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    Sorry to hear that Keith. Hang in there.
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    I have a Nakanishi Emax Evolution. Obviously it's a considerably larger investment at roughly 10x the cost of a Dremel rotary tool, but is also 10x better than a Dremel. I can't even tell it's on either through noise or vibration when it's running at 10k RPM, and you can barely hear it at 40k. There is zero runout on the handpieces, the basic handpiece is much higher torque than a Dremel, and you can buy special high-torque handpieces if the basic isn't enough for you. Unfortunately at such a high cost brushless micromotors are beyond most people's budgets, but if you want to know if there is a better option out there, yes there is.
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    There should be an inhaul and outhaul that attach to the traveler, a bobstay underneath and two guys, one on each side.
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    Glenn, I ran into the same issue with my Lady Nelson. Unfortunately Lennarth Petersson's book isn't perfect either, as discussed in the thread I started on cutter rigging: I've ended up doing Chuck's Cheerful rig at 75% scale on my 1:64 Lady Nelson, while taking some rigging info from Petersson's book. But the bottom line is that there appears to be no standard cutter rig, there are some with two yards and some with three, with varying heights and rakes. So you have flexibility.
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    It's very nice but with no means to mount it on mill it's going to be of limited utility.
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    More to NRG's benefit would be a Ship Modeler's Handbook Vol.2. Seems there is a significant market, and although the first one is a great start it only scratches the surface of articles and lessons that would be useful to new modelers.
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    Put your CA bottles in the refrigerator and they won't go bad.
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    I wouldn't recommend them. I got one at about $80 shipped, the runout on the chuck is really excessive. Which is too bad, it's otherwise reasonably well made with a smooth high rpm motor which is perfect for #60-#80 drill bits.
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    The variance in number of guns is always with respect to the armament on the forecastle/quarterdeck/poop, obviously the number of gunports on the two gundecks is fixed at the time of building. And it seems in this case that the author of Nelson and the Nile forgot to list 10 carronades on the poop deck, resulting in him being 10 short when you do the math.
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    Model Shipways has the "Shipwright Series" of simpler boats that are specifically designed to teach new builders what they need to know before taking on more complex projects. You're right that you don't want to start with the Constitution, that is a multi-year complex project under the best of circumstances.
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    Steve, I took a diamond file to my round-nosed pliers to make one side much smaller for the purposes of smaller loops in hooks and eyebolts. I believe Phil prefers to use drill bits of the right size. Either will work.
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    Thanks guys, I appreciate the thoughts!
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    John, if you put no blocks or other connectors between the bulkheads, those bulkheads will be free to vibrate independently when you're trying to fair them with sanding blocks/files and that process will not go easily. Even small blocks that lock the bulkheads together will help you fair the hull more cleanly.

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