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    Bob, You are off to a good start. You have gotten the right approach of keeping a straight false keel. Just pulled up a chair, poured a cup of coffee and waiting for the next step. Guessing the coffee will be all gone before next posting ​
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    Hamilton, The Gretel was a yacht (dutch for pleasure vessel), made for one of the Swedish men in the Swedish navy. The design is a true Af Chapman and made for shallow water sailing. Take a look at Corels ship Amphion, also an Af Chapman design. The similarities are striking.
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    Hamilton, I am taking the first chair to follow the build of yours. I have the Gretel awaiting in the the yard. When I went through the kit I found the insigna flag to be wrong. Somewhere on the internet I found a historical accurate naval flag. The three tongue flag is royal, so nothing wrong there, it's the dimensions that are off.
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    Hi Julie, I just finished reading through your build log and you have done the right choice of backing between the bulkhead. You will find the planking easier but also due to the distance of the bulkheads, just regular planking can make the build an even worse headache. A friend of mine is building the same yacht without the backing and has issues, because the planking is getting extremely thin when sanding. Your persistence will pay off! Very nice job by the way!
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    A mini lathe is on my "wishing list", but way way down - Byrnes table saw and sander comes first. I thank you all for the inputs and ideas of brands. I looked into the Taig brand, and for USD 440.20 (fun and nice to see an odd number of pricing) you are getting a base machine. The accessory list is extensive. The most expensive ready to use machines on their website runs at USD 501.35. And as Crackers write and posted, for only spars, yards and mast his contraption seems the way to go.
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    Holy moly, that's a nice wheel. Remco, is that a Sherline lathe?
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    Sorry for the link, seems like NatureCoast doesn't have the unit available online, further investigation will happen. Thank you
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    I was reading some old Ships in Scale tonight, dated back to 2002 and found an ad for Preac's X-Y Table. So I "binged" it and found the table in combination with their Drill press and variable speed control for 1000 dollars. Sure it is a lot of money, but looking into the tech's it is a perfect modeling machine. Go to this website and you will see it.
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    This tool is made by nwsl.com Buy from them and make them happy, read what they have to say on their website. I have bought two of their items and am extremely happy with them.
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    Simon, that is an interesting ship and I like the way you worked new parts. BTW, are you sponsored by Proxxon? lol And since I am out of power I wrapped myself in a blanket and found the cozy chair. I like option 2 and 6 as for finish.
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    I have the same chopper, works like a charm. Charlene and Jerry, nice job on the Bounty.
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    Question: flat or regular black top? I have painted the top flat black but don't like it.
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    Charlene, Seems like the 8th grader are holding you back from modeling (ship, that is). Here is a suggestion. You take along what small project that is in need to be done for the Bounty, now in order to keep the kids from bothering you have them to read the story of the Bounty. It's a win win situation......
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    Production of booms and mast has been going on all throughtout the afternoon. Making the hook for the boom was a little tricky and two of them disappeared, the third remained and turned out best as well. And the hook installed in the boom.
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    The mast is under "shaping" I used the 5/32 x 5/32"" Boxwood from HobbyMill and got going. The boxwood is so much more dense and harder than the kit wood. So it's little more forgiving and takes a little more time to work. The first thing I did was to measure and drill the holes for the sheaves in the upper part of the mast. After that I took out my little planer that I brought back from Sweden last summer. This giving the square an octagon shape. After that I placed the material in my power drill and gently starting with a 120 grit paper taking it down to the right dimension.
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    Mario, Thank you for the correction regarding location. I don't know where I saw Irvine in connection with Vanda-Lay.
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    I appreciate the apologies and accept them. No hard feelings taken, but I was hoping we could stick to topics. Let us leave this behind and move forward. For all others that hasn't tried the tools available, now it's time to try them out. This is what America was based on, small businesses creating a small new area for enthusiast just like us. We can complain about prices that is in general, but go ahead and try to make the same tool for yourself, the trial and error and material will cost you more than buying it from someone who already has a great idea and a product to use. Clare this one is for you They still have the tree-nailing tool. Does it work good? I am truly curious about it and is it a time saver? What about various tree-nail sizes? And yes, I like the Seinfeld series too..... Funny for the part of it - There is a Vandelay Industry company...... and they are into printing and screening Back to modeling - ship modeling that is!
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    Thanks to John, one of our great moderators I decided to - I will do another review for the other product hoping not to get the same "stupid replies" . The funny tunes belongs in another topic.
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    The replies for the tool review I just done made me re-considering doing another review. This company is real and is trying real hard to establish themselves on a tough market. I didn't expected these kinds of replies and it make me sad. Thanks guys
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    Mike, did you inserted a pin at the end of the mast for the mast step? I have made the mast step piece to be attached inside of the boat. It has a tiny hole so maybe a pin is better than trying to shape the mast?!
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    Don't confuse Vanda-Lay industries with Vandelay industries, two completely different things.
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    This review and introduction of the VandaLay Industries - product Hold it Plus - is from a pure personal point of view and not related to the company. I bought this along with another tool that will be reviewed as well. Vanda Lay is located in Irvine, California and is a small family business. I was impressed by the courtliness of the owner himself when he answered the phone and I realized I had caught him on personal time, together with his wife they were on their way to get one of their kids. He took time with me and the order over the phone, excusing that one (this particular unit) was not complete for direct shipping. He said probably by Friday he had time to do something about it. As I was not in any rush to get the " Hold it Plus" I was very surprised receiving my whole order five days later!! That's including shipping. The bottom holding piece is cnc'd from heavy aluminium, other pieces of aluminum is very lightweight and I am suspecting it is T-1011 (aircraft aluminium). All the pieces fits perfectly together. The assembly is easy even without instructions. It is very straight forward. Think "Bottom plate and work upwards." One of the areas that are need of Loctite is the assembly of the drill frame. Here the Loctite Threadlocker Blue 242 is a good choice. It holds and locks but still when needed easily broken. One locking screw seems to be missing, both in pictures from the company itself but also not part of the "kit" The locking screw I am looking for is for the swivel base of the drill. Most mini drill i.e Dremel, Proxxon and more are supposed to fit with the "Multi fit clamp" Here I would recommend adding some kind of padding, both for more even tension but also for not get any marking on your power tool. I have the Dremel XPR 400 the most powerful of the Dremels, when turning it on , even without the padding there were no vibrations. On the other hand, here is where I would like to see a more model shaped clamp. There is way to much space for the powertool to start wandering off the line of work. I don't think "One Clamp fits all" is the way to go. As for the other tool from this company I am to make a review of I am afraid it will be the same as for the fitting. There are room for improvements. Overall, I do look forward of working with this accessory especially for small part jobs. It is sturdy and will last forever. I am working on creating an instruction for this tool, both assembly wise but also for various work. One area I notice this can be useful is making many belaying pins in a sequence, like a mini lathe.
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    Augie, My warmest (because it's cold outside) and happiest birthday wishes to you. You better get well soon as I am also missing your fabulous build log with regular updates. I will have a grogg for you tonight.
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    Wondering if drilling the holes prior shaping would be better.
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    My first attempt making my own oars. This one is from the beginning a 5/32" square boxwood piece with a 1/16" boxwood plank

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