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  1. mtaylor
    Ah... the sawdust is flying. Rough is ok. Just make sure that your cuts are outside the lines to allow some meat for fairing.
  2. mtaylor
    There's still pie and ice cream left... whoopee!!!! We didn't have to leave the house again this year as the stuff going off in the neighborhood was impressive... and noisy.. and need I add, messy. Been picking up debris from the yard and roof this morning.
  3. mtaylor
    Given the tumblehome and the windows (not portholes), I suspect it's French?
  4. mtaylor
    Ah.. I see... you're doing a great loop. I'm no help for Portland or Seattle as I avoided them like the plague. Do you have the RV'ers Bible (if I remember the title right)? Big book that listed every RV campground in the States and Canada.
  5. mtaylor
    Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. It's been good day, but no workshop time. There's uh... issues. Like I've broke 5 frames and need to make 5 new blanks and re-cut them. So rather than be aggrevated, I'm just having a pleasant day and reading logs and hanging out on MSW is part of the pleasantness. Oh.. did I mention, no birthday cake. Homemade, deep-dish apple pie is cooling in the kitchen... No modeling goodies, Grant. I'm not sure what else I can pack into my workshop. Maybe some rigging spiders and planking elves? B.E., even in my grumbling about broken frames, there's a satisfaction. Hang on Dave... I think any excuse for BBQ, beer, fireworks, and apple pie should work. Shouldn't it? Don't wait me to get older. So that's what happened??? I was wondering about the dog and the windows.... :D John, here ya' go back. And here all these years, I thought they were celebrating something else...
  6. mtaylor
    Hmm.. Michael, can you clarify? Table or scroll on the blades? I was assuming scroll from your first post. The other thing I've learned about scroll saw blades is that they have a "set" in that when the blades are stamped, there's a burr left on one side of the blade on each tooth which pulls the blade and cut in that direction. The way around this is to use ground blades or buy blades and grind of the burrs with a stone. Or, as probably most of us do.. live with it and compensate accordingly.
  7. mtaylor
    It's good to have a background project, Mike. Building the frames is, to me, a slow process... after cutting blanks, you wait for glue to dry. Then cut the frames and wait some more for glue to dry. The Cromwell is a sweet looking ship.
  8. mtaylor
    That is a superb trip. When we had our RV, we went from Fort Stephens down the coast to Cresent City. Did about 50 miles every other day and stayed is the state campgrounds along the way (they're pretty inexpensive). If you go down I-5 for California, stay a night or two at Lake Siskiyou at the foot of Mount Shasta. Nice campground and the lake clear water with visibility to about 30 feet or so.
  9. mtaylor
    Happy Birthday, John. You're south and west of me.. don't complain. Here in Medford yesterday was about 108 deg. F. Today.. a bit cooler... 95 or so.
  10. mtaylor
    Holy cow. Now make sure that visitors don't use it for a coffee table or a foot stool.
  11. mtaylor
    Sweet looking framing, John. The lines just pop out at you...
  12. mtaylor
    Diederik, You might make this offer in the Museum Ships topic area. Even though I'm not building (nor planning to build) her, I'd like to see your pics. Also, post the pics there as they will get more exposure.
  13. mtaylor
    Just my $.02 (US)... Dremel makes a chuck which, to me, beats the others others out. I can use not just the Dremel tools but also assorted drill bits. It's a tad ( ) heavy for fine delicate detail work so for that work I picked up a WEcheer Mini-Engraver (WE-242) on the recommendations of some others in this group. The Wecheer product, interestingly, is used by nail salons... a bit of Googling should tell you more if your interested.
  14. mtaylor
    Sweet looking floor, Augie. Will you be doing contract work for these??? Have a great weekend and we'll see you when you're back.
  15. mtaylor
    Andy, What I did was make a zero clearance insert and then wax (furniture polish) the saw bed/table. Wood slides on it like it's on ball bearings. I've not tried the lexan but will re-think that. I'm just a bit cheap...er... frugal, at times.
  16. mtaylor
    I think, using a spiral blade is much like certain adult beverages.. it's an acquired taste. I've never been able to get my head around using one without aggravation.
  17. mtaylor
    I think you mean perpendicular... they're actually extensions of the frame timbers so on most ships, it would be the keel.
  18. mtaylor
    Jason, I used Google and set things up that way. But then, I did the 1854 version with the gaffs on the fore and main mast.
  19. mtaylor
    Damn that's beautiful.... <envy><envy>
  20. mtaylor
    Ack... I missed it... Happy belated birthday, Sjors. I hope you're having a great time in England.
  21. mtaylor
    Nice catch on the bulkhead. You saved yourself some angry words that turn the air blue.
  22. mtaylor
    You dare to go where the rest of us fear to tread... Looks great. By the way, get the lads up on deck and scrap some of that rust off. Just not proper for an admiral's ship, you know.
  23. mtaylor
    Nice to see you found your way back here, Sir Charles.
  24. mtaylor
    Good to hear you're back in the shipyard, Dave. Looks like you haven't been gone.. no dust, just nice work.
  25. mtaylor
    Andy, You can make a zero clearance plug for hole. Check the depth for the insert and get a piece of plywood to that thickness. Cut it out to match the plastic insert and then drill a hole where the blade comes through. It's more tedious than hard to make.

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