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  1. mtaylor
    Seeing the young lad building away makes me smile. I'm seeing other logs where the children (both boys and girls) are building with dad. Wonderful.
  2. mtaylor
    Great to see you and Bellona back, Mark. The LCVP looks like it would be a build-log all by itself.
  3. mtaylor
    Is there a link to take a look this "internal live center"? I'm not sure what I'm seeing in the pictures.
  4. mtaylor
    It happens to the best of engineers, Peter. I saw it too often when I worked in engineering decades ago before moving to IT. Seems the brain focuses on one problem and doesn't see other problems it's creating. In some circles, they would say you dove down the rabbit hole. Been down it more than a few times myself. I hope that going "global" for a bit will clear things up and you find you're not far off.
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    Just catching up, OC. Nice work on the gammoning. The only way I've found to keep thread from doing what it wants is to draw it through a block of beeswax.
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    Beautiful build, Jack. Yes, the movie would be great!!!!!
  7. mtaylor
    Michael, Have you considered using car wax on the shafts? Since she'll be sailing, I hope you can prevent the rusting.
  8. mtaylor
    I quite agree with Bob's tool rules. For the last year, I've been tossing catalogs away unread as I know what will happen if I open one. Yes, I'm a toolholic and in recovery. It's hard to resist temptation.
  9. mtaylor
    From the photos I've seen of real copper hulls, at the waterline would be green. Below would be more like a old copper penny which is darkened copper.
  10. mtaylor
    You are flying along on this build, Tom. And doing an exceptional job.
  11. mtaylor
    There's been a few builds around here using that method but with starch instead of acetone.
  12. mtaylor
    In the database is this: http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-rigging-and-sails.php It might be worth a look also.
  13. mtaylor
    Personally, I would sand instead of deepen the cut but that's just an opinion when I look at my own skills.
  14. mtaylor
    I take it the capstan will have the mast coming out of it as in the movie? That bit still have me going "what the???".
  15. mtaylor
    Here's a picture of my solution. PVC fence post liners from the home improvement store. Cut to length and stacked.
  16. mtaylor
    Are there any photos of the conference forthcoming? I would hope so.
  17. mtaylor
    I just moved it Dave. I'll leave a "pointer" for you and others. It's in the non-ship model area.
  18. mtaylor
    Hi Dave, I think many if not all of us have a burn out at some point in a build. Maybe open a log for the sweet Jag in the non-ship model area? I'd love to see this one being done.
  19. mtaylor
    I'm backing up a bit... about barrels. It was common for the cooks to bring up the barrels of salt pork, drain off the brine and add fresh water to them to dissolve the salt. These barrels would often be fixed to the channels so to keep them out of the way. I've also read about the men "hanging" as such, off the side to do their waste disposal when the facilities at the bow had a long line. So, I guess my question is, were the barrels holding dinner or waste?
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  21. mtaylor
    Beautiful build, Bob. Congratulations. Will be covering her with a clear case to protect it and keep the dust off?
  22. mtaylor
    Ah... got it. I must have missed that bit or my brain just went blank.
  23. mtaylor
    I meant to ask earlier about the batteries. Are you building a charger into the system for the batteries? From past visits to museums, they don't seem to be up on doing maintenance like recharging batteries, etc.
  24. mtaylor
    Nice looking rope, Vaddoc. Are you "setting" the line (I think that's the correct term). After taking it off the ropewalk, give the rope a sharp yank to set it. You'll need to do the complete line in sections. I've not made much rope yet, mostly tested my ropewalk and the the setting seems to make a difference.
  25. mtaylor
    Mead? We haveth mead? This ist indeed a treat as I was expecting beer or rum.

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