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  1. mtaylor
    Yeah.. it's a metal lathe... just have to turn the little knobs... and drink coffee with a straw.
  2. mtaylor
    Hmm.. if doesn't have an outboard motor, I'm no help on these rascals. Looks good however. If you want the sails to billow... brush them with some starch (the kind one uses with an iron to iron and starch shirts but not shorts). Then hang them such so they billow or use a small fan until dry.
  3. mtaylor
    Nice fix on the lights, Popeye, and the radar is shaping up. I'm wondering if you'll weather that "steel" cable with some rust.
  4. mtaylor
    By all means an optivisor for the eyes, Izzy. As for the shaky hands, it'll be a matter of figuring out how to brace yourself. On my shaky days, all I can do is go watch the grass grow.... or work with something "not tiny"... like the lathe.
  5. mtaylor
    Dave, He's just helping you with the weathering... :D
  6. mtaylor
    Well said Chuck. I was looking at the specs and for some reason, something didn't feel right.. you just explained what that bad feeling was.
  7. mtaylor
    The person who did the colorization botched it. Blow it up and the blurriness becomes apparent.
  8. mtaylor
    Lovely details, Toni.
  9. mtaylor
    We have copies of those here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/107-trition-lines-drawings/
  10. mtaylor
    Don, Their blades have various size holes. I'm not sure how the blade mounts to the Dremel.. or the size of the Dremel arbor or the diameter of the blade.
  11. mtaylor
    Izzy, I think it depends on how wide the planks are. I've seen planking patterns with as many as 3 treenails on each plank at the beam.
  12. mtaylor
    The wow! factor just went over the top... that appears to be button-tuck upholstery on the curved bench. Even if it's not... still wow!!!!
  13. mtaylor
    Ah.. Patrick beat me to it. You're not copying the video itself are you? Just the URL? URL's should copy/paste just fine... although I'm not sure if that works with IE11. I've heard some issues with that browser and MSW. Then again, IE11 has other issues which I won't go into.
  14. mtaylor
    Indeed... the spice must flow and it is flowing, Nenad.
  15. mtaylor
    Amazing details, Anton... dogs, handles, even the rubber seals. I'm surprised you didn't put a generator in the box.
  16. mtaylor
    Here Don: http://www.thurstonmfg.com/index.html that's the home page. http://www.thurstonmfg.com/cut-off-saws.html I use these. http://www.thurstonmfg.com/jewelers-slotting-saws.html and these for smaller sizes. Your best bet is to contact them directly prices. I've found they're less expensive than some the reseller out there.
  17. mtaylor
    Don, First.. if the Micro-Mark are Dremel brand, don't. Get the size of the blade and look at Thurston or find a Dremel on the one of the online markets. I have an MM table saw and their blades just don't last so I've been using Thurston and the Thurston's are actually cheaper. As for the tooth count... etc. The 24 tooth probably has offset teeth. This allow fast ripping of thick wood without clogging the teeth. The slitting blade has the teeth all in a line. Works fine for wood that's not very thick. Check this page at Hobbymill. There's a great page on blade selection: http://www.hobbymillusa.com/byrnes-saw-operation.php I've found that changing the blades for the appropriate tooth count really does make a difference.
  18. mtaylor
    No need to download, Ben. If it's on Youtube, just post the link by pasting into the text box.
  19. mtaylor
    Stunning work, Johann, and I like that background image as it brings your ship to life.
  20. mtaylor
    She just keeps getting more and more impressive, Augie.
  21. mtaylor
    Beautiful work, Mehmet. The weathering is really well done.
  22. mtaylor
    Wayne, For French ships, Boudroit's The 74 Gun Ship gets into a discussion of this in passing. He describes how the "Surveyor" training started with heavy maths and what was involved in the training. Part of the drafting of new ships was determining the water line. I'm not sure (it didn't say or I overlooked it) when this practice started.
  23. mtaylor
    Daniel, I don't know how much faith I'd put in that since it's a replica. Also,there's no screw fitted. Jan, I'm kind of like you on this. There's questions.... we know that much was never recorded as being "known knowledge". And then there's areas of meticulous record keeping. All, If we look to the newer, in the American Civil War (aka "The recent unpleasantness"), the pivot guns only had the screw. These were sometimes huge guns firing large caliber shells and the carriages were made from a variety of materials. Still, I wonder if we're missing something obvious, or reading too much into this.
  24. mtaylor
    Good questions, Izzy. I would think that if the "wedge" or quoin were used it would have shown up on the plans and drawings for these guns. Or in the list of equipment as quoins do show up for cannon. They do show in the drawings/lists for gunnades which were cannonades on the wheeled carriages. Most puzzling.
  25. mtaylor
    I don't know about that wedge, Daniel. Here's two life fire vids and I'm not seeing a wedge. I would think these guys would use one if for no other reason than safety. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfsuIaTU92Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVRh6O-8rGg

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