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  1. mtaylor
    You are off to a great start and I look forward to seeing your modifications. I think I'll pull up a chair and sit over there....
  2. mtaylor
    The sails are looking great, Sjors. I'm smiling and loving it.
  3. mtaylor
    Thank you for the "likes" everyone. Richard, I have the older version (not the current one) from MicroMark and rather large pile of accessories. When it dies... I'm thinking Byrnes. I've seen the shortened fence idea in several logs and finally got off my butt to do one. Happily, I can't induce it to kickback now.
  4. mtaylor
    It probably let them standardize a bit on carriages. Use the rear trunnion mount for a longer gun. These barrels are pretty darn heavy and not something you just lift up and move.
  5. mtaylor
    The problem is... you didn't talk like an artist and stare off into the distance with that look of "artistic distain" while mumbling about "no one understands my art!". :D
  6. mtaylor
    Sweet. Nice and clean as always, JP. I like the Beaminator idea.
  7. mtaylor
    Is it you look tired or Victory? The Vic looks very clean and I agree with what Augie said, in spades!!!
  8. mtaylor
    Looking very good, Hamilton. I love the clean and precise workmanship.
  9. mtaylor
    Congratulations, Grant. What an accomplishment and for that I salute you. Well done and I'm looking forward to your venture into the darkside.
  10. mtaylor
    Mark, That is absolutely fantastic. I'm also admiring Peter's efforts. Looks to be quite well done, IMO.
  11. mtaylor
    The one's that Tower Hobbies has is the same size for AL... Weird, my kit had brass. What came with the kit is wood or wood like, right? If so, they should work.
  12. mtaylor
    Christian, In real life, the keel would have been made from 2 or 3 pieces of wood and put together using a hooked scarf joint. Go to the early pages of Danny Vada's Vulture log to see the joint.
  13. mtaylor
    Ok...that's cool. I killed the build log since nothing was done.
  14. mtaylor
    Kit-bashing is an inexact science, Mike. I learned the hard way. The one thing I did learn was to hoard all the parts I could find such as the grating strips, planking strips, etc.
  15. mtaylor
    Hey Mike, On the gratings... if you only build out the size you need, you'll have a bunch of strips left over. You can then use those strips for more gratings. Just a trick I learned on the Constellation build as there wasn't enough gratings for all the add-on I did.
  16. mtaylor
    I remember that discussion, Daniel. The door for that entry port is going to haunt us until our dying days it seems. That's a nice touch on the boarding ropes.
  17. mtaylor
    There... moved it. I like magnifier that I assume needs to be emptied occasionally.
  18. mtaylor
    Lovely work on some tiny bits there, Danny. If you hadn't told us what you faked, we wouldn't have known it.
  19. mtaylor
    Thanks for the comments and the likes. I did do a re-do but not on the ship. There's a discusson about the Byrne's saw in the tool section that got me thinking more and off my butt to do something I've been wanting to do. MicroMark sells a high fence and featherboard set, which I've had for some time now. The high fence actually just slides over the fence supplied with the saw and is held in place with 3 screws.. So, I modified it by cutting it just a bit more than half. A brief test shows that it works well and I couldn't force the thing to do a kickback on me. So back to doing gunports. .
  20. mtaylor
    I'm headed off topic only that I don't have a Jim Saw but the MM (old style) tablesaw. This topic got me to get off my butt and do something I've been meaning to do. The Micromark saw has a high fence with featherboard option. What I did was cut it down like this (a bit more than half) : A brief test with some scrap and I'm happy....
  21. mtaylor
    Sjors, The fix for the footropes looks great. Permission granted from me for you to carry on. I guess Anja and Mobbsie need to give their permission also?
  22. mtaylor
    It wasn't a sliding door like those on many ship's stern galleries, was it? I guess we'd need to access the real ship's frames (if they haven't been replaced) to find out.
  23. mtaylor
    Nice work on the stand. I like it. If you can get the size of the belt, Google it. There's lots of places online selling belts for just about every machine.
  24. mtaylor
    Hmm.... that's an awful lot of blade sticking out of the table. Also, do you have a way to lock down the fence? If it moves, it'll throw your cuts off.
  25. mtaylor
    Geoff, I would suggest pointing him to this topic, in particular.

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