mtaylor
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Karl, Those are ladders. The French used a notched post/pole. I think it was to save space. I have those on my Licorne.
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I bought the small MicroMark mill. http://www.micromark.com/microlux-micro-milling-machine,9683.html Then modified the pulleys to get about 12,000 rpm at the spindle. Cost of the mod: $0 but it killed the warranty.
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Wow... that's rudder to envy.
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What do you use your mill for ?
mtaylor replied to captainbob's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Harvey, It would seem that turning them on a lathe and then silver soldering on the flanges would work.. but only if they are being painted. I'd open a thread here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/forum/15-discussion-for-a-ships-deck-furniture-guns-boats-and-other-fittings/ and show us what you need. I'm sure there'll be lots of ideas. BTW, I'm a slow learner also... chewed up a small pile of wood and one finger in the process. No permanent damage except to my ego. -
Sweet ratlines. And good for you to take a day for yourself. Sanity is precious. Oh...wait.. you were doing ratlines.
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What do you use your mill for ?
mtaylor replied to captainbob's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
I've used it for milling bits out of frames, keels, the flats (and quite a bit else) on capstans, making sheaves in bitts. Others use it for milling blocks, deadwood, bits and pieces for cannon, ship's wheels. I'm still discovering uses for it. If I didn't have one, no great loss but it is very useful for duplicating parts exactly. In the scratchbuild logs, search under "milled" or "milling" or "mill". Their usage isn't as prevalent in kits as most parts come "pre-made" or "pre-shaped" and just need some final work. -
Mobbise, Great innovation and thinking. You got me thinking about my hull sheaves. Jim, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob's_your_uncle
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Jim, Tell the Admiral that the rear stack is supposed to lean. Just like sailing ships have their masts at various angles for tuning the handling. If she smells the fertilizer, blame me or someone else here.
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I wish we had a "love it" button.... Just beautiful, Borge.
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I sense that ratlines are coming in the near future... bwahahaha...... Ok.. they're fun. And aggrevating. At the same time.
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Adriann, Sadly, that ticket seems all too common. People want blame to laid and the cops have an answer: they write tickets. I'm liking your posts because you're ok. Sjors is right about humans and cars.
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Matti, There's a post up here for adding a signature with links: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/760-how-to-add-a-build-log-link-to-your-signature/ To add the picture to the signature... I gave the wrong link...<sigh> When editing the signature, click on the "My Media" button. That will allow you to load a picture into the signature. The BB plans are great but there's so many sculptures it's hard to keep track of them. Been there, done that, went a bit nuts....
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Luis, A fascinating bulld. And at 1:120, it appears to be a pretty small model. Excellent detail on something so small.
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Gasp... she's masted!!!!! Cool!!! oh.. and I hope you've had a great birthday in spite of no cake.
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Happy Birthday, Popeye. Excellent progress on the Goth.
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Matti, Have a look here: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/1071-adding-my-picture-to-profile/ I'm loving the figures. Well done!!!!!!
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Happy belated birthday. Great news on the interview. <fingers and toes crossed>
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Just playing catch up... very nice work. So when you start "Big Blandford" you'll really start detailing?
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Bob, This looks to be a fascinating project. Save me a seat.
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Just playing catch-up, Piet. Wonderful work on those tricky propshafts and fairings.
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Dave, Are you enclosing the LED in something? Maybe Aluminum (aluminium) foil (shiny side in) to help? The few times I've worked with fiber optics, we had a dedicated LED for each strand and special fixture that connected the two. A royal pain to say the least. Maybe a plate with holes over each LED in the array might work and help with the focus.. dunno'. I hope you'll turn this into tutorial for the articles section. Excellent work and research.
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Had an almost disaster. Broke the lady's back while working on the planking. I ignored my first rule.. don't work on her when upset or stressed. We were loosing our dog of 16 years last Sunday and to cope I tried to plank. Snapped the front of the keel loose and wrecked the first 1" (25.4 mm). Anyway, it took the better part of a week before I noticed it and then had to decide... repair, replace the whole keel, or salvage what I could and start over. Luckily the Admiral's cooler head prevailed in this matter. I attempted a repair. The pictures tell the story. I think it'll be ok once the old girl is right-side up and on a stand. A little sanding and some cherry sawdust will go a long way to hiding it as will the garboard plank. Now that the shock is over, I hope to spend more time in the shipyard and hanging out at MSW. I'm way behind on reading logs. Oh.. I moved retirement up... it's currently now at 61 days and wake-up.
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Christian, To be honest, I had no idea about French shipbuilding either. It's a long learning curve.
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