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  1. Michael, Just the jig and moulds themselves are impressive as hell... A scale model unto itself.
  2. Hmm.... wasn't that (Holiday Harbor) the name of a Bing Crosby movie? I'm headed to Google...
  3. Beautiful work, Rusty. Looks like something that would be both fun and a bit scary at the same time.
  4. The handles should be a bit stiff but they do loosen up. I suspect it's the grease they put them at the factory. Once you have it located, bolt it down. The CG is pretty high especially when you raise the upper assembly to install bits, etc. The red isn't grease is it? As far as I know, MM is the only one who offers this particular model. I've seen the red grease on some other mills and on lathes.
  5. Richard, By the way..go buy some extra fuses. Just a hint... I think I blew 5 learning to use this thing. Once I got some knowledge and good feel, I haven't blown one since.
  6. Interesting, Brian. Either the plans were out there, or this story is dated...
  7. Maybe it should be "re-discovered"... http://manoa.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=6166
  8. Excellent progress, Neal. It looks like you'll make it.
  9. Piet, Check Micromark also. They have a lot of model RR stuff and used to carry quite an assortment of miniature hardware.
  10. Michael, This looks to be another fascinating build. Intriguing build board. I'm pulling up a chair.
  11. Richard, Milling is basically milling... So... visit: http://www.littlemachineshop.com/default.php and hit the "Learning Center" as well as the "Info Center". Good, solid, basic info. The other good one for basic info is: http://www.mini-lathe.com/Mini_mill/Main/mini-mill.htm While they don't cover the mini, they do cover methods. Edit: I just noticed that The Little Machine Shop is now starting to cover the mini.
  12. Keith, What Pat said... it's a hobby of "improvement". The true modeler in all of says: "the next one will be perfect". And it's usually better just from the skills we pick up along the way. And I'm with Pat on commenting... too many excellent logs, too little time.
  13. I like what you've done, I just can't answer any of your questions about the windows. What I see is very well done.
  14. Richard, Which MM mill? The mini or the R8? I can't imagine the R8 being that inexpensive.
  15. Nice work, Joss. You finally seem happy with the framing, which is good news.
  16. Nice work on the shrouds. Most excellent!!!
  17. Bull away, Popeye. You get things done, you fix what's not right, and you're having fun. What more is there?
  18. Sweet work, indeed, Adriaan. If you hadn't pointed out the breaks, I wouldn't have seen of them. That seems to be one of those things in ship building... masting and fixing the broken masts.
  19. Tom, What size eagle? I've got one left over from my USS Constellation project if it will work.
  20. From someone who's never done this, I'm curious. Would epoxy paint work? I've used this stuff on metal before (autos) and am curious about wood.
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