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  1. mtaylor
    Nice progress, Pete. Use the sanding stick idea for working up the inside and the outside of the hull before you start planking. Putting the keelson on will help with rigidity before sanding.
  2. mtaylor
    Looks like you're off to a great start. We can read your English just fine.
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    Mobbsie, The Aggie is a 64 gun ship. The Bellona is a 74.
  4. mtaylor
    A fascinating build, Jaro, and very well done. I hope you can find some time to finish her.
  5. mtaylor
    Hmm... places like Cornwall won't ship to SA? Though I'm sure the shipping would be an arm and a leg....
  6. mtaylor
    Crap! I hope they aren't otherwise we're all in trouble. I gotta' find out if MSW has a brig and are the rations bread and water? Or Brie and wine?
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    I'm going to have to dig though things to find the cutters. They're buried around here somewhere. Take a look at page 18 of the PDF I referenced. It talks about grinding the cutter. I'm trying to remember who else modifies their tools and had or has pics. One of our scratchbuilders made a duplicator for his lathe and again... brain fart. I'm almost to the point of re-setting up the lathe for cannons.
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    Robbyn, SF is looking great. I'm sure you'll have no problem with any ship you decide to build. I think there is a common thought around here: "so many ships, so little time". Are you doing any kind of therapy for your hand? Like gently squeezing modeling clay or a tennis ball?
  9. mtaylor
    <fingers crossed for you> Life is stressful enough and then when the hammer falls, it's our hobbies and those who care about us that give us hope and relief from the stress. Looking forward to seeing the guns all put together.
  10. mtaylor
    Nice looking yards, Augie. Hopefully the snow has passed you by so you can work on the yards instead of in the yard.
  11. mtaylor
    I'm wondering about the "normal" comment also. You've done a fantastic job on both of these Denis. Think about how they would have come out if you were anyone but you? The details make them look like two totally different boats from different kits. Wonderful work... just wonderful.
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    Mobbsie, you are flying along at warp speed and doing a super job. I too await your next update.
  13. mtaylor
    Hi Frank, Good to see you back. Don't rush things. When the time it right, you'll get everything tied off.
  14. mtaylor
    Beautiful coppering, Prodas. Looks very impressive.
  15. mtaylor
    Hi Anja, I'm very happy to hear that your job situation settled down. Hopefully your blood pressure and stress level have calmed also.
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    Gil, Your excellent work on the rigging continues. Just wonderful to see. I hope all went well (or will go well) with your wife's surgery. I'm playing catch up on MSW as my wife just had a shoulder replacement.
  17. mtaylor
    Congratulations on launching her. Looks really great in her new home. I'll bet your workbench looks strange now that it's empty.
  18. mtaylor
    Thanks. It's actually there to slow me down.
  19. mtaylor
    Michael, Beautiful metalwork and mostly by hand no less. I'll be that was both relaxing and fun.
  20. mtaylor
    Fascinating as always, Gary. Just curious.. how difficult was it to get both sides the same? Or was it a function of close and not exactly the same?
  21. mtaylor
    Gary, Sorry for not responding quicker. Not been online much this past week. The cannon I've made were all from brass. I use a 1/8" cutter that's narrowed by grinding to about 1/32" for all of the barrel except for the muzzle swell and the casabel. For those I have cutters that have been ground to match those bits. HSS is easily ground, just don't let it go to "red" when grinding. A cup of water for quenching/cooling is good idea. The Little Machine Shop has a good tutorial on Lathes and also the grinding of tooling: http://littlemachineshop.com/Info/MiniLatheUsersGuide.pdf Peruse the rest of that site as it's very informative.
  22. mtaylor
    Michael, I think you just solved the "biggie" issue for me. My saw has no overhang and I was trying to figure out how to set this thing up with zero-play. Now to convince my wallet that I need to buy some taps.
  23. mtaylor
    Daniel, A "full-size" saw won't work for what we do. Look at the Byrnes, Micromark, and Proxxons. Those tools are made for modeling.
  24. mtaylor
    Beautiful chairs. Well done and thank you for sharing your pictures.
  25. mtaylor
    Excellent choice. Hope to see your build log.

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