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  1. mtaylor
    Go for it, Mike. It looks like a great plan is about come together.
  2. mtaylor
    Joss, Test it. If the stain is oil based there may be a paint issue. One the one or two where I stained and painted, I painted first and then stained. That way I could wipe the stain off while it was still wet.
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    Jaager, the sides would be the frames. The planking (when there are lids) goes just short of the opening to allow a lip (top, bottom and sides) for the lid to close on.
  4. mtaylor
    The French foot is approximately 10% bigger... actually 0.9384xxxxx% bigger. It tis a bit of a headache to convert everything.....
  5. mtaylor
    <echos everyone else> Sweet work on the wheel, Augie. I love the deck color everytime I see it.
  6. mtaylor
    What??? No gruel??? No salt beef?? No salt pork??? No ship's biscuit with extra portions of weevil????? I'm appalled. NO.. make that I'm aghast!!!!
  7. mtaylor
    I'm sorry to hear about Sadie, Toni. This is not good news.
  8. mtaylor
    Sam, They're disappearing from the States completely. No more incandescent bulbs by edict of Congress.... OTOH, I managed to stockpile all my 60's and 100's that I replaced with CFL and LED bulbs to cut my electric bill quite nicely. Now that I think of it... better check the garage as there was some clean up and toss out done there recently.....
  9. mtaylor
    Just a beautiful boat, Pete. The natural wood tone sets off the whole build.
  10. mtaylor
    Beautiful work, Jay. I'm surprised you're milling the whole deck assembly. That has to be scary but one has to do what one has to do.. or something like that.
  11. mtaylor
    Oh... I thought the last picture showed the repair.....
  12. mtaylor
    Cathead, I agree with John. Don't make that decision yet....
  13. mtaylor
    Oh... I'm an idiot... Totally misunderstood. I'll leave quietly....
  14. mtaylor
    Thank heavens I only have a small dog who can't jump up on the bench. Although anything that hits the floor is hers.... That's a very good repair. Looks like it's never been damaged.
  15. mtaylor
    Nice work, Bill. I'm loving this build.
  16. mtaylor
    Looks lovely, Mike. Do leave some extra on the frames as fairing will take that down even further.
  17. mtaylor
    Daniel, I believe you're overthinking as I'm prone to do that all the time. 1mm should work fine. As for bending.. a bit of soaking, a bit of heat (search MSW for "plank bending") and you'll do fine.
  18. mtaylor
    Thanks Druxey.
  19. mtaylor
    Sam, Bucklers.... they look like a lid there's no hinges as they are not hung. They get put into the port and secured. My current build has no lids but they used bucklers. Usually any the weather decks didn't have lids as there was no way to keep the water out.
  20. mtaylor
    Kurt, Both your's and Sam's are great looking fireplaces. Wow!!!!
  21. mtaylor
    Looking sweet, Sam. They may not have had lids but bucklers... then again, the ports on the exposed decks wouldn't have needed them....
  22. mtaylor
    Congratulations on the excellent rigging, Bob. I like the way the blocks don't overpower the stuff in the air.
  23. mtaylor
    Mike, I tend to agree with Martin. But in the end, it will be your choice.
  24. mtaylor
    Alan, It happens to all of us at some time or another. There's a saying in IT: "It's not if something will happen, it's when something will happen." I too, thought it could never happen.. then it did. Luckily it was an old laptop but there were some files... Now all pc's and the laptop have back drives attached.
  25. mtaylor
    Well done, Dave. Everyday is a new model and a new experience, right? I guess I should add "and from my experience it's also a new day to feed the scrap bin".

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