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Sweet.... Her lines are showing and look great.
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Beautiful work, Rusty. Looks like something that would be both fun and a bit scary at the same time.
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Congrats, Rear Admiral Popeye. What color LED's will you use?
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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.
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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.
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Japanese Super Submarine From World War II Finally Discovered
mtaylor replied to mtaylor's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Interesting, Brian. Either the plans were out there, or this story is dated... -
Piet, Check Micromark also. They have a lot of model RR stuff and used to carry quite an assortment of miniature hardware.
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Michael, This looks to be another fascinating build. Intriguing build board. I'm pulling up a chair.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Richard, Which MM mill? The mini or the R8? I can't imagine the R8 being that inexpensive.
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Nice work, Joss. You finally seem happy with the framing, which is good news.
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Bull away, Popeye. You get things done, you fix what's not right, and you're having fun. What more is there?
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Brass Framed Display Case
mtaylor replied to isali's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
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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.
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Thank you. And translation worked very well.
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SS Vinal Haven by TBlack - FINISHED
mtaylor replied to TBlack's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Tom, What size eagle? I've got one left over from my USS Constellation project if it will work.
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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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MDF for forms
mtaylor replied to grsjax's topic in Building, Framing, Planking and plating a ships hull and deck
Ah... indeed, two countries separated by a common language, Norman. -
Phil, As has been said many times before.... go buy your own curling iron. The Admirals don't appreciate us messing with their "tools". Better yet, find the one of the Admiral's you want and go buy her the new one and swap. Small price to pay for "peace in our time". Ulises is correct. For hardwoods, they need soaking. Exceptionally hardwoods like ebony will need repeated soakings and bendings.
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I have a question about the bolts with the square heads that you made in Post #94. How did you form the square head? Did you heat them and then shape using the tool you showed earlier? Or did you heat the brass to melting and use that tool as a mold? Wonderful work so far. I'm enjoying watching your technique.
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