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    barkeater's post in Does cherry carve well? was marked as the answer   
    I've used cherry a lot. It is relatively easy to carve as long as you make sure your piece has no knots. It is not quite as easy as pear to carve but close and it has far better color and grain texture.
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    barkeater's post in Estimating the size of a mast top was marked as the answer   
    If you want to do a round top, from Lees "Masting and Rigging" Appendix I "When round tops were carried the following were the proportionate widths of the bottom of the tops based on the length of their respective topmasts: Main 0.28, Fore 0.29, Mizen 0.27 and Sprit 0.4."
    Hope this helps.
    Rich
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    barkeater's post in Ratline glue was marked as the answer   
    I use thinned wood (white) glue on all of my knots. It is invisible at least to my eye when it dries. As has been said, experiment to see what looks best and works best for your situation.
    Richard
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    barkeater's post in Help Interpreting Frame Drawings was marked as the answer   
    If the wood between A and C is part of the rising wood, then your frame would sit on top of the rising wood giving the horizontal line in the drawing and it then matches up with C being your point of contact. Everything below C is rising wood and keel. This is just my opinion and others may see it differently.

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