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  1. mtaylor
    Hmm... you two are mixing apples and hand grenades. One's saying jack staff, the other is saying jack shaft. "Jack not name. Jack is job" --- Sweetums (Muppet Movie)
  2. mtaylor
    Thanks for the comments. The scrap box is indeed hungry lately. I'm currently on keel #5 and I think I finally got it the way I want it. Pics soon, I hope.
  3. mtaylor
    Jay, Get a copy of "Building the Wooden Fighting Ships" by Dobbs and Moore. The answer is "yes". The planks would have been spiled before going in the steamer. They pulled it from the steamer and put it in place on the hull using various clamping devices. If there was problem in getting it right, it went back in the steamer. Steamers were located around the yard near the building slips/drydocks according the maps in the book.
  4. mtaylor
    Well, John, seems that the English do things like that so there would be similarities, no?
  5. mtaylor
    Ed, You might contact these folks: http://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/sea-and-ships/facts/ships-and-seafarers/the-royal-dockyards-of-deptford-and-woolwich
  6. mtaylor
    Did you see this one? It's the only one I've heard of. Some of the Model Shipways kits include a building slip that could be expanded on such as this one: http://www.modelexpo-online.com/product.asp?ITEMNO=MS2027SP
  7. mtaylor
    Careful there Grant... it might be a trap to get us to follow down the rabbit hole.
  8. mtaylor
    Augie hit it.... WOW!!!!!
  9. mtaylor
    Dogan, Please us English as this is an English board. Thanks.
  10. mtaylor
    Lovely work, Piet.
  11. mtaylor
    Ed, The rule of thumb as I recall was one hour per inch thickness plus one hour for the plank.
  12. mtaylor
    Indeed, but from my end, they did it better. From your end, you're doing it better.
  13. mtaylor
    Ed, Those look like the steamers I've seen illustrated in several books. The timber/planks was inserted at the ends. The "hatches" were for man-handling the wood in side the steamer box. There was a long metal pan that held the water under the timber. Yes, they steamed planks in the 1700's possibly earlier.
  14. mtaylor
    Janos, I have very mixed views on cherry. I suspect it has to do with a particular piece. Sometimes it's no to very little grain, and other times, very pronounced. Same with the color. I have some that's as pale as it was when I got it. If it's fine grained and turns that deep rich red, I love it. If not... meh. This stuff seems to be working because I soaked it for 3 days as I had some other things to attend to.
  15. mtaylor
    Matti... wow... great looking carvings.
  16. mtaylor
    Mike, Do a search on "curling iron". Quite a few of use this to provide the heat needed to bend and twist some woods.
  17. mtaylor
    Hmmm.... the Force is strong with young Bindy. I think she will be coming to the Darkside, soon. Wrong movie, I know but your decking is wonderful, Nenad.
  18. mtaylor
    A very nice test... well done.
  19. mtaylor
    Thanks for a nice words and the "likes". David, I'm using cherry for the frames, keel, stern post, and stem. I'm planning on using boxwood for the planking. The various fittings are sort of up in the air as I won't be adding the rudder or thwarts since there's a boat stowed inside of this one. Back to mumbling to myself and feeding the scrap box.
  20. mtaylor
    Indeed she is in a sorry state, Jan. But the ship name is the name of the photo and I'm trying to Ted to post a new one without the name being in the title...
  21. mtaylor
    It continues to be amazing, Michael. Almost too clean and precise...
  22. mtaylor
    Ah... good beginnings. Or maybe it's re-beginnings. Looks great, Robbyn.
  23. mtaylor
    Sjors.... a bit of Google here... Overvloed foto geëtste versieringen. I think. If not.. pfffffffffff.
  24. mtaylor
    The details, the furniture.. just boggles my mind. Very impressive.
  25. mtaylor
    Nice work on the hammocks, Toni. And the sleeping sailor is a very neat touch.

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