to wait on the guns. Indeed... in hindsight, it was different world maybe even a different universe. Sam, we had those warning lights come fairly often. As I recall, Sikorsky replaced all the detectors and problem solved. Actually the did. Under the right conditions we actually had clouds inside them. Ah... the E-model and beyond. They have 3 engines instead of 2 adding the extra blade provided more lift. They are a different critter. There's currently a new model of the 53 in development but haven't seen the specs on it. That will run something $23 Million per bird. It is supposed to be somewhat bigger but I don't know the details. Yes, the gunships are really impressive. My era was Puff and Spooky but the C-130 based is amazing. There's a video out there where one is doing the "Angle of Death" by firing all it's flares at once. Here's an image of it: No comment on the disbursing lad. We were paid in cash in the 60's and he was armed with a .45 and had 2 guards with him with M-14's and .45s.
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Welcome to MSW, Nathan.
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True. When I was looking for the guns (which will be here on the 10th) I was amazed at what detailing parts, etc. were available. I could spent easily $200 or more. I do understand what you're saying. For now, I'm just going to plod along and see where things lead. My sinuses are finally clearing and if I can get a couple of nice days outside, I'll be jumping back on Belle Poule.
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Thanks CDW. No one knew until there was a communication to find out where they were. We had the "rescue bird" ready to go and then it was like "where are they?". As I understood it, that after landing a few members of the facility came up to the aircraft and told them. Funny thing, OC. I didn't see the problems until I saw the photo. Give that this area will be a bit buried, I'm going to use it to practice touching up.
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